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Local Teamsters Leaders to Review Car-Haul Pact
William B. Cassidy |
Leaders from Teamsters union locals around the country will review a tentative national car-haul agreement when they meet in Nashville June 13.<br /> <br />
Trucking labor
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YRC Worldwide Resumes Pension Contributions
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide is once again contributing to Teamsters pensions, but at much lower level than it did before suspending those contributions in July 2009. <br /> <br />
LTL
Trucking labor
Trucking's Technology Wave
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking technology is approaching a crossroads as safety regulations and economic necessity drive more trucking companies to purchase and plug into everything from electronic onboard recorders to net
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Landstar Adds Owner-Operators, Capacity
William B. Cassidy |
Landstar System is increasing its number of business capacity owners, the owner-operators who operate trucks for the $2.3 billion transportation company.<br /> <br />
Truckload
Trucking labor
Missouri Expedites Relief Trucks to Joplin
William B. Cassidy |
Missouri’s departments of transportation and public safety are helping truckers expedite shipments of equipment and relief supplies to tornado victims in Joplin as rescue workers and survivors c
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Tweeting for Truck Drivers
William B. Cassidy |
Searching for experienced truck drivers to hire? Try Twitter.<br /> <br />
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Forging the First Link
William B. Cassidy |
Supply chain education is spreading beyond the campus and reaching for the high school classroom. <br /> <br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Trucking labor
YRC Almost Fully Diluted
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide may have cleared perhaps the largest obstacle to its survival by securing an accord on a restructuring plan to cut debt and boost liquidity, but it almost certainly will not be the last
LTL
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Time to Pay the Driver
William B. Cassidy |
Truck drivers may soon see solid evidence of economic recovery in their paychecks.<br /> <br />
Trucking News
Trucking labor
YRC Worldwide Reaches Restructuring Agreement
William B. Cassidy |
New debt restructuring agreements YRC Worldwide reached with lenders and pension funds will allow the carrier to meet a key deadline in its bid to avoid bankruptcy.<br /> <br />
LTL
Trucking News
Trucking labor
YRC Declares Progress on Restructuring
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking giant YRC Worldwide said it is making "significant progress" toward completing key steps in its restructuring plan before an April 29 deadline. <br /><br />
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LTL
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Shanghai Port Trucking Stoppages Ease
JOC Staff |
A five-day-old trucker strike at the Port of Shanghai eased significantly over the weekend following intervention by the mayor and a series of concessions offered to drivers, including a rollback of f
Port News
Trucking labor
Forwarding
USA Truck Loses $2.7 Million Despite Revenue Growth
JOC Staff |
Truckload carrier USA Truck lost $2.7 million in the first quarter despite a 17.4 percent surge in overall revenue to $124 million as tougher operating conditions and higher fuel costs hit the company
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Chinese Truckers Protest High Fuel Costs, Private Fees
Dana L. Brundage |
Chinese truck drivers are striking this week in Shanghai due to rising fuel costs and increased fees charged by private warehouse operators. <br /><br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Forwarding
Trucking labor
Truck Driver Pay Rising
William B. Cassidy |
Truck driver pay is heading up, with a 2.2 percent increase in February from January and a 4.6 percent increase year-over-year, according to Longbow Research. <br /><br />
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Trucking labor
Trucking Group Urges DOT to Drop Hours Proposal
William B. Cassidy |
New data showing a lower rate of truck-involved accident deaths indicate more restrictive hours of service rules for truck drivers are unnecessary, the American Trucking Associations says. <br />
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
ABF Freight Makes Appeal, Awaits Decision
William B. Cassidy |
A panel of appellate court judges will decide the fate of an unprecedented legal battle between two major trucking companies and the Teamsters union. <br /><br />
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
US Court of Appeals Hears ABF-YRC-Teamsters Lawsuit
William B. Cassidy |
A three-judge appellate court panel heard arguments April 12 in an ABF Freight System lawsuit against the Teamsters union and subsidiaries of YRC Worldwide. <br /><br />
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Trucking Group Backs Mandated Electronic Driver Logs
William B. Cassidy |
Truck drivers should be required to use electronic devices to log their hours of service, the American Trucking Associations said Thursday. <br /><br />
Trucking News
Trucking labor
LTL’s Capacity Squeeze
William B. Cassidy |
For shippers, the search for truck capacity is like playing dominos.
