Trucking labor

Teamsters employees sent a clear message to ABF Freight System when they rejected wage concessions last week: Use pricing, not pay cuts to balance the books.

Retirees in multiemployer pension plans whose former companies failed shouldn't be penalized by pension reform, a pension expert said at a Senate hearing yesterday.

A Chicago-area pension fund that faced insolvency by 2013 will be split in two, with workers from bankrupt firms receiving benefits from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

The Teamsters union’s Central States pension fund faces insolvency within 10 to 15 years unless Congress acts to stabilize the fund, its executive director said this week.

Work rules spelled out in contracts between owner-operator truckers and drayage companies may not provide the legal grounding to maintain the truckers’ status as independent contractors at U.S.

Teamsters at ABF Freight System rejected a 15 percent wage cut by a solid majority, sending the less-than-truckload carrier and union back to the negotiating table.

The Teamsters union and YRC Worldwide said they will form two joint labor-management committees to discuss the trucking operator's participation in union pension funds and "ways to enhance YRCW's

The battle over who will drive the trucks in clean-air programs being rolled out at ports across the country is now being waged on three fronts — federal court in Los Angeles, a U.S.

The May 5 hearing by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure into the Port of Los Angeles' clean-trucks program may spawn yet another investigation of the program, this one dealing wi

Trucking executives may get the driver shortage they fear unless they reverse wage trends in the industry, an investment research firm warned today.

The watershed Los Angeles clean-truck lawsuit is one step closer to conclusion, with the port stating in its closing arguments that it is exempt from federal pre-emption law because it is a market par

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach spent almost $80 million combined on incentives to get carriers and owner-operators driving clean diesel trucks.

For a few hours this month, Congress trained a spotlight on someone rarely noticed in Washington — the trucker who works the nation’s ports, hauling containers from docks to distribution p

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Port executives on Wednesday spelled out the differences between the port of Los Angeles truck concession agreements and the port of Long Beach registration agreements in testimony before the House Co

At a congressional hearing Wednesday morning on harbor trucking in southern California, carriers and shippers will be watching closely to see if lawmakers warm to the idea of giving local authorities

The Teamsters on Wednesday launched a multimedia blitz to push Congress to change federal law that makes it tougher organize FedEx Express drivers.

For the second time in a year, the Teamsters union is offering a major trucking employer significant concessions to keep its trucks and drivers in the battle for shippers.

ABF Freight System’s tentative labor accord tries to dull the pain of wage cuts by promising employees payback for profit.

Teamsters at ABF Freight System will vote on a proposed 15 percent wage cut early next month, after ballots are mailed on or about April 30, the Teamsters union said.

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Workers at ABF Freight System will give up 15 percent of their wages but retain full pension benefits under a tentative concession plan approved today by local Teamster leaders.

With the transportation industry searching last year for any “green shoots” to hint at a recovery in the freight sector, this year there are plenty of saplings.

ABF Freight System reached a tentative agreement on new contract terms with the Teamsters union that will likely include wage and work concessions aimed at cutting the trucking company’s operati

Environmental and labor interests warned Thursday that the clean-air benefits being realized today by the introduction of thousands of new trucks in Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor will be lost in subse

ABF Freight System agreed to an independent review of its finances as it seeks concessions from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Concern is building that coming climate change legislation in the Senate could propose a tax on motor fuels that would divert some future fees from the Highway Trust Fund.

Support for broad-based pension reform is growing in Washington as businesses and labor unions seek a federal fix for troubled union and corporate retirement plans.

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., unveiled legislation on March 22 that would reform multi-employer pension plans.

March brought increases in employment across U.S. surface transportation industries, with mild job gains in trucking, rail and waterborne commerce breaking a long downtrend during the recession.

A congressional panel set a hearing for May 5 on proposals to allow the economic regulation of harbor trucking, an issue that has sharply divided shippers and trade groups from a handful of ports and

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Trucking executives are worried about a driver shortage, but some drivers may be more worried about keeping their jobs.

More trucking company failures and higher truckload rates may be coming sooner than many shippers think.

The value of YRC Worldwide’s stock climbed nearly 20 percent yesterday, rising from 45.5 cents to 56 cents a share on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

A business-backed coalition is pressing the House of Representatives to act quickly on pension funding reform before April deadlines that affect defined benefit plans.

A coalition of employers, labor unions and lawmakers is pressing Congress for “temporary pension funding relief” that would allow companies to extend the deadline for fully funding their d

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The Teamsters union is considering whether what was good for YRC Worldwide would be good for one of that trucking company’s largest competitors, ABF Freight System.

As the Teamsters mull concession talks with ABF Freight System, YRC Worldwide is still trying to get some members to accept concessions approved last year.