trucker protests

After a slow showing early Monday morning, an estimated 400 owner-operators managed to shut down truck traffic at all three terminals — SSA, TraPac and Everport — at the Port of Oakland to protest California’s controversial independent contractor law, AB5.

Federal officials are preparing for potential trucker demonstrations in Washington ahead of and after the State of the Union address.

Also on the podcast: The torrid pace of diesel consumption.

Canadian police say they seized a weapons cache and made 11 arrests connected to a protest blocking the U.S.-Canada border in Coutts, Alberta.