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	Women Truckers Get a Great Dane - 13/03/2012
	PLOVER, WI. — Great Dane Trailers joins Women In Trucking as Gold Level partner.
	$38 Grand? That Oughtta Make Drivers Flock to Your Shop - 10/02/2012
	OTTAWA — Ever read what Service Canada says about truck driving?
	Con-way Guarantees Pay for Team Drivers, Helps Drivers Purchase Trucks - 10/02/2012
	ANN ARBOR, MI — Con-Way hopes new programs address employee needs.
	Friday Focus: Driver Wages and The Driver Shortage - 10/02/2012
	In this Friday's editorial focus, we talk driver wages and driver shortage, and the importance of balance.
	Maverick Raises Pay for Drivers - 07/02/2012
	NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR — Professional drivers need and deserve higher pay, says CEO.
	TCP National Survey Shows Driver Shortage Continues - 18/01/2012
	CHATTANOOGA, TN — "Balance" is the keyword for 2012, says TCP.
	Polar Tank and IAM Agree on 5-Year Labor Contract - 20/12/2011
	ST. CLOUD, MN — Agreement ratified yesterday, with third and fourth shift added.
	Strike Hits Polar Tank - 06/12/2011
	ST. CLOUD, MN — Tanker trailer production not to be affected.
	OOIDA To Mexicans: Occupy Tijuana Por Favor - 21/10/2011
	OTAY MESA, CALIFORNIA - - OOIDA really doesn’t like the idea of Mexican trucks getting access to the U.S. market.
	The Top 10 Issues Facing Trucking - 17/10/2011
	GRAPEVINE, TX – Economy takes first spot for third year in a row.
	Wakefield Opens New Facility, Expands Fleet - 03/10/2011
	TORONTO — Wakefield starts in-house DEF processing, and brings good job news.
	Gordon Trucking expands drug screening - 20/09/2011
	PACIFIC, Wash. -- And it goes beyond applicants relieving themselves into a tiny cup.
	Harvard researches sleep apnea screening tool - 31/08/2011
	SOMERVILLE, Ma. – In advance of a sleep apnea testing requirement, Harvard researchers are investigating a new type of screening tool to identify drivers at a higher risk for obstructive sleep apnea
	Lack of drivers sprouting in fertilizer transport: CTA - 22/08/2011
	VICTORIA – Certain transportation sectors are being hamstrung by a shortage of qualified drivers in Canada.
	Govt's help older workers find jobs in trucking - 12/08/2011
	NEW GLASGOW, N.S. -- Unemployed older workers in small communities in Nova Scotia –- namely those in trucking -- will benefit from two projects
	“What do fleets do with the drunken driver?” - 11/08/2011
	VANCOUVER -- Here’s a question you’ve never had to answer before: Say one of your drivers gets busted for DUI in his own car and must install a breath-testing device. Who pays?
	Survey Says: Truckers in the dark about CSA - 11/08/2011
	ARLINGTON, Va. – Almost a year into CSA, truckers are still confused about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's new safety monitoring program.
	Transport sector led job growth in Canada - 05/08/2011
	OTTAWA -- Employment in transportation and warehousing rose for the second consecutive month -- up 28,000 and 7.2 percent in July, the highest growth rate of all industries
	Carriers split of whether buying new trucks is worth it: TCP - 20/07/2011
	DENVER -- Carriers split almost 50-50 when asked if they are getting an adequate rate of return to justify reinvesting in equipment,
	Forums focus on recruiting women to trucking - 12/07/2011
	PLOVER, Wis. – The Women in Trucking Association has helped organize two free online dialogues this month focused on recruitment of women for blue-collar transportation jobs.
	Carriers expect continued rise in driver pay - 08/07/2011
	DENVER -- Two thirds of fleet managers interviewed expect driver wages to increases between 1 and 5 percent, reports Transport Capital Partners
	Report highlights causes of hazmat transport accidents - 27/06/2011
	OTTAWA –- Over half of nearly 20,000 hazmat related transport accidents in Canada are a result of "human" error, according to Dangerous Goods Accident Information System obtained by Canadian Press.
	Hauling capacity tightens as conditions improve: ATA - 27/06/2011
	ARLINGTON, Va. – One common sign the trucking industry is improving is that leverage swings back drivers' way.
	Cost per mile drops, but labor & fuel still largest expense - 22/06/2011
	ARLINGTON, Va. – Fleets that extremely sensitive to even the smallest change in operating costs need to manage costs more effectively than ever, according to a study by the American Transportation Research Institute.
	CTHRC names exec director successor to Gauthier - 22/06/2011
	OTTAWA, Ont. -- Angela Splinter is the new executive director of the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council.
