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YRC Loses $309 Million
JOC Staff |
YRC Worldwide, the country’s largest less-than-truckload carrier, lost $309 million in the quarter ending June 30 as shippers apparently abandoned the troubled company in large numbers, sending
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FMC Drops Clean-Trucks Probe
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The Federal Maritime Commission is ending its investigation of the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks program, saying developments since it launched the probe last September have significantly dimini
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Shippers Fight Truck Regulation Rewrite
Thomas L. Gallagher |
More than 30 shipper organizations sent a letter to Rep.
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Clean Trucks Handle Most LA/LB Moves
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Clean diesel and liquefied natural gas trucks now handle 52 percent of the containers moving through the Port of Long Beach, according to a study released by the port.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Taking on Pre-emption
Bill Mongelluzzo |
<p class="MsoPlainText">After running into roadblocks in court, interest groups that support organized labor want to use the surface transportation reauthorization as well as clean-trucks plans at Cal
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YRC's Zollars Apologizes to Teamsters, Hoffa
JOC Team |
YRC Worldwide Chairman, President and CEO apologized not once but twice to Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa and union employees.<br /> <br />
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TSA Rule Equalizes Penalty Procedures
R.G. Edmonson |
Government agencies will follow similar procedures no matter who breaks transport security rules. <br /> <br />
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Central States Pension Fund Drops YRC Worldwide
JOC Team |
The largest Teamsters pension fund dropped YRC Worldwide, the largest unionized trucking company, as its Teamster employees prepare to vote on whether to accept a 15 percent wage cut and a suspension
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YRC Teamsters Prepare to Vote on Major Changes
William B. Cassidy |
Financiallytroubled YRC Worldwide could see results of a critical vote by its Teamsters drivers on dramatic changes to the labor contract by the first week of August. <br /> <br />
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White House Sends Ferro Nomination to Senate
JOC Team |
Anne S. Ferro's nomination to be head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the hands of the Senate, moving her closer to a confirmation hearing. <br /> <br />
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Conservative Group Hit Up FedEx in UPS Dispute
JOC Staff |
A major conservative interest group asked FedEx for a $2 million to $3 million donation in exchange for the group’s backing in a legislative battle with UPS, according to a published report Friday.
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Teamsters May Get Seat on YRC Board
JOC Team |
The Teamsters union would gain a seat on YRC Worldwide's board of directors and other concessions from the company in return for a 15 percent overall wage cut and a temporary waiver on pension payment
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Teamsters, YRC Reach Tentative Agreement
JOC Team |
<em>Updated 12:43 p.m.</em><br /><br/>
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Driving YRC’s Rescue
By William B. Cassidy |
Six months after winning a 10 percent wage cut from its union workers, YRC Worldwide went back to the bargaining table.
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YRC, Teamsters to Talk Cost Cuts
JOC Team |
Six months after winning a 10 percent wage cut from its unionized workers, YRC Worldwide is back at the bargaining table.
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YRC Wins Pension Deferral
John Gallagher |
YRC Worldwide finalized an agreement with its largest pension fund to defer pension contributions as the trucking company scrambles to raise cash to avoid bankruptcy. <br /> <br />
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FMC to Drop Clean-Trucks Lawsuit
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The Federal Maritime Commission is moving to dismiss its challenge to the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks program, in effect telling the U.S.
