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ABF Talks with Teamsters, Lobbies Congress
Joseph Bonney |
ABF Freight System is waging a two-front campaign to cut its labor costs by negotiating with the Teamsters about contract concessions and lobbying Congress for legislation to ease the burden unionized
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Factory Group Opposes Energy Taxes for Transport
John D. Boyd |
The National Association of Manufacturers, a major industrial lobbying group in Washington, D.C., launched an advertising campaign to head off new energy taxes after <a href="/government-regulation/ob
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Trucking labor
Obama Outlines Transportation Strategy
John D. Boyd |
President Obama said he wants long-term transportation legislation to include a permanent infrastructure bank that can make investments outside regular state formulas, and to put his passenger rail pr
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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North-American rail
Transport Groups Seek Infrastructure Plan Details
John D. Boyd |
Industry groups were scrambling for details on how the administration expects to develop the <a href="/government-regulation/obama-offers-50-billion-transport-building-plan" target="_blank"><u>$50 bil
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North-American rail
Obama Offers $50 Billion Transport Building Plan
John D. Boyd |
President Obama proposed to spend $50 billion to "jumpstart" construction of roads, railways and airport runways, the White House said, and pair it with "a long-term framework to reform
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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North-American rail
A Restart at Con-way Freight
William B. Cassidy |
Last year’s less-than-truckload price war is still claiming victims, but not those once expected to fall. Two of Con-way Freight’s top officers, President John G.
Trucking News
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LA Wins on Trucks
Bill Mongelluzzo |
A federal judge’s ruling upholding the concession requirements in the Port of Los Angeles clean-trucks program hardly brings the case closer to resolution.
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Trucking labor
Port of LA Will Phase in Clean-Truck Mandate
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The Port of Los Angeles says it will phase in the requirement for employee drivers in port trucking now that the country's largest port has approval from a federal judge to implement portions of the c
Maritime
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Forwarding
Trucking Official Sees More Port Trucking Battles
Bill Mongelluzzo |
A trucking official says a judge’s ruling against owner-operator drivers at the Port of Los Angeles was just one skirmish in “a war” the industry is fighting with officials at the po
Port News
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Environmental Groups Praise Clean Truck Decision
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Environmental, community and labor organizations Friday praised the decision by a U.S.
Maritime
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Forwarding
Trucking Group to Appeal LA Ruling
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The American Trucking Associations plans to appeal the <a href="/government-regulation/judge-rules-la-port-clean-trucks-plan-can-proceed" target="_blank"><u>ruling of U.S.
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Judge Rules LA Port Clean Trucks Plan Can Proceed
Bill Mongelluzzo |
A federal judge late Thursday rejected trucking industry arguments that parts of the Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Programs violate federal law and said controversial provisions affecting drivers an
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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FMCSA Drug, Alcohol Sweep Nabs 109 Drivers
William B. Cassidy |
Federal and state officials pulled more than 100 truck drivers off the road for drug and alcohol violations in a two-week investigative sweep.
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Trucking labor
FedEx Drivers Launch Suit for Reclassification
Thomas L. Gallagher |
The battle over the employment status of drivers at FedEx Ground moved to Massachusetts this week as 31 current and former drivers sued the carrier, alleging improper classification. <br /><br />
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Capacity Bunch
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The harbor drayage community in Southern California is warning there will be a shortage of truck capacity during the peak shipping season. <br /> <br />
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Group Aims to Reduce LA-Long Beach Terminal Congestion
Bill Mongelluzzo |
A harbor working group that includes 30 terminal operators, trucking executives and labor representatives is moving quickly to address marine terminal congestion in Los Angeles-Long Beach.<br />
Maritime
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North American ports
Truck Tonnage Slips 1.4 Percent
William B. Cassidy |
Seasonally adjusted truck tonnage declined for the second consecutive month, supporting claims the economy is slowing, the American Trucking Associations said.<br /> <br />
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Greek Truckers Defy Order to End Strike
William B. Cassidy |
Striking truck drivers in Greece will consider proposals to end their five-day protest Friday, after defying a Greek government order to return to work. <br /> <br />
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Trucking labor
Clean-Trucks Bill Lands in House
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., on Thursday introduced a bill that would enhance the ability of ports to enact clean-air programs, while opening the door to unionization of harbor truck drivers.
