date:Aug 01, 2012
Portions of the rule will slow productivity, hurt jobs and have a negative impact on agriculture, manufacturers, retail supply chains and distribution operations, the coalition charges.
The US poultry industry, in filing a joint amici curiae brief, agrees with the American Trucking Associations challenge. The specific rest periods of the 34-hour restart and the exclusion of all on-duty non-driving work during specified breaks should be held unlawful on the grounds that the changes are arbitrary