LTL
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Trucking labor
Trucking Scrambles to Add Jobs in March
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking showed the strongest employment growth in March among transportation and warehousing industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. <br /><br />
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Heavier Truck Freight Shifting to LTL
William B. Cassidy |
Less-than-truckload carriers say they increasingly are handling heavier freight typically moved by truckload carriers as capacity in that sector tightens. <br /><br />
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Industrial Strength Recovery
William B. Cassidy |
Less-than-truckload carriers are doing something they haven’t done in a long time — hiring. <br /> <br />
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Hours on the Waterfront
William B. Cassidy |
Maritime and intermodal industry officials are raising alarms that the proposed federal hours-of-service rules for domestic U.S.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Trucking labor
Pension Fund Cuts YRC Teamster Benefits
William B. Cassidy |
The Teamsters Central States Pension Fund is cutting into benefits for YRC Worldwide employees as the trucking operator struggles to restructure its finances. <br /><br />
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
LTL Trucker Holland to Hire 1,000 Drivers
William B. Cassidy |
Regional less-than-truckload carrier Holland will hire nearly 1,000 drivers this year as freight demand accelerates, the YRC Worldwide subsidiary said Monday. <br /><br />
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Court to Review Long Beach-ATA Settlement
Bill Mongelluzzo |
U.S.
Maritime
Trucking labor
Batts: Driver Pay Must Rise
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Where should higher truck rates go? Lana Batts says they should go straight to driver paychecks.<br /> <br />
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Restarting Trucker Hours
William B. Cassidy |
Forget cutting the daily driving limit and shortening the workday, the most unpopular aspect of the proposed truck driver hours-of-service rule might be a provision that would force many truckers to t
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Coast Guard Seeks Comment on TWIC Reader Use
R.G. Edmonson |
The Coast Guard is seeking comment on a proposal for the voluntary use of equipment to read Transportation Worker Identification Credentials. <br /><br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Trucking labor
Pension Plans Could Push YRC Into Bankruptcy
William B. Cassidy |
Teamster multi-employer pension plans are seeking a higher interest rate on deferred pension obligations owed by YRC Worldwide, throwing up a potential stumbling block for the troubled trucking giant
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Who’s Leading, Leaving YRC?
William B. Cassidy |
As Chief Financial Officer Sheila Taylor prepares to leave YRC Worldwide, pressure mounts on the company’s board to find a successor to William D. Zollars.<br /> <br />
Trucking News
LTL
Trucking labor
Help Wanted in Trucking
William B. Cassidy |
The trucking industry is hiring again, but at a pace and level far below its pre-recession plateau, placing a limit on the expansion of truck capacity.<br /> <br />
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Teamsters, Drayage Companies Battle On
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The two organizations that have wrestled over the unionization of harbor drayage companies for the past few years promised attendees at the 11th annual <a href="http://www.cvent.com/events/trans-pacif
Maritime
Trucking labor
Drilling Into Detention Time
William B. Cassidy |
The debate over truck driver hours-of-service is bumping up against shipper docks, as some truckers and an influential member of Congress are calling for limits on the time shippers and receivers can
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Trucking Leads Transport Hiring in February
William B. Cassidy |
Trucking hired 11,000 workers in February, accounting for half of a monthly gain in transportation and warehousing jobs, according to federal employment statistics. <br /><br />
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Retailers Warn of Higher Trucking Costs
William B. Cassidy |
Transportation costs could rise as much as 20 percent if the Department of Transportation cuts the time truck drivers may spend behind the wheel, the National Retail Federation says. <br /> <br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Trucking labor
Business Groups Applaud US-Mexican Trucking Pact
William B. Cassidy |
Business interests hailed a <a href="/government-regulation/us-mexico-move-closer-cross-border-trucking-0" target="_blank"><u>U.S.-Mexico agreement on cross-border trucking</u></a> that is sure to be
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Trucking labor
US, Mexico Announce Trucking Deal
William B. Cassidy |
The U.S. and Mexico reached a preliminary agreement on resolving a cross-border trucking dispute that led to $2.4 billion in Mexican tariffs on U.S. goods. <br /><br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Trucking labor
Members of Congress Blast HOS Proposal
William B. Cassidy |
Nearly 150 members of Congress urged the Obama administration to drop its proposed hours-of-service rule and keep the current work rules for truck drivers. <br /> <br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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