Maritime
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Teamsters Organize Penske Site
JOC Staff |
The Teamsters union hopes to use a successful organizing effort at a Penske Logistics site in Southern California as a springboard toward larger efforts to bring logistics industry workers into the un
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Teamsters Weigh YRC Pension Deferments
John Gallagher |
Two months after YRC Worldwide received approval from its lenders to use real estate as collateral for union pension deferrals, the Teamsters union formed a committee to consider whether changes are n
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“Worst Economy in a Generation,” Says Economist
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Economic recovery will occur when consumer spending turns around, unemployment bottoms out and the business inventory-to-sales ratio improves, but that will take awhile, according to the chief economi
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FTR: Worst of Recession May be Over
John Gallagher |
FTR Associates is forecasting the economy will stabilize in the third quarter, followed by a moderate recovery in 2010 with GDP growth estimated to rise 2.7 percent, data the firm says suggests the wo
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Truck Interests at Odds over Driver Database
John Gallagher |
Two of the nation’s largest trucking organizations are at odds over legislation establishing a national database for commercial driver drug and alcohol test results. <br /> <br />
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Consumer Confidence Blooms
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Consumer confidence improved two months in a row and in May rose to its highest level in eight months, according to researchers at the Conference Board. <br /> <br />
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State Scales Back Truck Rest Stop Closures
John Gallagher |
The Virginia Department of Transportation scaled back its plan to close a group of rest stops in one of the heaviest truck routes in the country in a move the American Trucking Associations says will
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Truckers Challenge Court on Clean Trucks
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The American Trucking Associations has challenged the April 28 decision by the U.S.
Maritime
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YRC Seeks $1 Billion Federal Bailout
JOC Staff |
Trucking industry leader YRC Worldwide’s Chairman and CEO Bill Zollars said the company will seek $1 billion in federal bailout funds to ease pressure from its pension obligations.<br />
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Southern California Economy Headed Down
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The massive Southern California international trade economy will decline further in 2009 before registering a modest gain next year, according to a report released by the Los Angeles County Economic D
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April Costs Truckers 16,000 More Jobs
John D. Boyd |
The U.S. trucking industry shed more than 16,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department said, as part of a 38,000 job loss in the transportation and warehousing sector.<br /> <br />
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Vancouver Port to Stay Open despite Strike
Courtney Tower |
Port Metro Vancouver said it will remain open for business whether or not some local container truck drivers go on strike next week.
Maritime
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YRC, Banks Agree to Pension Deferral
John Gallagher |
YRC Worldwide and its lenders finalized a credit agreement April 20 that allows the financially troubled trucking giant to defer pension payments from August until Jan.1 and use the company's rea
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French Ports Reopen
Bruce Barnard |
London -- French fishermen lifted their two day blockade of three northern French ports early today, April 16, freeing several hundred stranded trucks in Britain and France to board freight ferries.<b
Maritime
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UK - France Truck Traffic Faces Total Shutdown
Bruce Barnard |
London -- Trucking between the UK and France risks total shutdown starting April 16 as French fishermen threatened to extend their blockade of ports to the cross channel tunnel.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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YRC Seeks Millions in Pension Payment Deferrals
John Gallagher |
YRC Worldwide is looking to defer millions of dollars worth of payments into Teamster union pension funds to help prop up the company’s cash reserves as it struggles to improve its finances in t
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LA/LB to Begin Disbursing Clean-Trucks Fees
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have each been collecting more than $200,000 a day in clean-trucks fees since Feb.18.
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Court Rules for FedEx in Driver Suit
John Gallagher |
The Superior Court of Washington for King County ruled FedEx Ground pick up and delivery drivers are independent contractors and not legally full-time employees.<br /> <br />
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Court Sets New Clean-Truck Arguments
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Lawyers representing the American Trucking Associations and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on April 27 will present oral arguments in the ports’ clean-truck case.<br /> <br />
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Engine-Maker Cummins Consolidates Manufacturing
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Cummins Turbo Technologies will consolidate its turbocharger operations in Charleston, S.C., from two facilities to one over the next 18 months. <br /> <br />
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FedEx: Labor Bill Endangers Plane Purchases
John Gallagher |
FedEx is holding billions of dollars worth of business – and jobs – over the heads of Congress and the Obama administration by conditioning future aircraft purchases on keeping its parcel
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LA Says Clean-Trucks Plan Moves Forward
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The head of the Port of Los Angeles said Tuesday the port’s clean-trucks program is continuing without interruption despite an appeals court ruling against controversial parts of the program.<br
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The Shrinking Shortage
John Gallagher |
The largest long-term concern for the domestic trucking industry for many years, at least up to last year, was a looming shortage of qualified drivers. No one is talking about that anymore.<br />
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