	At All Costs: Canadian trucking getting expensive - 13/06/2011
	TORONTO -- In a recent briefing note to carriers, the Canadian Trucking Alliance highlighted a handful of stats and factoids that show where operating costs are these days. The verdict?
	Former FMCSA researcher blasts studies backing HOS change - 10/06/2011
	ARLINGTON, Va. – Another respected international researcher has criticized the way in which U.S. truck regulators' are attempting to justify changes to the current hours of service rule.
	Driver detention bill not on fast track: OOIDA - 06/06/2011
	TORONTO -- U.S. legislation that would force shippers and receivers to pay truck drivers for dock delays may not be considered for months, if not years,
	Rule restricting third-party licence tests challenged - 03/06/2011
	WASHINGTON -- A last-minute provision added to a recent U.S. federal rule that toughens CDL testing standards is being challenged by a coalition of industry groups.
	West coast carrier gives EOBR whole new meaning - 02/06/2011
	SURREY, B.C. -- You've heard of electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) right? How about electronic on-body recorders?
	Traffic congestion kills, but cleaner vehicles helping: Harvard - 31/05/2011
	CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – More than 2,200 Americans a year die prematurely due to exposure of fine particulate matter in fuel emissions while idling in traffic.
	New HOS rule postponed until Oct - 30/05/2011
	WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators now say their new final hours-of-service proposal won't be completed at least until late October.
	Truckers to FMCSA: 'Define your EOBR terms' - 25/05/2011
	ARLINGTON, Va. -- The ATA has told the federal government that it supports electronic logs, as long as all the legislative i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed
	ATA tells feds to butt out of driver detention issue - 19/05/2011
	WASHINGTON -- The American Trucking Associations doesn't want the federal government interfering in the relationships between truckers and shippers.
	When sleeping drivers lie - 13/05/2011
	HALIFAX -- So. Driver Pete has been diagnosed with sleep apnea and you’ve ponyed up some dough for one of those devices.
	'Jason's Law' gets new life in Congress - 12/05/2011
	WASHINGTON – A high profile bill to create more truck parking areas and make safety improvements at existing rest stops has been revised and reintroduced in the U.S.
	ATA urges end to redundant security checks for drivers - 05/05/2011
	WASHINGTON –- No more duplicative background checks for truck drivers. That's the message that was received by the House Homeland Security Committee's
	Committee seeks crackdown on dock 'retention' - 03/05/2011
	WASHINGTON -- Federal transport regulators should handle jurisdiction over shippers, receivers and brokers who "unduly detain" truck drivers,
	WSIB backtracks plan to audit federal carriers - 15/04/2011
	TORONTO –- Federally regulated trucking companies, including extraprovincial carriers, will not have to undergo audits by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board after all.
	Capacity crunch causes spike in driver turnover - 15/04/2011
	ARLINGTON, Va., -- Increasing demand for wheelmen drove up hiring trends in the last quarter of 2010, causing a increase in the turnover rate across the U.S.
	CPX only linehaul carrier to make 'Best Workplaces' list - 15/04/2011
	SURREY, B.C. – Joining recognizable powerhouse brands like Google Canada, Disney Online and Mercedes-Benz, Coastal Pacific Xpress (CPx) has been named one of the Best Workplaces in Canada for 2011.
	Hey! Jestes poza godziny* (*You’re out of hours) - 13/04/2011
	TORONTO -- Do you and your drivers ever face language barriers? If so, you should know about Ortsbo, a new product out of Toronto
	Virginia Tech uploads online healthy driving resources - 11/04/2011
	BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute have created the Driving Healthy online resource network for commercial motor vehicle drivers.
	A $2.6-million question: 'Why is trucking a job to die for?' - 04/04/2011
	DIEPPE, N.B. -- The federal government has just announced that it's backing a $2.6-million study in the Maritimes to find out why truck drivers generally live a decade less than the average Joe.
	Foreign worker program rules get tougher next week - 25/03/2011
	OTTAWA, Ont. -- Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program protect workers and limit them to four years of work, says the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council.
	Car hauler sued by OEMs over 'hostage' vehicles - 24/03/2011
	WINDSOR, Ont. -- General Motors and Chrysler are trying to recover more than 2,400 vehicles they say are being held "hostage" by their main transport provider, Allied Systems Holdings.
	Trucker launches online convoy for no-per-mile pay - 15/03/2011
	BELLE RIVER, Ont-- A veteran southern Ontario trucker is adding his voice to the anti-pay-per-mile chorus.
	HOS changes could hurt LTL, dedicated the most - 07/03/2011
	TORONTO -- The dust is settling from the lump of coal that thudded at the foot of truckers just before Christmas in the form of new hours-of-service rules.
