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February 2, 2000 11:10 AM, EST

The Truckload Carriers Association would see its annual meeting and safety council merged with those of American Trucking Associations under a draft integration plan released last week.

The proposal describing the merging of TCA into the larger group also suggests creating a new organization to conduct training and certification programs.

“This path surely leads toward a more unified trucking industry,” TCA Chairman Gary Baumhover said in a Jan. 19 letter to organization’s board of directors.

The letter is the first in what Baumhover said would be a series of updates on negotiations with ATA on integration. TCA’s 900 members are scheduled to vote March 22 on whether to integrate with ATA. TCA’s 11 officers voted in December to endorse strengthening the group’s relationship with ATA. The group’s 75-member executive committee is expected to endorse integration at a Feb. 5 meeting.

For the full story, see the Jan. 31 print edition of Transport Topics. .