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NY-NJ Port Issues Clean-Trucks Plan
Joseph Bonney |
The Port of New York and New Jersey will ban the oldest drayage trucks from its terminals starting next Jan. 1 in the first phase of a multi-step program to reduce air pollution from trucks.<br />
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C.H. Robinson Carrier Roster Shrinks
JOC Staff |
Freight brokerage giant C.H. Robinson says its base of carriers shrank 6 percent, or 3,000 carriers, in 2009 as the recession took a toll on transportation capacity providers.<br /> <br />
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NYNJ Port to Cut Emissions
Joseph Bonney |
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans this week to release details of a clean-air program expected to phase out older, dirtier trucks at port terminals. <br /> <br />
Maritime
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Trucking Companies Fear Driver Shortage
Bill Mongelluzzo |
A spike in cargo volume could produce a driver shortage and would expose bottlenecks on key freight corridors, the chairman of the American Trucking Associations warns.<br /> <br />
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Transport Jobs Shrink in February
John D. Boyd |
Despite signs of a slowly improving economy, employment in the transportation modes that include freight operations slid further in February, the Labor Department reported.<br /> <br />
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Finnish Stevedores to Join Trucker Strike
Bruce Barnard |
Finnish stevedores are set to walk off the job on March 4, joining striking truckers in a nationwide transport stoppage that threatens to bring industry to a halt and strangle the Nordic nation's fore
Maritime
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Driver Pay: A Century-Old Issue
William B. Cassidy |
Driver pay has been a factor in driver shortages since at least 1914, when a publication called Motor Truck reported, “Nearly all employers complain of the great difficulty of securing drivers w
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Trucking’s Driver Dilemma
William B. Cassidy |
After last year’s massive layoffs, tens of thousands of truck drivers are unemployed, and more trucking bankruptcies are expected as the nascent recovery takes root. <br /> <br />
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Clean-Truck Plan Goes to Trial
Bill Mongelluzzo |
After almost two years of litigation and appeals, U.S. District Court Judge Christina A.
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Hoffa Says Teamsters to Build on YRC Success
William B. Cassidy |
The Teamsters are ready to put the muscle they used against Wall Street to help YRC Worldwide into action against fresh opponents, says General President James P. Hoffa.<br /> <br />
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Trade Groups Turn to DOT on Harbor Truck Regs
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Retailers and other trade groups appealed for support Thursday from the U.S. Department of Transportation in their case against turning regulation of harbor trucking over to local port authorities.
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ABF, Teamsters to Meet for 'Dialogue'
William B. Cassidy |
ABF Freight System is holding a "dialogue" with the Teamsters union over pension liabilities and labor costs, the company's top executive said yesterday.<br /> <br />
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President Presses for Exports to Create Jobs
R.G. Edmonson |
President Obama said Wednesday that increasing exports and construction of infrastructure will be among the ways the U.S. economy will recover from the recession. <br /> <br />
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Ports Group Opposes Truck Regulation Overhaul
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The American Association of Port Authorities will not join some of its largest members in seeking greater local regulatory authority over harbor trucking.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Teamsters, Environmentalists Target Toyota
William B. Cassidy |
The partnership labor and environmentalists forged at California ports is moving up the supply chain to protest Toyota's plans to shift some U.S. production to Japan.<br /> <br />
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Trucking Group Supports 11-hour Driving Limit
William B. Cassidy |
The American Trucking Associations wants federal regulators to add more flexibility to truck driver hours of service rules, but not to cut the daily driving limit of 11 hours (<a href="http://www.joc.
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Transport Employment Fell in December
John D. Boyd |
U.S. rail and water transport jobs edged up slightly in December, but the larger trucking and air sectors continued to cut back.<br /> <br />
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ILWU Backs Long Beach Clean Trucks Program
Bill Mongelluzzo |
A Port of Long Beach advertisement promoting its clean-truck plan to neighboring communities attracted the support of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 13.