	Female trucker wins discrimination case - 02/03/2011
	MONTREAL -- A female truck driver has won a discrimination case against a Montreal-area company that she said refused to hire her because of her sex.
	Cascade-CAW standoff: Update #6 - 25/02/2011
	EDMONTON -- Cascade Carriers will not lock out 52 owner-operators after their union backed off of today's strike deadline.
	Cascade union drivers want to resume talks with carrier - 24/02/2011
	EDMONTON -- The Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) representing 52 owner-operators at Cascade Carriers has rescinded the 72-hour strike notice it issued this week.
	Cascade’s unionized drivers might strike - 18/02/2011
	CALGARY - – Cascade Carriers -- one of Alberta’s oldest bulk carriers and a subsidiary of the Mullen Group -- might be facing a strike by about 56 of its owner-operators.
	Make shippers pay for trucker detention: Congressman - 18/02/2011
	EUGENE, Ore. – The DOT would have to establish a maximum number of hours drivers may be detained without being paid if Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., gets his way.
	Lucky seven Canuck fleets honored by TCA-CarriersEdge - 11/02/2011
	ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Canadian trucking companies were well represented in the 2011 Best Fleets to Drive For contest organized by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and CarriersEdge.
	Ole! Carriers in bull-riding mood again: OTA e-pulse - 02/02/2011
	TORONTO -- Even though freight volumes have softened, over 60 percent of carriers say freight levels have increased, leading to unprecedented levels of optimism among fleets since the fall of 2008.
	How a 34-hr reset can turn into 54 off-duty hours - 27/01/2011
	TORONTO -- The DOT's proposed amendment to the 34-hour restart provision was glossed over by many at first as the possibility of cutting allowable driving hours garnered much of the attention.
	CN avoids massive strike - 24/01/2011
	MONTREAL -- CN Rail says it has reached a tentative contract with the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union, which effectively cancels a strike by 3,400 workers on Jan. 25.
	Rail workers, 'disrespected' truckers vote to strike - 14/01/2011
	TORONTO -- Nearly 6,000 union workers at both CN and CP Rail are set to walk off the job if the next round of contract negotiations falls apart.
	MTO cuts red tape out of driver medical reviews - 17/12/2010
	TORONTO -- The Ontario Ministry of Transport (MTO) has amended the Highway Traffic Act to streamline the commercial driver medical review process and eliminate the unnecessary medical waiver program.
	Independent means independent, judge in FedEx case rules - 16/12/2010
	SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Just because a truck driver works pretty much full time for FedEx doesn't mean he's an employee.
	Raise your rates but not your hopes: Survey sez - 16/12/2010
	NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- You can expect drivers’ wages to go up in 2011, but not by much more than 5 percent.
	Study: Independent truckers need a NELPing hand - 09/12/2010
	LOS ANGELES – Big labor has stepped up its campaign to convert independent container haulers into company drivers with the release of a study that claims most port owner-ops are misclassified employees.
	Truckers expect major changes to HOS rule - 02/12/2010
	ARLINGTON, Va. – A newly proposed U.S. hours-of-service rule is reportedly in the final stages of White House approval, but American carriers are already anticipating some major changes.
	Carriers file suit to stay CSA; want ratings shielded - 30/11/2010
	WASHINGTON – A coalition of small carrier groups have launched a last-ditch effort to block parts of CSA 2010, the controversial new carrier safety measurement system set to take effect in a few days.
	Vanport container truckers on protest path again - 29/11/2010
	VANCOUVER -- A convoy of hundreds of independent container haulers rolled slowly along the highway in North Delta to protest rates and what they say are increasing restrictions by Port Metro Vancouver.
	Owned: Can CSA meddle with independent status? - 29/11/2010
	TORONTO -- It's sure not easy being an owner-op these days. And for carriers, finding and keeping good independents isn't exactly as smooth as a coastal cruise down Pacific Highway.
	VanPort lifts cap on truck licenses, fleet size - 26/11/2010
	VANCOUVER – In response to improving container volumes, the moratorium on fleet sizes and operating licenses for drayage carriers working the Port of Vancouver will be lifted on Jan. 4 2011 in some circumstances,
	Court greenlights class action against Swift - 09/11/2010
	PHOENIX, Ariz. – A lawsuit charging North America's 10th largest carrier for underpaying its drivers will be permitted to move forward as a class action suit, an Arizona appeals court has ruled.
	Teamsters notch another carrier in union drive - 08/11/2010
	MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Wilson Truck Lines drivers have ratified their first collective agreement as Teamsters, the union announced.
	YRC, Teamsters agree on restructuring plan - 01/11/2010
	OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – LTL giant YRC Worldwide and the Teamsters have agreed on a third round of concessions aimed at keeping the beleaguered carrier afloat and preserving 25,000 union jobs.
