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âDrivers, drivers, driversâ: Shortage now impacts LTL and intermodal, Stifel team says
The challenge of finding and retaining good truck drivers is nothing new to truckload carriers, but the driver shortage is now having an impact on less-than-truckload and intermodal operations as well, according to Wall Street analysts.
September 9, 2014
Business
Smarter than a supermodel? What you donât know about hi-tech will hurt you
Networks. Automation. Connectivity. The cloud. This isnât your grandfatherâs transportation system, or even you fatherâs. Part 1 of this look at high-tech trucks and data-driven operations reviews recent developments in transportation systems and the vulnerability of a connected world.
September 3, 2014
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Business
Driver survey: Time to pay r-e-$-p-e-c-t
Labor Day note to carriers: Respect for drivers might keep them around, but itâs going to take more money to get them behind the wheel in the first place.
September 1, 2014
Business
Due to recent rulings, take a look at independent contractor agreements, attorney suggests
Carriers operating in certain states in the West â specifically those who are based in California or do a lot of business there â may want to give their independent contractor agreements a critical eye, especially if they could be toeing the line of potential âmisclassification,â says a transportation and employment law attorney.
August 29, 2014
Business
FMCSA plans to study driver payâs impact on carrier safety, driver behavior
The agency says it will analyze the methods in which drivers are paid and whether they have any connection to driver safety behavior.
August 28, 2014
Business
Court says FedEx Ground drivers are employees, not contractors, in classification case
A federal appeals court ruled this week that certain FedEx Ground drivers in California between 2000 and 2007 were wrongly classified as independent contractors and should have been classified as employees of the company.
August 28, 2014
Business
Seat belts, natural gas pains and a glimpse at the future
A bit on âsmartâ seatbelts and the latest on natural gas adoption in trucking and its alleged âstalling point.â
August 26, 2014
Business
Agency pushing for industry-DOT joint rulemaking for entry-level driving training rule
In an attempt to satisfy requirements of the current MAP-21 highway funding law, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says it is checking the feasibility of producing a required entry-level driver training rule as a ânegotiated rulemaking,â or âreg neg.â
August 18, 2014
Business
Carrier ordered to pay nearly $1M in back wages, damages for retaliatory firings
Two drivers and a foreman for the Pontiac, Mich.-based Asphalt Specialists have been awarded $953,916 in back wages and damages after the Department of Transportation deemed they were wrongfully terminated for refusing to drive beyond federal hours of service limits.
August 18, 2014
Business
OSHA orders carrier to pay $115k to driver in refusal to drive case
An truck driver has been awarded $115,000 in back wages and been reinstated at her former job after the Department of Labor deemed she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to drive.
August 13, 2014
Business
Con-way, U.S. Xpress raising driver pay
Con-way and US Xpress both announced increases in their driver compensation packages Aug. 11.
August 12, 2014
Business
NYT: How is a driver shortage possible? Maybe trucking needs to pay more
Is the trucking industry shooting itself in the steer tire with driver pay rates? A New York Times piece this weekend said the industryâs claim of a driver shortage âflies in the faceâ of the unemployment situation and basic economics: Pay drivers more and they will come.
August 11, 2014
Business
Volvo brings âWelcome to my Cabâ series to North America
A Volvo Trucksâ series popular in Europe called âWelcome to My Cabâ makes its North American debut with an episode featuring Jon and Miriam Brown, owners of a custom-chassis Volvo VNL daycab. Volvo drivers can now enter for a chance to be featured in a future episode. âWe got into trucking on accident,â said Jon [âŚ]
August 7, 2014
Business
CNBC series an âoutrageously inaccurateâ view of trucking, ATA says
ATA President and CEO Bill Graves has written CNBC to express âdisappointmentâ over the depiction of the industry in a recent series of reports on trucking â and to invite the network to the upcoming truck driving championships to see âjust how serious our industryâs commitment to safety is.â
August 7, 2014
Business
Calif. Supreme Court rules drivers are employees, not contractors, in misclassification case
Drivers signed on as independent contractors for the Long Beach, Calif.-based Pac Anchor Transportation were misclassified as contractors and should have instead been classified as employees of the carrier, the California Supreme Court ruled this week.
July 31, 2014
Business
FMCSA, OSHA to collaborate on driver whistleblower, carrier retaliation claims
In an attempt to ensure truck driversâ protections under federal anti-retaliation laws, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Department of Laborâs Occupational Safety and Health Administration have agreed to begin sharing information with one another when drivers claim their employers violate labor laws.
July 30, 2014
Business
Maverick shows off new multi-million driver training facility
With an aging workforce and a growing driver shortage, many trucking companies are lowering their standards for driver training. Steve Williams, founder and CEO of North Little Rock, Arkansas-based Maverick Transportation LLC is taking the opposite approach.
July 28, 2014
Business
Striking port truckers return to work after agreeing to âcooling offâ period
Port truckers who have been striking since July 7 at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach voted unanimously to agree to a âcooling offâ period July 12 and will return to their regular shifts, according to an announcement circulated by the union representing the drivers.
July 14, 2014
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