Trucking labor

When is a mile less than 5,280 feet? When it’s part of a trucker’s paycheck.

Wesley B. Kemp, the president and CEO of ABF Freight System, will retire Dec. 31 after more than 40 years with the less-than-truckload carrier, the company said Wednesday.

Sotheby’s isn’t a name often linked with trucking, but the famed auction house is locked in a labor dispute with trucking’s largest union that could foreshadow increased militancy wi

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide disputed claims that members of its new board of directors will be paid more than members of its last board.

A Teamster candidate challenging James P. Hoffa took a swing at YRC Worldwide’s board of directors this week, attacking increases in cash retainers for directors.

If rule-making at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration continues this fall the way it’s been going, the agency may need electronic on-board recorders to keep track of its own legal te

Candidates for top office in the Teamsters union battled over the fate of multiemployer pension plans, jobs and organizing and concessions to employers Sept.

The terrorists attacks of September 11 forced the U.S. government to take a closer look at not only the security risks facing their airspace, but at its ports, railroads and highways as well.

The Arizona Supreme Court cleared the way for a driver lawsuit against Swift Transportation that could have big ramifications for how trucking companies pay drivers.

The July figures from the Labor Department included 551,000 job openings in trade, transportation and utilities industries, a 33 percent increase from a year ago.

Pacific Coast-based Gordon Trucking is pointing its business toward the East Coast. The Pacific, Wash.-based truckload carrier is acquiring Central U.S.

Trucking employment fell slightly in August and has remained relatively flat since June, according to seasonally adjusted data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

U.S. logistics industry observers say the availability of truck drivers may be the largest issue facing domestic shippers in the coming year.

Refrigerated carrier Frozen Food Express Industries can’t find truck drivers fast enough.

It’s a question no one wants to ask and nobody wants to hear, especially when the rush-order that came in at 5 p.m.

Old Dominion Freight Line is expanding in the Midwest by adding 84,000 square feet and more than 100 doors to its Indianapolis terminal, and hiring 183 people.

Harbor truckers have complained for years that marine terminal gates are a source of lengthy yet preventable delays in the transportation supply chain.

Car-hauling Teamsters approved a National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement that will raise their wages $1.35 per hour over four years.

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Trucking employment was essentially flat in July, with for-hire carriers adding only 1,300 jobs for a 0.1 percent increase from June to about 1.28 million employees, according to seasonally adjusted d

As James Welch returns to the less-than-truckload company he left four years ago, his big challenge is getting a much different YRC Worldwide and its new industry dynamics to add up to a profit.

Leading YRC Worldwide back to profitability may be the toughest job in trucking, and it belongs to James L. Welch.

Richard Hughes Jr., who is not seeking re-election as International Longshoremen’s Association president, said Harold Daggett has his “full support” as the next head of the Atlantic

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will replace fewer old trucks than expected under a $28 million clean-air initiative but says the program is a success and may be a forerunner of similar

YRC Worldwide on Friday named James L. Welch, a former president of Yellow Transportation who spent 29 years with the trucking company, as its new CEO.

Heartland Express increased its profit 35.3 percent year-over-year to $22.5 million as operating revenue rose 7 percent to $137.2 million in the second quarter.

A federal judge threw a new twist into the battle over clean-trucks programs at Southern California ports, ruling the Po

When the first Mexican truck in a new cross-border trucking pilot project rolls into the U.S., it will bring an end to punitive Mexican tariffs on U.S. goods.

Security continues to be a key issue for shippers doing business in Mexico. The rise in cross-border surface trade between the U.S.

The Teamsters union and environmental groups are taking a new tack in their long, so far unrewarding campaign to organize port container haulers.

Schneider National is looking to hire 300 truck drivers in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico for its dedicated and bulk divisions to serve the region’s booming oil business.

YRC Worldwide is one step away from completing its financial restructuring by a July 22 deadline, a key official at th

YRC Worldwide named financial executive Christopher C. Wren senior vice president and treasurer of the $4.3 billion trucking enterprise.

The for-hire trucking industry is adding workers to company payrolls while the national unemployment rate continues to rise.

ABF Freight System won an important victory in its challenge to wage and benefits concessions the Teamsters union granted YRC Worldwide and its subsidiaries.

Owner-operator truck drivers this week sued one of the largest drayage operators at the Port of New York and New Jersey, claiming the company improperly classified them as independent contractors inst

Excess capacity may be building on the high seas, but it evaporates quickly once freight reaches dry land. Unlike container shipping lines, U.S.

Looking to calm concerns over moves to allow Mexican trucking companies to operate in the United States, U.S.

No one, it seems, is happy with less-than-truckload pricing.

The driver turnover rate at large truckload fleets rose to an annualized rate of 75 percent in the first quarter of 2011, the American Trucking Associations said.