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TMC fleet exec panel: Labor force average age must come down
If fleets are going to survive long-term, their labor force is going to have to get younger.
September 24, 2014
Business
FMCSA-certified med examiners to set up shop at truck stops for DOT-required physicals
The newly formed Truck Stop Health Care announced Sept. 23 it will be placing certified medical examiners in truck stops in every U.S. state. TSHC says the move will help drivers more easily access DOT-certified medical examiners to perform the federally required bi-yearly physical.
September 23, 2014
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Supply chain pros believe truckers no longer ‘crying wolf’ on driver shortage
In a standing-room-only conference session, the moderator asked for a show of hands: How many in the crowd truly believed that there was a shortage of truck drivers, that it’s not just “carrier rhetoric” to drive rate increases?
September 23, 2014
Business
Omnitracs Analytics shares 5 tips for happy drivers
Omnitracs Analytics (formally FleetRisk Advisors) has put together a list of quick tips to help fleet managers foster long-lasting and trusting relationships with drivers
September 19, 2014
Business
Judge allows drivers’ case against Wal-Mart to continue, grants class-action certification
A federal court in California has ruled a lawsuit brought by drivers against Wal-Mart Transportation may proceed as a class-action lawsuit. The driver plaintiffs claim that between 1993 and now, they did not receive the minimum wage required by state law, nor were they allowed to take their state-required meal and rest breaks.
September 17, 2014
Business
Teamsters win first vote at Con-way
The Teamsters had its first success at Con-way after drivers and dock workers at the company’s Laredo, Texas, terminal voted 55-49 to join the union. The Sept. 12 vote marked the first time employees at one of the transportation and logistics company’s 500 locations join the Teamsters. In California, the union has filed to organize […]
September 17, 2014
Business
Double Coin and CMA notify NHTSA of non-compliant sidewall markings on tire models
Double Coin and CMA formally notified the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration (NHTSA) last month of non-compliant sidewall markings on certain Double Coin branded TBR tires produced by Double Coin Holdings, LLC. After a full audit in June 2014, CMA notified NHTSA that certain Double Coin tires omitted the Load Range symbol. As confirmed by […]
September 16, 2014
Business
Hub Group changes driver model in California, offers to settle IC suits
Facing a pair of lawsuits over worker misclassification, intermodal giant Hub Group Inc. will be converting its drayage drivers in California from independent contractors to employees, the $3.4 billion company reported this week.
September 11, 2014
Business
What drivers want, Part 2: Money, respect key factors in attracting and keeping drivers
What do drivers want? It’s the defining question for carriers today. CCJ sought to find an answer to that question and surveyed drivers to hear it first hand. Here’s what we found.
September 10, 2014
Business
What do drivers want? CCJ survey reveals the answers
To find out what is making it hard to attract drivers or forcing existing drivers out of the industry, Commercial Carrier Journal decided to ask drivers themselves about the frustrations, desires, dreams and nightmares of working in the trucking industry today. Here’s what they said.
September 9, 2014
Business
‘Drivers, drivers, drivers’: Shortage now impacts LTL and intermodal, Stifel team says
The challenge of finding and retaining good truck drivers is nothing new to truckload carriers, but the driver shortage is now having an impact on less-than-truckload and intermodal operations as well, according to Wall Street analysts.
September 9, 2014
Business
Smarter than a supermodel? What you don’t know about hi-tech will hurt you
Networks. Automation. Connectivity. The cloud. This isn’t your grandfather’s transportation system, or even you father’s. Part 1 of this look at high-tech trucks and data-driven operations reviews recent developments in transportation systems and the vulnerability of a connected world.
September 3, 2014
Business
Driver survey: Time to pay r-e-$-p-e-c-t
Labor Day note to carriers: Respect for drivers might keep them around, but it’s 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 — specifically those who are based in California or do a lot of business there — may want to give their independent contractor agreements a critical eye, especially if they could be toeing the line of potential “misclassification,” says a transportation and employment law attorney.
August 29, 2014
Business
FMCSA plans to study driver pay’s 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 “smart” seatbelts and the latest on natural gas adoption in trucking and its alleged “stalling point.”
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 “negotiated rulemaking,” or “reg neg.”
August 18, 2014
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