Trucking labor

The battle between the Teamsters union and the American Trucking Associations will drag out into next year, but the rules of engagement could change significantly.

Winning a third round of concessions from its Teamsters employees gave YRC Worldwide its best shot yet at survival, extending until 2015 wage and benefit cuts it won last year and sharply reducing its

The gap between new and used truck prices is widening, and that may further restrict truck capacity in coming years as carriers replace aging equipment.

A trucking company charged with falsifying driver work records must install electronic onboard recorders in 700 trucks or pay almost $82,000 in civil fines.

The American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit for an expedited hearing of their appeals in the port's clean-truck case.

ABF Freight System is suing the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and three YRC Worldwide subsidiaries over the latest round of labor concessions at YRC.

Truckload operator USA Truck reported a profit for the second straight quarter, though its net income slipped by a third from the second quarter to $586,000.

Union workers at Navistar ratified a four-year labor pact the company says will improve the operating structure and flexibility of its truck and engine plants.

Teamster employees at YRC Worldwide approved extended wage, benefit and pension cuts to give the financially troubled trucking giant another shot at survival.

When the Great Recession began, UPS Freight President Jack Holmes sought advice from J.

Implementation of the employee-driver mandate in the Port of Los Angeles clean-trucks plan may not begin at the end of 2011 as planned. That appears to be the outcome of a ruling by U.S.

A high volume of ballots is likely to extend vote counting in a Teamsters election crucial to the survival of trucking giant YRC Worldwide into the weekend.

YRC Worldwide's lenders gave the company some financial wiggle room as the clock ticks down on a critical Teamster vote on wage and benefit concessions.

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Trucking interests in Southern California appear to have scored a temporary victory Monday when U.S. District Court Judge Christina A.

Kenneth Churchill, a trucking pioneer who shut down his 68-year-old company during a historic Teamsters strike, died Oct. 20 at the age of 92.

The Department of Transportation faces a Nov. 4 deadline to respond to a challenge to a rule mandating the use of electronic onboard recorders by some truckers.

Although only a tiny percentage of truck drivers test positive for illegal drug use, those who do increasingly test positive for the use of drugs such as marijuana, PCP, amphetamines and opiates, acco

When it comes to complying with truck safety regulations, the devil is in the details. At many trucking companies, only the devil may know those details.

YRC Worldwide is reportedly prepared to shut down subsidiary New Penn if Teamsters at the regional carrier reject proposed wage and pension concessions.

As many as half of the driver qualification files motor carriers keep are incomplete or inaccurate, according to a survey of trucking customers by LexisNexis.

YRC Worldwide expects to narrow its losses in the third quarter on the back of higher tonnages and revenue per load, the nation's largest trucker said Monday.

Mexico will no longer accept a U.S. pilot program as a way of allowing Mexican trucks to operate in the U.S., a senior Mexican diplomat said Friday.

A dissident Teamster who started her career as a warehouse worker and truck driver is challenging James P. Hoffa for the top job in the Teamsters union.

Trucking employment fell slightly in September, ending a six-month growth streak, according to preliminary data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

President Obama called Monday for sweeping investment in infrastructure, putting new urgency to his pledge of more funding and jobs through a broad national plan for transportation.

William D. Zollars will end his career at YRC Worldwide as he began it, with the reorganization of a trucking giant struggling to adapt to a changing market.

In a matter of months, William D. Zollars is expected to vacate the chairman’s office at YRC Worldwide, leaving his successor to radically restructure the trucking enterprise.

Despite steady growth in hiring since February, the number of workers employed by for-hire trucking firms lags the level of a year ago and is far down from payroll numbers two years ago, an analysis o

Shares of YRC Worldwide plunged more than 20 percent in trading on Wall Street Thursday after an industry analyst urged investors to "get out of the stock today" when the troubled trucking giant said

The Teamsters union is offering to extend its current contract with YRC Worldwide for two years and accept dramatically reduced pension contributions in return for an unprecedented say in the manageme

National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman said it is "long past time" trucking firms took steps to reduce the risk of driver fatigue, after hearing evidence today that acute fatigu

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission Monday approved a schedule by which harbor trucking companies next year must begin phasing employee drivers into their fleets, with 100 percent employee drivers requi

YRC Worldwide reached a tentative agreement with the Teamsters union on a comprehensive financial restructuring to help the struggling trucking giant survive.

The American Trucking Associations at the weekend filed its formal appeal with U.S. District Court Judge Christina A.

In the first progress report on its ambitious National Export Initiative, the Obama administration rapped a solid base hit, but business leaders are looking for home runs.

The number of workers employed by for-hire trucking firms has grown steadily since February, but is still lower than it was a year ago and far smaller than payroll numbers two years ago, an analysis o

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners on Sept.

Greek lawmakers Wednesday voted to reform the nation's protected trucking industry as striking drivers clashed with police and blocked key highways on the tenth day of a nationwide walkout.

The Port of Los Angeles plans to begin phasing in the employee-driver mandate in its clean-truck program over three years with a requirement that each motor carrier handle 20 percent of the company&rs