	Deadline to nominate best fleets fast approaching - 27/10/2010
	ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- October 31 isn't just the evening you spend walking the neighborhood with your costume-clad kids who are about to run up your dental bills in the coming months.
	CTA-CTHRC hit the small screen - 10/09/2010
	OTTAWA – CNN, Bravo and a few Canadian TV stations will air a profile of the trucking industry developed by the Canadian Trucking Alliance and the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council.
	Port negotiations hit rough waters - 19/08/2010
	VANCOUVER -- Collective agreements negotiated by the Vancouver Container Truckers Association-CAW Local 2006 (VCTA) expired at the beginning of July and, so far, negotiations of new agreements are not going smoothly.
	OTA Chair: Time to deep-six pay-per-mile - 14/07/2010
	TORONTO -- The per-mile system of paying truck drivers is outmoded and has to go -- or at least change drastically.
	Carriers report driver shortage bubbling - 28/06/2010
	NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Not too long ago carriers were parking trucks and telling owner-ops 'don't call us, we'll call you.'
	BC carbon tax going up. Again. - 24/06/2010
	VICTORIA -- British Columbia's much derided carbon tax on diesel fuel is going up next week.
	PQ: les camionneuses ont droit au retrait préventif - 17/06/2010
	À l’initiative du Parti Québécois, l’Assemblée nationale a adopté à l’unanimité, le 9 juin dernier, une motion dont l’objectif est de faire reconnaître le droit au retrait préventif pour les femmes travaillant sous juridiction fédérale.
	OTA launches workplace rules training prods - 17/06/2010
	TORONTO -- Stricter workplace harassment rules has led to the Ontario Trucking Association partnering with Corridor Interactive to deliver training tools for workplace violence and harassment and alcohol and drugs compliance.
	Time for a trucker declaration of independence? - 17/06/2010
	TORONTO -- There’s a huge push underway south of the border to redefine independent contractor status.
	Transport sector leads job gains - 08/06/2010
	OTTAWA -- On the heels of significant increases in April, nearly 25,000 jobs were added in Canada in May, many in the transportation and warehousing sector.
	OLRB keeps unionizing owner-ops - 01/06/2010
	OTTAWA -- The Teamsters Canada penetrated further into the trucking industry last month as hundreds more owner-ops and drivers are on the verge of being unionized.
	FedEx rolls in new standards for US owner-ops, contactors - 26/05/2010
	MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- FedEx Ground has sent a letter to 12,000 independent contractors notifying them of new business standards they must comply with.
	Trucking's hiring ability cut by a third: FTR - 26/05/2010
	NASHVILLE, Ind. -- Fleet hiring capability will constrain driver supply, say industry forecasters FTR Associates.
	Trucking safer than ever under current HOS: study - 19/05/2010
	ARLINGTON, Va. -- Carriers have even more evidence that the current hours-of-service rules work properly; and, while some improvements could still be made, the law has generally made trucking safer.
	Trucking needs new ideas to fix pending worker shortage - 19/05/2010
	CALGARY -- As the economy continues to trend upwards, it’s predicted a qualified driver shortage will reappear in the trucking industry, but attracting new workers isn’t a problem isolated to transportation.
	The right people, right now - 18/05/2010
	TORONTO -- As the economy heats up, the search for good staff gets tougher. That’s why it’s time to kick-start your ongoing quest for good people. And there’s no better place to start than on Canada’s newest and most comprehensive truck-career website, truckcareers.ca.
	Union claims fleet 'scaring' drivers from organizing, but is it? - 10/05/2010
	LAVAL, Que. -- The Teamsters allege that management at Challenger Motor Freight is trying to scuttle a union drive at the carrier's Dorval, Que. terminal.
	Third of drivers not satisfied with fleet benefits: Survey - 10/05/2010
	OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Thirty-five percent of drivers rate their current fleet benefits as "below average."
	Female drivers easier on equipment? - 04/05/2010
	MIAMI - - "Women." That was Ellen Voie's rapid-fire response when todaystrucking.com asked her to guess which sex took better care of the family wheels.
	Group gets all sweaty over trucking workplace danger - 27/04/2010
	OTTAWA -- If you’re at a federally regulated trucking company -- and odds are pretty good you are -- you could apparently be at a dangerous “sweatshop.”
	US worker misclassification bill could affect owner-ops - 27/04/2010
	WASHINGTON -- The trucking industry will be closely watching two pieces of legislation that could make it more difficult to classify workers as independent contractors.
	Study reveals benefits of sleep apnea treatment - 27/04/2010
	ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. -- Proper treatment for sleep apnea in truckers reduces health costs and increases health and safety benefits, according to a new study published by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
	Truck driver pool about to get shallow - 26/04/2010
	NASHVILLE, Ind. -- Big Brown is going grey. In fact, United Parcel Service (UPS) expects to retire almost 25,000 baby-boomer drivers over the next five years.
