Jill DunnBusinessCanadian port truckers score $150k in back wages following gov’t auditSeveral Port of Metro Vancouver truckers have received a total of $152,140 from three companies after province authorities concluded the carriers had not complied with a pay agreement reached in 2014.November 30, 2015LifeWhen and where to find this year’s trucking Christmas paradesNorthern California leads the nation in trucker Christmas parades, with the best-known launched in the late ‘70s with a truck convoy to the White House.November 24, 2015BusinessTrucking co.’s, drivers, dispatchers indicted in multi-million fuel skimming scamTwenty-nine truckers, three dispatchers and nine heating oil companies were among the 44 indicted in a multi-million-dollar scheme that shorted New York City customers ranging from a homeless shelter to police departments.November 13, 2015BusinessShifting truck ownership costs a major question facing truckers fighting ‘misclassification’ claims at portsWhile the employment classification debate continues in Southern California ports, some truckers are mulling how changes in job status could affect responsibility of truck costs like insurance, truck payments, maintenance and more.November 10, 2015BusinessRhode Island trucking group counters trucks-only toll planRITA’s plan excludes tolling, but does increase costs for truckers. It would create more than $220 million over four years. Island lawmakers ended session June 25 without approving Gov. Gina Raimondo’s plan to repair infrastructure with truck-only tolls on about two dozen bridges.November 5, 2015BusinessSome truckers end striking in SoCal, others continueStrikes ended at three of the four Los Angeles port companies under protest by truckers, while the city’s Council has approved a measure asking port employers to adhere to labor laws for drivers.November 2, 2015HomeMore truckers join strikes at LA-area ports, want classification as employeesTruckers at a fourth Los Angeles drayage company began striking last week, continuing a months-long protest by port drivers at LA-area ports who want to be classified as employees, not contractors.November 2, 2015BusinessTeamsters-led SoCal truckers strike grows, drivers demand better pay, conditionsThe protesting truckers say they are misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees. Some drivers have been on strike since July, but the strike grew to new companies and to warehouse workers this week.October 29, 2015BusinessEPA, Calif. hit carrier with $400k in fines for not using diesel particulate filtersA Virginia trucking company will pay $100,000 to the Environmental Protection Agency and an additional $290,000 to California in the first federal enforcement of the state’s Truck and Bus Regulation.October 12, 2015BusinessScandal that shorted truckers pay rocks Canada’s Vancouver portBritish Columbia’s first container tucking commissioner has resigned after audits revealed Port Metro Vancouver truckers were shorted pay. Meanwhile, truckers suing the office over compensation filed a separate lawsuit against PMV’s new emission standards.October 2, 2015Previous PagePage 9 of 38Next PageTop StoriesBusinessLike a 'bronco buster at a rodeo': Truckers' experience on American roadways todayResponding to Overdrive's "Truckers' Highway Report Card" survey, owner-operators ranked Indiana's I-70 the absolute worst haul route in the nation. Indiana and other state DOTs who made the "worst roads" list, some recognize, can use the naming and shaming truckers' perceptions offer in a new 20-page report charting infrastructure struggles around the nation.RegulationsELP violators do worse at inspections, safety scores: StudyRegulationsHomeland Security explains how 'illegal aliens' get CDLs in the U.S.Custom RigsPride, Class, 50-plus remarkable rigs: Owners honored in Pete paradeFeatured SponsorJBL Live Beam 3 - Slim, sleek, and impossibly modern earbuds and Smart Charging Case - Audio Evolution You Can See and Hear
