CSX has reached contract agreements with three of its unions, four months before their existing contracts faced a key date under the Federal Railway Act. The eastern-focused Class I railroad, in a move a spokesman for the company called “unprecedented,” said the workers covered by the new contracts represent about 25% of CSX’ unionized workforce….
Tim Morris of Island, Kentucky, says he and approximately 30 regional drivers for Perdue Transportation Inc., headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland, were blindsided Monday when they were called in to a meeting and company officials told them without warning to clean out their trucks and hand in their fuel cards and badges. Morris said he and…
WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest trash pickup and landfill operator is seeking an exemption from federal drug testing and other regulations that would cover 21,000 of its truck drivers if approved. Waste Management Holdings (WM), an affiliate of Waste Management Inc. (NYSE: WM), has told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that certain driver qualification…
In a report that showed the U.S. has had a lot fewer jobs in 2024 than originally believed, one number stood out: Transportation and warehousing had more than what was thought. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual preliminary benchmark revision to its establishment survey. The survey provides the basis for the statistical process…
The American Transportation Research Institute has launched a survey to study cargo theft in the trucking industry. The survey will help better quantify cargo theft types, frequency, geography and commodities targeted, the nonprofit research organization said. Data collected will be confidential and used to help researchers better understand the issue. “ATRI’s survey approach offers a…