	CTHRC program highlights trucking careers to students - 23/04/2010
	OTTAWA -- It’s not usually hard to get high school students excited about a road trip and the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council is hoping their version will pay off for the industry.
	Hero Chuck Sibley does Navistar proud - 16/04/2010
	HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Engine maker Navistar prides itself on innovation and performance. But it wasn’t just horsepower or torque that the folks around head office were boasting about last month,
	B.C. braces for potential driver shortage - 23/03/2010
	LANGLEY, B.C. -- The B.C. Trucking Association is using 2010 as a year to strategically prepare for an anticipated driver shortage in the trucking industry.
	TOP 100: Industry snapshot shows fleets getting fit - 22/03/2010
	TORONTO -- We were putting the finishing touches on this year's Top 100 For-Hire carrier charts when into our inbox dropped another chart -- this one from Nulogx Transportation Management. They're the rate-tracking people who produce the monthly Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI).
	Is B.C.s tuition cap a road hazard? - 11/03/2010
	CASTLEGAR, B.C. -- Members of British Columbia’s trucking industry -- including professional driver schools -- fear that a cap on government tuition subsidies will have an impact on highway safety and contribute to driver shortages if alternative funding is not made available.
	BCTA pilots new truck driver training program - 11/03/2010
	LANGLEY, B.C. -- It’s been a few years in the making, but the B.C. Trucking Association is finally ready to unveil its new Professional Truck Driver Training Program, and they figure the timing is just right.
	Women can help shore up trucking's HR holes - 04/03/2010
	WINNIPEG -- From drivers to fleet owners and company chairs, more women than ever before are advancing up the career ladder in Canadian trucking.
	US labor enforcers scrutinize 'independent' workers, truckers - 18/02/2010
	WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to crack down on companies that blur the lines between employees as independent contractors, including owner-operators in the trucking industry.
	TCA names best fleets to drive for - 27/01/2010
	TORONTO -- The second annual Truckload Carriers' Association Best Fleets to Drive For results are in and out of the 17 winning truck companies, seven are Canadian.
	No basis for shorter HOS; Trucks safer than ever says ATA - 21/01/2010
	ARLINGTON, Va. -- Just a few months after special interest groups convinced the U.S. DOT to rewrite hours of service rules because truckers supposedly weren't safe enough, the industry posted the largest ever year-to-year drop in truck-involved fatalities.
	Schneider doesn't sleep on retention strategies - 21/01/2010
	GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A former U.S. Army officer, Don Osterberg, VP of safety and training at Schneider National, compares the task of retaining truck drivers to a saying used in the Armed Forces: “We recruit soldiers in the military, but we retain families.”
	Flu knocked out 9% of workforce - 15/01/2010
	OTTAWA -- The H1N1 virus tag-teamed with the regular seasonal flu this fall to put 9 percent of Canadian workers out of commission.
	Work safety groups unite - 12/01/2010
	TORONTO -- Three existing health and safety associations have merged into a new organization called the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA).
	Transport sector still leads Canada job losses - 12/01/2010
	OTTAWA -- Transportation and warehousing were two sectors of the Canadian economy to see job losses in December, according to Statistics Canada.
	Truckers don't get EPA green light on empty trailer campaign - 11/01/2010
	WASHINGTON -- The EPA has declined to join Canadian and American trucking carriers in their effort to convince U.S. regulators to change the archaic and redundant empty trailer movement rules affecting foreign drivers.
	Backlog expected as Ontario test centres reopen - 05/01/2010
	TORONTO -- After a four-month deadlock, the labour dispute at Ontario’s DriveTest Centres ended with services resuming yesterday.
	Truckers' meal tax break almost fully restored - 04/01/2010
	OTTAWA -- The Ministry of Finance continued serving up its meal tax allowance recipe for truck drivers this New Year.
	Strike Over: DriveTest centers to reopen in Jan - 21/12/2009
	TORONTO -- The strike by Ontario's 590 driving examiners at 93 drive-test sites is over and they'll be back to work in the New Year, but the crippling effects of the four-and-a-half-month dispute will be felt for a long time to come.
	Drug-testing rules for domestic truckers relaxed - 21/12/2009
	TORONTO -- Reefer screening (and no, we don't mean refrigerated trailers) for domestic truck drivers may be acceptable in some circumstances under human rights rules.
	B.C. gravel haulers waiting for New Year to take action - 10/12/2009
	VANCOUVER -- Disgruntled gravel truck owner-operators in B.C.’s Lower Mainland have decided not to play Scrooge during the holiday season and will until the New Year to decide how to deal with declining hauling rates.
