Melissa Jeltsen The Huffington Post June 09, 2014 View the original piece A deadly pileup involving a tractor-trailer early Saturday morning is likely to shine a spotlight on a recent move by the Senate Appropriations Committee to weaken federal truck safety rules. Details are still emerging about the crash, which killed comedian James "Jimmy Mack" McNair and critically injured actor Tracy Morgan. A truck driver, Kevin Roper, has been charged with death by auto and four counts of assault...

Transport Topics June 06, 2014 View the original piece UPS Inc. named David Abney its new CEO, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Scott Davis, 62, who has been the company’s chairman and CEO since 2008. Davis, 62, will retire and become the compnay’s non-executive chairman, also in September, the company said June 6. Abney is currently UPS’s chief operating officer. Click here to read more at Transport Topics.

UPS June 06, 2014 View the original piece The UPS Board of Directors today announced that it has named David Abney, currently the company's Chief Operating Officer, as its new Chief Executive Officer and appointed him to the Board of Directors. Scott Davis, 62, who has served as the company's Chairman of the Board and CEO since 2008, will retire from UPS and will assume the role of non-executive Chairman. Both moves are effective September 1,...

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance June 02, 2014 View the original piece June 2, 2014: Road check inspections will be happening all over North America June 3-5. Expect to see federal, state, local or in Canada, provincial inspectors making thousands of “road checks” over the next few days. Click here to read more.

Dean Baker The Huffington Post May 29, 2014 View the original piece In recent years there has been a regular drum beat of news stories warning us about the enormous unfunded liabilities of state and local pension funds. Much of this has come from reports issued from well-endowed foundations, most notably the Pew and Arnold foundations who have a joint project on public pensions. Ostensibly these foundations are simply providing information to allow the public...

Mark Davis The Kansas City Star May 27, 2014 View the original piece The newest hire at trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc. is a recruiter whose job is to find drivers. Chief executive James Welch revealed the hiring Wednesday during an industry panel discussion held in New York by Wolfe Research. He said it was the first time the Overland Park company had put a recruiter for drivers on its payroll. “We have a lot of applications...

Jonathan S. Reiskin Transport Topics May 22, 2014 View the original piece Schneider Logistics will pay $21 million to settle a class-action civil lawsuit brought by about 1,800 Southern California dockworkers who claimed they were not paid properly. A “notice of proposed settlement” was filed May 13 in the U.S. District Court of Judge Christina Snyder in Los Angeles, and was signed by lawyers for Schneider, Wal-Mart Stores and the plaintiffs. Terms of the settlement...

Frances Denmark Institutional Investor May 21, 2014 View the original piece As Pamela Gaskill walked through San Francisco's blighted Tenderloin district one day in 2000, she had an epiphany. Observing impoverished residents of single room occupany hotels, she realized she had no financial resources for her own retirement. Gaskill, a slendor, weathered woman who has driven trucks since the 1970's thought, "This is what happens if you don't have a pension. People end up in...

Benjamin Goad The Hill May 21, 2014 View the original piece The Department of Transportation (DOT) moved Monday to crack down on trucking firms who press their drivers to skirt safety rules. The proposed rule is the latest in a series of steps by the Obama administration to tamp down on dangerous practices in the trucking industry. Click here to read more at The Hill.

Amien Essef In These Times May 20, 2014 View the original piece It’s 6 a.m. in Chicago, and the bitingly cold, drizzly weather seems oblivious to the fact that it’s May 15th. And yet, a crowd of more than 100 people wearing red ponchos has formed outside of a McDonald’s restaurant downtown, where they’re dancing to mariachi music.  “Fifteen and a union!” cries someone over a bullhorn. Today, these protesters have joined fast-food employees in...