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Video captured last week shows protesters in Portland climbing on top of and surrounding a semi truck.

A group of truckers held a peaceful protest in Texas on Monday in response to higher fees, lower rates, and overall changes in practices at their trucking broker.  The demonstration was held on August 21st at the...

Protesters caused major traffic backups in Glendale, California, on Wednesday night when they used vehicles including semi trucks to block traffic.

A group of truckers dropped their trailers and gathered on an Indiana Interstate to protest low freight rates today.  The bobtail rigs went on a slow roll along Interstate 465 around Indianapolis on Wednesday, May 17th in...

Tow truck drivers gathered along a roadway in New York on Thursday night as a form of protest against dropping charges for a motorist that killed a fellow tow truck driver last year.  76-year-old Richard Congel fatally...

Residents of a Florida neighborhood gathered on Monday to protest a recently enforced code that is putting their livelihoods in jeopardy.  More than 100 truckers, farmers, and landscapers gathered in Palm Beach County, Florida on December 19th...

The Port of Oakland has resumed operations after a multi-day blockade by truckers that ended without resolution.  The protest against AB5, a bill making owner operators into employees in an attempt to protect them, began last Monday,...

Cargo operations have been shut down in Oakland as truck drivers continue to protest a new California labor law they say prevents them from working for themselves, it was announced Wednesday.  The protest began on Monday and...

Truck drivers planned a walkout at the Port of Oakland on Monday in protest of a bill they say will take away their ability to work as independent contractors.  According to Fox KTVU News, the drivers say...

The family of a prominent animal rights protester has filed a lawsuit against a truck driver and a trucking company involved in her death at an Ontario pork processing plant two years ago.

Mexican truckers are planning to expand their current protest of newly instated inspection processes to include all ports of entry between the US and Mexico.  The protests began earlier this week at the Pharr Bridge connecting Reynosa,...

The Pharr International Bridge did not open to traffic on Monday as truckers blocked access in protest of new cross-border inspection rules.  Drivers in Mexico blocked access to the bridge from Reynosa, Mexico into Texas on Monday,...