Brokerage model offers post-AB5 path in California

Some California trucking companies have already taken the brokerage plunge, enabling them to contract at arm’s length with independent truckers who have set themselves up as single-truck carriers.

Truckers protesting AB5 this week effectively shut down marine terminals at the Port of Oakland when longshore workers refused to cross picket lines in solidarity with the truckers. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com.

Some California trucking companies have already taken the brokerage plunge, enabling them to contract at arm’s length with independent truckers who have set themselves up as single-truck carriers.