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Paul Brashier - VP for Drayage and Intermodal - ITS Logistics - Reno, NV Work “no-shows” continuing to put a little scare into how negotiations are going, how do you see the situation now? We heard that one sticking point is a 3-year wage freeze the PMA wants to put on the ILWU  - Greg Miller reports that higher pay is an issue for workers that currently make over $200K. - have you heard about any points of contention that are making this drag out even longer? How much of this is hurting the port knowing that ocean shippers have migrated to east coast ports and will continue to do so (despite issues at the Panama Canal for the Panamax ships)? The Biden administration is monitoring the situation - Should they be getting involved here as they had to do in the rail negotiations last year? Given that the three person presidential panel appointed by President Biden essentially sided with management on the sticking points, is the ILWU taking a risk by possibly seeing that same attitude towards management if they want federal mediation? Best guess - how does this play out and how much damage will this drama do to business on the west coast? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thomas Wasson - Loaded and Rolling Host - FreightWaves  Interview with Brittany Traylor, CEO and founder of TraylorTranspo LLC - Owner Operator for 5 years - started Traylor Transpo in 2020 - does open deck and power only, has assets and a brokerage, big point was focus on a niche - many owner ops chased dollar signs and not a sustainable business model, didn't set themselves apart - Newsletter stuff: - Fleet back-office jobs still in demand - EPA electric truck rules proposal draws concern - ACT Research data shows volumes, rates and capacity fell in April Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryce Mongeon - Director of Legislative Affairs - OOIDA - Washington, DC Trucker restroom access legislation Julie Su DOL Nomination Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI https://www.freightwaves.com/news/critical-vote-count-due-in-nikolas-bid-to-stay-in-business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Sharkey - SiriusXM Radio Host - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blythe Brumleve - CEO - Digital Dispatch - Jacksonville, FL Say you’re a marketing person and because of layoffs, you now have other duties on your plate including your marketing responsibilities.  What strategies do you keep and what duties do you leave behind when you can’t afford to get into a time suck? How much of what you decide to do will be production based (like creating blogs/posts/images) and how much will be customer based (like responding on social media or checking analytics to see what’s doing well and not so well)? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices