In a letter to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. called on union officials to “dispense with the posturing” and engage in a “serious discussion” about a planned change of operations (COO). The Thursday letter, obtained by FreightWaves, from Yellow’s head of trucker relations Bryan Reifsnyder to Teamsters National Freight Director John…
Two key lawsuits regarding trucking, gig workers and California’s independent contractor law, AB5, are starting to converge. The California Trucking Association (CTA) lawsuit that dates back to 2019, which resulted in an injunction that kept AB5 at bay in trucking for 2 1/2 years until the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a lower court…
This week on Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, CEO and founder of DriverReach, is joined again by passionate industry leader Lindsey Trent, co-founder and president of the Next Generation in Trucking Association (NGT) to discuss the importance of welcoming tomorrow’s trucking industry professionals. The industry is not usually a first choice for many young…
TUCSON, Ariz. — Cheng Lu mostly watched from the sidelines for seven months as autonomous trucking startup TuSimple nearly imploded from the pressure of internal politics and external investigations. Upon returning as CEO in November after being ousted in an awkward succession, Lu quickly assessed the state of affairs and moved to stabilize the company….
Western regional parcel carrier GLS hopes that it can save its shippers significant money by being very specific about how it costs out its services. The Dutch carrier, with U.S. headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, California, recently announced the launch of its Zone 0 — defined by GLS as super short-haul, super-dense urban areas —…