	SPECIAL REPORT: Top court settles pivotal freight forwarding-logistics case - 03/12/2009
	OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has finally ruled on a critical case that could change how some freight forwarders, logistics companies, and hybrid highway carriers are governed under provincial and federal law.
	CN makes another call to end strike through binding arbitration - 02/12/2009
	MONTREAL -- On the eve of a back-to-work legislation vote in Ottawa, Canadian National Railways has called again for the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference to agree to binding arbitration.
	DriveTest strike testing workers patience - 01/12/2009
	TORONTO -- Two recent demonstrations by DriveTest employees hoped to sway the Ontario government into intervening in the ongoing labour dispute, but to no avail.
	Strike threatens rail rebound - 30/11/2009
	TORONTO -- Well, this is one way to boost truck freight volumes. Patches of container truckers across the country might be the select few who aren't complaining too hard that Canadian National Railway locomotive engineers hit the bricks this weekend.
	EXCLUSIVE: Teamsters target Challenger truckers, owner-ops - 27/11/2009
	CAMBRIDGE, Ont. -- As Challenger Motor Freight's Montreal-based workers enjoy their company Christmas party today, more than a few will undoubtedly be huddled up, discussing the labor standoff unfolding at the fleet behind the scenes.
	Farmers brace for CN strike - 27/11/2009
	WINNIPEG -- Canada's agriculture sector is worried the country’s status as a reliable supplier of grains and oilseeds will be threatened if a labour dispute between Canadian National Railway and its locomotive engineers turns into a strike.
	All aboard: CN locomotive engineers file strike notice - 25/11/2009
	MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railways received a 72-hour strike notice from the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) of its plan to strike the company just after midnight on Nov. 28.
	Feds to ensure foreign worker jobs are as advertised - 25/11/2009
	OTTAWA -- The federal government is proposing legislation that would protect temporary foreign workers recruited by Canadian businesses, CBC reports.
	B.C. gravel haulers deciding future - 24/11/2009
	VANCOUVER -- In late October, members of the B.C. Teamsters Union rejected a plan to reduce the going hourly rate for gravel haulers, and now they’ll vote whether or not to continue working.
	Rocky road for B.C. gravel haulers - 16/11/2009
	VANCOUVER -- As the hourly rate for gravel haulers in B.C. slides downward, truckers are looking to their union for a solution, which might include a work stoppage.
	DriveTest workers reject latest offer - 11/11/2009
	TORONTO -- At the suggestion of their bargaining committee, the membership of United Steelworkers Local 9511 voted down their employer's latest offer, continuing the strike at Ontario’s DriveTest centers.
	Employment falls, except for transport jobs - 06/11/2009
	OTTAWA -- Transportation and warehousing was the only industry in Canada to experience a notable employment gain in October while unemployment levels continued to rise in most other sectors.
	Les É-U. veulent réviser les heures de service, encore une fois - 06/11/2009
	Des groupes de pression souhaitent que la réglementation américaine sur les heures de travail et de repos soit révisée. On pourrait même tout reprendre du début.
	Drive testers voting to go back to work - 04/11/2009
	TORONTO -- The thousands of Ontario drivers and would-be drivers waiting to get their licence tests will be relieved to know that the approximately 500 strikers will be voting over the next few days on a new contract.
	Sleep apnea program should be law: US safety board - 22/10/2009
	WASHINGTON -- Trucking rulemaklers should implement a program to identify commercial drivers at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, says the National Transportation Safety Board.
	OTA seeks clearer guidelines on trucker smoking regs - 16/10/2009
	TORONTO -- The head of the Ontario Trucking Association has written to the Minister of Health Promotion, Margarett R. Best, about clarifying for drivers the rules regarding truckers smoking in their cabs.
	Carrier won challenge to truck smoking fine years ago - 15/10/2009
	TORONTO -- The haze may be lifting from the smoking-in-trucks issue in Ontario.
	Zeppelin ready to rock Calgary - 05/10/2009
	CALGARY - - Think some of your competitors are full of hot air? Just wait until the people from SkyHook get into the freight-hauling game.
	Teamsters look north to expand FedEx union drive - 01/10/2009
	TORONTO -- FedEx, already battling large-scale unionization efforts stateside, will have to deal with a national organization campaign by the Teamsters in Canada as well.
	Alberta truckers urged to vote on WCB pricing options - 30/09/2009
	CALGARY -- The WCB has offered general trucking employers in Alberta the ability to determine the pricing structure for its industry.
	OTA calls for quick end to licence examiners strike - 25/09/2009
	TORONTO -- The union representing Ontario's striking driving examiners and the company that operates provincial Drive Test facilities need to resume labor talks, says the Ontario Trucking Association.
