Mary Jane Credeur Bloomberg News March 28, 2013 View the original piece Since founder Jim Casey left United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) after more than five decades in charge, the company's chief executive officers have served for an average of 5 1/2 years. Scott Davis reaches that milestone in June. That means a leadership change is probably approaching at the world's largest package-delivery operator, according to Kevin Sterling of BB&T Capital Markets and other analysts....

Timothy Cama Transport Topics March 27, 2013 View the original piece Despite receiving requests from a bipartisan group of seven lawmakers in transportation oversight roles, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will not delay the July 1 effective date of the latest changes to its hours-of-service rule, FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro said here Friday. Ferro reiterated the benefits she said FMCSA projected for the rule, telling reporters that delaying it would postpone those benefits. “The hours-of-service rule has tangible...

Alexandra Bradbury Labor Notes March 26, 2013 View the original piece If your neighborhood letter carrier seems more hurried than ever, please be understanding: her every step may now be tracked with a GPS device. A new program called IMD Wireless—already launched in some areas, and scheduled to roll out across the country by the end of 2013—uses Bluetooth-enabled cell phones to report carriers' progress. The tracking devices are 1990s-style flip phones that have GPS...

Austin Alonzo Kansas City Business Journal March 21, 2013 View the original piece YRC Worldwide Inc. released a Securities and Exchange Commission proxy statement Wednesday inviting shareholders to its annual meeting. The meeting, which will be April 30 at the less-than-truckload carrier's (Nasdaq: YRCW) headquarters in Overland Park, will discuss corporate matters and invite shareholders to vote on the company's directors, executive compensation and the appointment of accounting firm KPMG LLP as the company’s independent...

International Longshore and Warehouse Union March 19, 2013 View the original piece Hundreds of Waste Management workers belonging to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) struck three facilities Friday morning, March 15, shutting down the company’s East Bay operation in for five hours. The successful job action was made possible by the support from hundreds of Teamster members who honored picket lines and refused to drive the company’s trucks that collect refuse and recycling...

Mark B. Solomon DC Velocity March 13, 2013 View the original piece YRC Freight, the long-haul unit of less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide Inc., on March 11 unveiled a long-awaited network restructuring that seeks to close three breakbulk terminals and consolidate 29 smaller, "end-of-line" terminals used as freight pickup and final delivery points. However, it may be some time before the plan is implemented. The Overland Park, Kan.-based carrier, which employs between 20,000 and 25,000 members...

Sari Horwitz and Lena H. Sun Washington Post March 13, 2013 View the original piece Thomas E. Perez, the likely nominee to be the next secretary of labor, was introduced to organized labor under traumatic circumstances. Perez was 12 when his father died of a heart attack, and a friend’s father stepped in as a surrogate. The man was a Teamster who’d lost his job, and the union helped support him. Perez never forgot. Now,...

Make UPS Deliver March 12, 2013 View the original piece March 12, 2013: Ken Hall says the Union is working on “creative solutions” on healthcare as contract negotiations resume in Florida. The International Union held rallies nationwide to draw a firm line against Teamsters paying toward our healthcare. Ken Hall even threatened to walk away from the bargaining table if UPS didn’t withdraw its proposals that Teamsters pay for our healthcare. The Company’s proposals are...

Michael Bologna BNA Daily Labor Report March 11, 2013 View the original piece Pointing to continuing declines in union representation and recent assaults on collective bargaining rights, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka March 7 conceded that the American labor movement is “failing miserably’’ and must adapt its strategies to a new landscape. “To be blunt, our basic system of workplace representation is failing—failing miserably—to meet the needs of America's workers by every critical measure,’’ Trumka told...

Mark B. Solomon DC Velocity March 04, 2013 View the original piece The Teamsters union said late Friday it has made modest progress in contract talks with less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier ABF Freight Systems but cautioned the company "needs to get realistic" on the core issues, especially with less than a month to go before the current contract expires. During scheduled negotiations last week in Kansas City, ABF withdrew its initial proposal and agreed to bargain...