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Indian Truckers Threaten to Strike
JOC Staff |
Unionized truckers in India called for an indefinite strike starting at midnight on Aug. 5 that threatens to disrupt freight movements across the country.<br /> <br />
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DOT Sends Trucker Hours of Service to White House
William B. Cassidy |
The first draft of a new rule on the time truckers may spend behind the wheel was sent to the White House July 26 for what’s expected to be a three-month review.<br /> <br />
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YRC Ordered to Give Worker List to EEOC
William B. Cassidy |
A U.S. District Court ordered YRC Worldwide to hand over the names of all black employees who worked at its Chicago Ridge facility from 2004 through 2009.<br /> <br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Truck Drivers Strike in Greece
William B. Cassidy |
Truckers in Greece are striking over a plan to introduce new trucking licenses. <br /> <br />
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Trucking labor
Truck Safety at a Cost
William B. Cassidy |
Highway safety could be imperiled if programs and efforts to enforce regulations and improve truck safety don’t receive sufficient funding, the head of an association dedicated to truck safety e
Trucking News
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Trucking labor
FedEx Ground to Pay $3 Million to Massachusetts
William B. Cassidy |
FedEx Ground will pay Massachusetts $3 million to settle allegations it misclassified delivery truck drivers as independent contractors, the state attorney general said.<br /> <br />
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Truckload Demand Pushes Landstar Profit Up 36 Percent
JOC Staff |
Landstar System expanded its profit 36 percent in the second quarter to $24.4 million with a record number of truckload moves and said it expects to maintain a strong recovery in demand through the th
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Truck brokers
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LA-Long Beach Talks Yield Little Progress
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Negotiators for striking office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach and their employers bargained all day Saturday but made little progress toward a new contract.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Teamsters to Push YRC to Resume Pensions
William B. Cassidy |
The Teamsters union is aiming to get YRC Worldwide to resume some pension contributions starting in January 2011, union officials said Tuesday.<br /> <br />
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Container Surge Presses Virginia Harbor Truckers
William B. Cassidy |
A steady increase in container traffic is putting pressure on drayage operators at the Port of Virginia, including Wyatt Transfer, a Richmond, Va., port trucker.<br /> <br />
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Forwarding
Harbor Trucking Faces Peak Season ‘Meltdown’
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The start of the peak-shipping season is still more than a month away, but marine terminal congestion in Los Angeles-Long Beach is mounting so rapidly that harbor truckers are in a state of panic.<br
Maritime
Forwarding
Trucking labor
North American ports
Long Beach Pollution Drops 52 Percent in Five Years
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Pollution from port activities in Long Beach dropped as much as 52 percent in 2009 compared to 2005, according to the port’s latest inventory of pollutants such as diesel particulate matter, nit
Maritime
Trucking labor
Truck Safety Changes on Schedule, FMCSA Chief Says
William B. Cassidy |
After delaying sweeping truck safety changes, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is “absolutely on target” to meet its new deadlines, FMCSA administrator Anne S.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Schneider Offers Signing Bonuses to Pennsylvania Drivers
William B. Cassidy |
Schneider National offered a $5,000 signing bonus for drivers willing to work for its Dedicated Services division in Chambersburg, Pa.<br /> <br />
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Trucking labor
CVSA Roadcheck Targets Unsafe Trucks, Drivers
JOC Team |
Tens of thousands of trucks and buses will be stopped for safety inspections by state police this week in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Roadcheck.<br /> <br />
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Teamsters Shifts Gears in Port Fight
Bill Mongelluzzo |
To small trucking companies working the ports in California, using independent contract drivers to haul containers creates a symbiotic relationship, giving owner-operators the freedom they prize and t
Maritime
Trucking News
Trucking labor
North American ports
South China Port Truckers Protest Over Rates
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Truckers in South China who are seeking higher earnings reportedly blocked the main road leading to ports in western Shenzhen on Thursday, and threatened to take their protest to larger ports if they
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Teamsters VP Gegare to Run Against Hoffa
William B. Cassidy |
Teamsters vice president Fred Gegare will challenge James P. Hoffa next year for the top job at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.<br /> <br />
Trucking labor
Trucking News
ABF, Teamsters Seek New Route
William B. Cassidy |
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.
Trucking News
Trucking labor
Advocate Urges Congress to Protect Pension Benefits
William B. Cassidy |
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.<br /> <br />
Trucking News
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PBGC Splits Chicago-area Trucking Pension Fund
William B. Cassidy |
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.<br /> <br />
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