	OTA urges diligence in HRSDC overtime pay survey - 22/09/2009
	TORONTO -- Researchers are looking into "prevailing industry practice(s)" for establishing overtime pay for short-haul truck drivers and the Ontario Trucking Association wants to make sure it's done right.
	Gears jammed in DriveTest strike talks - 18/09/2009
	TORONTO -- Ontario DriveTest workers frustrated that strike negotiations have broken down, yesterday hit the bricks outside of Serco DES, the British-based company that which owns and operates the province's DriveTest facilities.
	ESA VS HOS: The battle continues - 17/08/2009
	TORONTO -- Not only are there significant inconsistencies in the way various provincial transport departments apply federal hours-of-service rules, but the driving time regime remains at odds with provincial labor legislation as well, trapping most private fleets behind the eight ball.
	Survey Sez: Truckers dealing with Megan Fox syndrome - 17/08/2009
	COLUMBUS, OHIO - - Truck drivers across the North America suffer from much the same problem as Hollywood starlet Megan Fox. Apparently, they get no respect.
	Fission for answers in nuclear trucking mishap - 06/08/2009
	OTTAWA -- Sure, if you wanted bigger margins, you could always try hauling nukes.
	BC increases apprentice training tax credit - 15/07/2009
	VANCOUVER -- As of the first of this month, the British Columbia Training Tax Credit has been doubled.
	Truck plant future foggy as contract talks down to the wire - 29/06/2009
	CHATHAM, Ont. -- Navistar's offer to keep its Chatham, Ont. heavy truck plant open -- albeit barely -- is totally unacceptable, complains the head of the CAW.
	Mack consolidates production - 25/06/2009
	LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Mack Trucks has decided to move forward with its previously announced plan to consolidate production of its entire product line at its assembly facility in Macungie, Pa.
	Down and out in Ontario - 05/06/2009
	OTTAWA -- Never mind the fact that Ontario has been tagged as a "have-not province." Its economy, however sluggish, is big enough that when it goes sour, it drags everybody down with it.
	VanPort truck regulations up for review - 26/05/2009
	VANCOUVER -- It’s been relatively smooth sailing at Vancouver’s ports since the summer of 2005, and now the feds are looking to make sure it stays that way.
	SPECIAL REPORT: Shops laud Right to Repair bill passage - 15/05/2009
	OTTAWA -- Talk about a landslide. Bill C-273, a.k.a., the "Right to Repair Bill," was passed by Parliament this week by a vote of 248 to 17.
	13 Not a Charm: Another anti-scab bill voted down - 04/05/2009
	OTTAWA -- For at least the third time in a couple of years, legislation to ban federally regulated companies from hiring replacement workers during labor strikes has been defeated.
	Trucker strike will not affect port, operator says - 30/04/2009
	VANCOUVER -- Port Metro Vancouver has issued a statement indicating that a handful of independent truckers on the verge of striking have overstated the impact a walkout will have on Vancouver port operations.
	CTHRC taps private fleet chairman - 30/04/2009
	OTTAWA, Ont.-- The Canadian Trucking Human Resource Council (CTHRC) has named Kevin Riley chair of the organization’s Board of Directors.
	Swine flu nothing for truckers to snort at - 29/04/2009
	WASHINGTON -- There's concern among truckers and traders that escalating fears over swine flu could restrict the flow of goods between the Canada-U.S.-Mexico borders.
	California ports might be forced to clean up environment program - 28/04/2009
	LOS ANGELES -- A handful of controversial measures making up the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles’ Clean Port program were put on hold by a U.S. federal judge recently.
	Vanport peace shaky; truckers could strike - 28/04/2009
	VANCOUVER -- It seems that a summer can't pass without at least a few container truckers going on strike at the port of Vancouver.
	Truck aftermarket to exceed $17B: Report - 17/04/2009
	CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The aftermarket for medium- and heavy-duty truck parts and components will increase 3.8 percent annually to $17.1 billion in 2013, according to a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland, Ohio-based industry research firm.
	More truckers lose jobs: ATA - 09/04/2009
	WASHINGTON-- Another 663,000 jobs were lost in March and unemployment rose, while for-hire trucking payrolls fell nearly 15,000, reports the American Trucking Associations.
	Navistar could lay off all remaining Chatham workers - 06/04/2009
	CHATHAM, Ont. -- The last 350 or so workers at the Navistar International truck plant in Chatham, Ont. received layoff notices recently, signifying a possibility that the facility could be idled later this summer.
	Driver pay down, dispatchers up: Market study - 06/04/2009
	MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- It's not unusual that owner-ops' wages are falling along with carriers' bottom line in the current freight market.
