November 17, 2008: A report on the Bush administration’s cross-border trucking program found that participating Mexican trucks have good safety records, but that so few carriers have signed up, it’s difficult to evaluate the program effectively.
Click here to read the full article from Transport Topics.UPS hauled in $22.8 billion in revenue in the first quarter and made $930 million in profits. Big Brown projects to make $91.2 billion in revenue for the year and $8.7 billion in profit – all this according to their newly released second quarter earnings report.
UPS CEO Carole Tomé’s Better, Not Bigger strategy is about cutting volume and Teamster jobs. South Carolina Local 509 has fought back and won new driver positions. Shop Stewards John Gacsey and Russell Sires share how the fight played out in their building in Palmetto.
