To All members of the OOU Inc.

We have sent a letter of intent to SEMA per request from SEMA.

Below is a copy of the letter sent.

Once this contract is drawn up and signed, OOU Inc members will be the first called by both SEMA & FEMA within the center part of the USA

We are also setting up emergency animal recovery thru the state of Texas.

If you don’t want your name added to the available trucks list please send me an email.

These loads pay Rather well, but they have certain rules we will have to follow.

The OOU Inc is acting to set this up for our members, The OOU Inc will Not handle any money or charge any member for this service at this time.

We do ask however that all members try & sign up new members at all times

Thank You,

Dan Little

Pres / Owner-Operators United Inc.

OOU INC asking All Truckers to Call,
 
 
LOS ANGELES—A federal judge has denied a trucking association’s bid to block an effort to ban older trucks from entering the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The decision Tuesday by Judge Christina Snyder allows the clean truck program to move forward, despite objections from the American Trucking Associations.

The industry group asked the judge to halt the program, arguing it placed unfair restrictions on truckers.

Snyder wrote that she denied the request because of the program’s safety and environmental benefits.

The program aims to reduce diesel emissions at the nation’s busiest cargo container complex by as much as 80 percent by replacing nearly 17,000 trucks built before 1989 with newer, cleaner models.

The program is scheduled to begin Oct. 1.
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If you actually read the bill, it Say’s NO O/Os, all trucks will be Co trucks.

They are using the clean air act to rid themself of O/Os

The trucking assoc. denied was ATA, we sent the ATA a letter an offered to assist in the bid to halt this program.
We never recieved a reply.

So we are asking everyone to place a phone call to this Judge and let her staff know how you feel about this.

Heres the contact info,

Name: Title: Court Room Location:
Hon. Christina A. Snyder Judge 5 – 2nd Floor Los Angeles – Spring Street

Courtroom Deputy Clerk: Telephone:
Catherine Jeang 213-894-3433

The best way to contact the Judge’s Courtroom Deputy Clerk is by calling 213-894-3433; if the clerk does not answer the phone, be sure to leave a voicemail message. Due to this Court’s heavy caseload, hearings and trials it is engaged in, the Courtroom Deputy Clerk will return all voicemail messages at the earliest possibility.

As most of you all know, the Buckle contest ended Labor Day.
The member who signed up the most new members won the OOU buckle pictured above.

Congrats to

JAMES GARNER / Nixa,Mo.

James signed up 11 new members

James just moved to Mo from Iowa, Being an O/O he spends most of his time on the road.

thanks for all the work James,

Second place but no buckle went to
Jessie Hendley / Millen, Ga.

Ok this should inspire all of you to start signing up new members. Let us know how you like the design.

The OOU trophy buckle was shipped last friday from skyline silversmiths, Ca.

Today is Saturday and its not here yet, [was shipped by UPS] I called and ran the tracking # and was told they had tried to deliver it twice. They informed me it would be delivered again Monday.

I ran back the security tapes & can find no where that a UPS truck pulled up to the gates.

So I guess we will just have to wait till monday and see if they delv it then ????????

Anyway as soon as it’s delv, We will post color pictures of it for all to see.

We will give it away Labor Day to the member that sign’s up the highest # of new member’s

Good luck to all.

Dan

The OOU is NOT Calling for a strike, shutdown or anything along those lines at this time.

It was sent to me by several people that I had called for another shutdown, WRONG, we are working hand in hand with several gov officials at this time and a strike would do us more harm than good.

If you see any such post on any website please send the links to me so we can get them removed ASAP.

Thank You,
Dan Little

Click Here To Got To The Forum

2 Plaques Awarded

Pat was chosen for her long hours of work she has dedicated to the OOU Inc, & her actions in presenting the diesel-gas equality tax bill to a congressman from Fla.
Pat also spent several days working with a german TV network, filming about the OOU Inc & american trucking issues. The doc. will air worldwide on June 22,2008. thus giving the OOU world wide notice.
Pat serves as a State rep from Fla.
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Jim was chosen for the outstanding work he has done on behalf of the OOU Inc.

Jim serves on the B O D , also as a State rep, and serves as Web-director for the main OOU web site.

jim takes care of a lot of the day to day grind of the OOU and also has a major hand in the Media Relations of our Assoc.
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Congrat’s to both of you,
And thanks for the great job.

Hey Dan;

Just wanted to applaud your efforts yesterday at the Albany truckers protest! Good for you guys! You and yours are right on the mark with the fuel taxes, price of fuel and inattention/lack of response from elected officials. From the Administration on down to local politicos there is a blind eye turned our way.

We are a group of independent log truck owner/operators out in Washington state. (Southwest Washington to be specific)  Tomorrow (6/21) we are staging a fuel protest at Exit 72 off of Interstate 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.   This is our second protest since April. The high cost of diesel is killing us all and we are slated for a fuel tax increase July 1 of nine and a half cents a gallon.

It is our goal tomorrow to get some answers from our politicians and a “holiday” from the tax increase. Washington state has one of the highest fuel tax rates in the nation; we pay 28 cents per gallon now with 37 cents peeking over the horizon. Couple that with federal fuel tax and we are out of the park.

The log truckers in the state have not had a raise in hauling compensation since 1986! I know that sounds unbelievable, but true. The surcharges paid by Weyerhaeuser Corporation (the big gun in this area) is at 17% — an insult for sure.  We are at the liberty of the logging contractors who set the hauling rates and have been working with our state legislators for a “rubber stamp” approval of negotiating our own fees. We had a Bill in the hopper this past session that made it out of committee and back to the floor for a vote, but died there because of the “short session” this year (every other year we have a regular session and we’ll be back in 09 to push the Bill through.)

This has gotten lengthy, but I wanted to give you a peek at what we are doing and who we are.  I’ll be giving an interview today on Sirius Radio’s Trucker News with Evan Lockridge at 2 p.m. your time.  Take a listen if you have a chance.

I would love to see ALL OF US TRUCKERS have protests either simultaneously or concurrently until we get some action. Small businesses are being upended for sure.  Take care and pass my congratulation to your members !

Sincerely,

Sherrie Bond
Executive Director
Northwest Log Truckers Cooperative
360-880-4818

“Certificate of Appreciation” plaques were issued & mailed today.

We will allow time for the postal service to deliver these plaques before we release the names of the two.

So, the question is “Who is getting one of these plaques & what did he / she do to earn this award” ?

From the plaque’s

This certificate is awarded to

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

” In recognition of outstanding service and commitment to Owner-Operators United Inc. and in paticular for assistance and leadership in promoting the ideas and agenda of this association by serving as an OOU Inc. representative”

The plaques also have a letter with them.

Thank You
Dan Little