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Teamsters recently testified in the Indiana General Assembly’s Roads and Transportation Committee in favor of House Bill 1022, legislation requiring human operators in driverless trucks. HB 1022 and its companion bill in the upper chamber, Senate Bill 57, will protect middle-class jobs and motorist safety throughout the state.
“We’d like to thank Representative Cindy Ledbetter, for authoring this bill, the committee chair Representative Jim Pressel for holding a hearing on this bill, and our Teamster brother Senator Jim Tomes for authoring the companion legislation in the Senate,” said Chuck Whobrey, President of Teamsters Local 215 and Vice President of Teamsters Joint Council 94. “We’re now calling for a vote on HB 1022 and reiterating our demand that Homeland Security and Transportation Chairman Mike Crider hold a hearing on SB 57.”
“HB 1022 is critical legislation that has the support of Teamsters, law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics, other public safety professionals, and the general public,” said Harvey Jackson, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 142. “Polling shows voters from both parties are uncomfortable sharing the road with autonomous vehicles and driverless trucks. We want a human operator behind the wheel.”
“Total wages for the trucking industry exceeded $11 billion in 2021. That money went toward state and local taxes, small businesses, charities, and household income throughout Indiana,” said Michael Kuntz, a Teamsters Local Union No 135 member. “Job loss due to automation wouldn’t just be bad for professional drivers. It would have a ripple effect throughout the economy, negatively affecting the finances of both private and public sector entities in Indiana.”
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Teamsters recently testified in the Indiana General Assembly’s Roads and Transportation Committee in favor of House Bill 1022, legislation
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“We’d like to thank Representative Cindy Ledbetter, for authoring this bill, the committee chair Representative Jim Pressel for holding a hearing on this bill, and our Teamster brother Senator Jim Tomes for authoring the companion legislation in the Senate,” said Chuck Whobrey, President of Teamsters Local 215 and Vice President of Teamsters Joint Council 94. “We’re now calling for a vote on HB 1022 and reiterating our demand that Homeland Security and Transportation Chairman Mike Crider hold a hearing on SB 57.”
“HB 1022 is critical legislation that has the support of Teamsters, law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics, other public safety professionals, and the general public,” said Harvey Jackson, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 142. “Polling shows voters from both parties are uncomfortable sharing the road with autonomous vehicles and driverless trucks. We want a human operator behind the wheel.”
“Total wages for the trucking industry exceeded $11 billion in 2021. That money went toward state and local taxes, small businesses, charities, and household income throughout Indiana,” said Michael Kuntz, a Teamsters Local Union No 135 member. “Job loss due to automation wouldn’t just be bad for professional drivers. It would have a ripple effect throughout the economy, negatively affecting the finances of both private and public sector entities in Indiana.”
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Teamsters recently testified in the Indiana General Assembly’s Roads and Transportation Committee in favor of House Bill 1022, legislation
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