Trucking labor

After acquiring the regional trucking operator USF for $1.37 billion in May 2005, YRC Worldwide Chairman, President and CEO William D.

Freight transportation employment was virtually flat last month while a closely watched survey of non-manufacturing activity showed a sharp drop in import growth.

Leaders from Teamsters union locals around the country will review a tentative national car-haul agreement when they meet in Nashville June 13.

YRC Worldwide is once again contributing to Teamsters pensions, but at much lower level than it did before suspending those contributions in July 2009.

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

Landstar System is increasing its number of business capacity owners, the owner-operators who operate trucks for the $2.3 billion transportation company.

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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Supply chain education is spreading beyond the campus and reaching for the high school classroom.

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

Truck drivers may soon see solid evidence of economic recovery in their paychecks.

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.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide said it is making "significant progress" toward completing key steps in its restructuring plan before an April 29 deadline.

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

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

Chinese truck drivers are striking this week in Shanghai due to rising fuel costs and increased fees charged by private warehouse operators.

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.

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.

A panel of appellate court judges will decide the fate of an unprecedented legal battle between two major trucking companies and the Teamsters union.

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.

Truck drivers should be required to use electronic devices to log their hours of service, the American Trucking Associations said Thursday.

For shippers, the search for truck capacity is like playing dominos.

Trucking showed the strongest employment growth in March among transportation and warehousing industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Less-than-truckload carriers say they increasingly are handling heavier freight typically moved by truckload carriers as capacity in that sector tightens.

Less-than-truckload carriers are doing something they haven’t done in a long time — hiring.

Maritime and intermodal industry officials are raising alarms that the proposed federal hours-of-service rules for domestic U.S.

The Teamsters Central States Pension Fund is cutting into benefits for YRC Worldwide employees as the trucking operator struggles to restructure its finances.

Regional less-than-truckload carrier Holland will hire nearly 1,000 drivers this year as freight demand accelerates, the YRC Worldwide subsidiary said Monday.

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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

Where should higher truck rates go? Lana Batts says they should go straight to driver paychecks.

The Coast Guard is seeking comment on a proposal for the voluntary use of equipment to read Transportation Worker Identification Credentials.

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

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.

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.

The two organizations that have wrestled over the unionization of harbor drayage companies for the past few years promised attendees at the 11th annual

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

Trucking hired 11,000 workers in February, accounting for half of a monthly gain in transportation and warehousing jobs, according to federal employment statistics.

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.

Business interests hailed a U.S.-Mexico agreement on cross-border trucking that is sure to be