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Hearings Scheduled on Trucker Hours of Service
William B. Cassidy |
Federal regulators will start hearings around the country this month on plans to rewrite controversial hours-of-service rules for truck drivers. <br /> <br />
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Arrow Trucking Faces Lawsuits
William B. Cassidy |
The employees of Arrow Trucking are taking the company to court over its sudden shutdown Dec. 23, charging the closure violated federal labor law.<br /> <br />
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Teamsters Postpone Protest in Support of YRC
Thomas L. Gallagher |
The Teamsters Union planned to hold an unusual picketing action outside the offices of Brigade Capital Management in New York to urge the hedge fund to cooperate with YRC Worldwide in its effort to re
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YRC Extends Offer Deadline, Claims New Support
JOC Staff |
YRC Worldwide extended its debt-for-equity swap to the eve of a crucial debt payment deadline on Wednesday as the trucking giant and its unionized drivers raised the pressure on bondholders to accept
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Teamsters Seek Probe of YRC Debt Trading
JOC Staff |
The Teamsters union wants the U.S.
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Teamsters Reach Carhaul Accord With GM
JOC Staff |
Teamsters officials, trying to save carhauling work in the troubled automobile manufacturing jobs, say General Motors agreed to protect existing jobs at the company and remains in talks with the union
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Teamsters Say Goldman Sachs Trades on YRC Bankruptcy
JOC Team |
Teamsters General President James P.
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YRC Lowers Barrier to Debt-Equity Swap
William B. Cassidy |
YRC Worldwide is lowering the bar for its debt-for-equity swap with bondholders, dropping the participation requirement for certain bondholders from 95 percent to 70 percent for notes that come due in
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EEOC Charges YRC With Race Discrimination
JOC Team |
YRC Worldwide faces a fresh challenge from the federal government, which filed a third lawsuit claiming the company's nationwide less-than-truckload carrier, YRC, discriminated against black employees
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Congress Extends FAA Authorization
R.G. Edmonson |
Congress on Friday pushed off until next year a measure authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration, giving up for a third year in a row on a plan the aviation industry has been waiiting
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Driver Pay Hike Averts French Truck Strike
Bruce Barnard |
A truck driver strike that could have paralyzed European logistics networks was avoided when French truck drivers and employers reached a tentative agreement on a new contract Dec. 11.<br />
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France Steps In to Truck Labor Negotiations
Bruce Barnard |
The French government intervened in contract negotiations between truck drivers and their employers Dec.
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Obama Dubious of ‘Shovel-Ready’ Jobs
JOC Staff |
President Obama says large-scale transportation projects that are supposedly “shovel-ready” may not provide the quick boost for jobs needed in the halting American economic recovery.
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Trucking labor
Transport Sector Cuts Jobs in November
John D. Boyd |
All major transportation industries reduced their employment levels in November, in line with a still-weak recovery in freight shipping; however, warehousing added jobs.<br /> <br />
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Trucking labor
Teamsters Clash With GM, Chrysler
JOC Team |
The Teamsters union is stepping up a fight with two of the nation’s largest automakers, claiming a plan by Chrysler and General Motors to shift shipments of new cars to non-union carriers is cos
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California Clean-Trucks Cut Pollution 80 Percent
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The Southern California clean-truck program by Jan. 1 will have reduced diesel pollution in the harbor by 80 percent, a full two years ahead of schedule.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Teamsters Seek to Organize Challenger
JOC Team |
The Teamsters union launched a campaign to organize 1,500 workers at the Challenger Group, one of Canada's largest privately owned trucking companies.<br /> <br />
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Engineers Launch Strike Against Canadian National
John D. Boyd |
Locomotive engineers in Canada launched a strike against Canadian National Railway early Nov.
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No Concession Talks With ABF, Teamsters Say
JOC Team |
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said no talks are under way with ABF Freight System that would result in concessions for its members.<br /> <br />
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Top Trucking Executives Eye 2010 Rebound
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Trucking companies that are surviving in today's treacherous economic environment will be well positioned to prosper when traffic begins to rebound next year, according to carrier and shipper executiv
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NLRB Closes $41 Million Back Pay Case
JOC Team |
The National Labor Relations Board has tapped the last of $41 million in back pay owed to about 2,000 Michigan Teamsters, closing what may be the federal agency’s largest back pay order on recor
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Trucker ABF, Teamsters in Concession Talks
JOC Staff |
Anaheim, Calif. -- <br />
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