UPS workers and Teamsters members practice picket outside a UPS distribution facility in Madison Heights, Mich., July 18. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg News) Some large retailers and other companies across the country are warning customers of potential delivery delays if there is a UPS strike. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, which represents 340,000 members at Sandy ...more
A dump truck driver lost his life over the weekend after losing control of his brakes on a steep downhill slope in Weber County, Utah. The incident occurred on Friday, July 21, as a dump truck was traveling north on Trapper’s Loop toward SR-39. Officials with the Utah Department of Public Safety describe the crash: ...more
The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) recently released alarming body cam video of a police dog being unleashed on a truck driver following a police pursuit earlier this month. The incident began on July 4, 2023, when a Motor Carrier Enforcement officer attempted to pull over 23 year old truck driver Jadarrius Rose on U.S. ...more
The Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) has released more information on a multiple fatality crash that occurred in Lamar County on Friday.The crash occurred shortly before 11 a.m. on July 21 near Paris, Texas.TXDPS says that Oklahoma resident Mary Cooper, 48, was driving a Toyota SUV south on US 271 when her vehicle was ...more
A motorist causes traffic trouble for a trucker when she refuses to turn or back up so that the truck can maneuver out of her way.The video was shared by TikTok account newshl2 on July 21 and since then has garnered 4.3 million views.The video was filmed by a truck driver as he and others ...more
In this short documentary video, a crew follows an owner-operator who struggles to make ends meet as a way of exploring the labor issues plaguing the trucking industry. The 10 minute long video was shared by More Perfect Union on July 21, 2023. It is part of a larger video series about American jobs that ...more
A motorist is lucky to have survived a high speed collision with a semi trailer in Georgia over the weekend. The incident began shortly after noon on July 22 when the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) was notified about a 2018 Lamborghini Aventador traveling at speeds of over 100 m.p.h. on northbound I-75. According to the ...more
Yellow is North America's third-largest LTL carrier, trailing only FedEx Freight and Old Dominion Freight Line. (Yellow Corp.) An agreement between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Central States Funds averts, for now, a strike that could have begun as soon as July 24 against Yellow Corp. The union announced on July 23 that ...more
Yellow is North America's third-largest LTL carrier, trailing only FedEx Freight and Old Dominion Freight Line. (Yellow Corp.) An agreement between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Central States Funds averts, for now, a strike that could have begun as soon as July 24 against Yellow Corp. The union announced on July 23 that ...more
Yellow is North America's third-largest LTL carrier, trailing only FedEx Freight and Old Dominion Freight Line. (Yellow Corp.) Yellow Corp. plans to appeal a July 21 decision by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Julie Robinson that denied the LTL carrier’s request for an injunction to prevent the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from striking against the ...more
