Richard Drew/Associated Press With fewer than 60 days to go until the current labor contract expires, negotiations were set to resume June 5 between Atlanta-based parcel delivery giant UPS and members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents an estimated 360,000 UPS drivers and other workers. Union leadership, led by new Teamsters president Sean ...more
Jennifer Abruzzo by Al Drago/Bloomberg News In a memo to regional directors and officers, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has pledged to pursue legal action against “certain employers” who require nonsupervisory employees to sign noncompete agreements. “In workplaces across America, many employers are requiring their employees to sign noncompete agreements to obtain ...more
Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc., the money-losing electric vehicle startup, may get pushed out of the Nasdaq 100 Index as early as this month after plunging more than 90% from their record high, according to JP Morgan Securities. The index typically removes the smallest members of the Nasdaq 100 if the company is weighted at ...more
Side underride guards by AirFlow Deflector Inc. A committee launched by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to study side underride protection in trucking during its inaugural meeting raised a variety of topic areas to address, an indication that the group’s 16 members bring to the table varied ideas about where to focus attention. During ...more
Two people are dead after a semi truck overturned on an Ohio interstate on Thursday morning. The fatal accident happened on June 1st on Interstate 75 in Dayton, Ohio at around 4 a.m. According to Dayton Police Lt. David Matthews, “the semi-truck apparently lost control and rolled off the highway into an embankment near the entrance ...more
A truck driver hauling triples pulls out in front of a fellow driver in this dash cam video. The clip shows a trucker in his new rig cruising through his green light at an intersection in Seattle. A driver hauling triples then decides to turn right at a red light, forcing the driver with the ...more
Two women were arrested last week and now face multiple conspiracy and fraud charges related to a scheme to divert funds from their trucking company employers into their own bank accounts. On May 26, 2023, Dina Maldonado Morales, 42, and Laura Ballesteros Haby, 52, were arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to commit ...more
A FedEx driver pulls a very last-second exit in this clip from a motorist’s dash cam. In the video, the FedEx driver is in the far left lane when the interstate forks into two different exits. Suddenly, the truck driver decides he’s going the wrong way and cuts across a lane of traffic, drives through the ...more
A group of citizens worked together to help clear a huge amount of eggs spilled in a semi truck wreck in Missouri on Thursday. The incident occurred on June 1st at around 6:15 a.m. in Pettis County near HH Highway and Cedar Lane. According to KOMU 8 News, the tractor trailer hauling $60,000 worth of organic, ...more
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) made a major drug bust after pulling over a semi truck for a lane violation over the weekend. The incident occurred on Sunday, May 28, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.OCSO Deputies with CITCO (Criminal Interdiction Team of Central Oklahoma) spotted a Freightliner “straddling lane lines” and initiated a traffic stop. Thirty-six ...more