	More BC businesses hopeful; truckers, not so much - 26/03/2009
	VANCOUVER -- The Canadian Federation of Independent Business reports that a few more B.C. business owners foresee happier economic times ahead.
	Study confirms obesity-sleep apnea link in truckers - 25/03/2009
	WASHINGTON -- Mandating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) screenings for truck drivers could reduce the risk of fatigue-related truck crashes, according to a new study which confirms OSA is linked to obesity.
	TCA honors Canuck fleets as best employers - 16/03/2009
	OTTAWA, Ont. -- A total of nine Canadian carriers were named the 'best Fleets to Drive For' by the Truckload Carriers Association and Toronto-based online training provider CarriersEdge.
	Unemployment rate edges up; construction hit worst - 13/03/2009
	OTTAWA -- The number of laid off truck drivers and other transportation workers in February was not anywhere as severe as the previous month.
	Employee 'Free Choice' Act not free at all: Businesses - 11/03/2009
	WASHINGTON -- American workplaces could look a lot more like those in Quebec or Western Europe if Democrat leaders get their way.
	Retailer not exempt from paying truckers overtime: US Court - 04/03/2009
	TRENTON, N.J. -- A New Jersey Appeals Court ruled that a furniture retailer cannot take advantage of the trucking exemption in the state's overtime pay laws to avoid paying its delivery workers time-and-a-half when they work more than 40 hours a week.
	New PNP: Truckers not included - 27/02/2009
	TORONTO -- It may be moving painfully slow compared to other provinces, but Ontario is expanding its Provincial Nominee Program. The bad news? Unlike most other jurisdictions with PNPs, truck drivers are still not allowed to participate in that province.
	Carrier preaches what it practices - 27/02/2009
	LONDON, Ont. -- Voyageur Transportation is so proud of its top-notch in-house training and safety programs they’re offering them to the public.
	SPECIAL REPORT: Supreme Court to rule on pivotal freight forwarding case - 24/02/2009
	OTTAWA -- Anxious Canadian freight forwarders will have to wait a little longer for the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark decision on whether cross-dock, intermodal carrier Consolidated Fastfrate can be federally unionized.
	Feds study impacts of work stoppages on businesses - 24/02/2009
	OTTAWA -- The federal government has released a report that attempts to explain the causes and impacts of strikes and lockouts to the nation's federally regulated private sector.
	Truckers big part of heavy job losses - 06/02/2009
	OTTAWA -- An unprecedented number of Canadians began the New Year out of work in 2009.
	NRCan subsidizes training school's fuel-saving pilot program - 22/01/2009
	CASTLEGAR, B.C. -- Natural Resources Canada wants to find out if a truck driving simulator can reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
	CAW-Daimler reach deal over St. Thomas plant closure - 20/01/2009
	TORONTO -- Daimler Trucks will pad the landing for workers who will lose their jobs after the truckmaker eliminates the Sterling brand and closes its St. Thomas, Ont. assembly plant on March. 27.
	Port workers in strike position; no action from truckers yet - 05/01/2009
	VANCOUVER -- The Port of Vancouver could be on the verge of boiling over -- again.
	Human Rights panel puts foreign worker programs at risk: Industry - 18/12/2008
	VICTORIA -- The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal's recent ruling that dictates pay structures for foreign workers could create a precedent that puts provincial temporary foreign worker programs in jeopardy.
	Average cost to run a truck over $80/h: ATRI - 16/12/2008
	WASHINGTON -- The top costs for truck owners continue to be diesel fuel-oil prices, driver wages and truck/trailer lease or purchase payments.
	Manitoba shifts into economic sweet spot - 12/12/2008
	CALGARY -- The Canada West Foundation has released its latest economic profile and forecast for Manitoba, and the future looks bright.
	CPx again honored as one of best Canadian employers - 09/12/2008
	SURREY, B.C., Dec. 8, 2008 – Coastal Pacific Xpress has been recognized as one of the best employers in B.C.
	Vanport owner-ops stirring the port again - 03/12/2008
	VANCOUVER -- Independent can haulers at the Port of Vancouver staged a noisy protest yesterday, indicating that more labor unrest in the Lower Mainland is a possibility.
	How’s your sex drive? Truck school has the answer - 28/11/2008
	ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Maybe they’re inspired by the can-do spirit of their governor and media star Sarah Palin, or maybe they’re just fed up with the cold and want to hop in a cab and drive anywhere, as long as it’s south.
	Getting kids into trucks - 27/11/2008
	TORONTO -- Trucking is more than driving. It’s logistics; computer science, psychology, high finance and finally, it can be fun and quite lucrative, too.
	Officials looking for glimpse into truck plant’s future - 13/11/2008
	CHATHAM, Ont. -- Local politicians in Chatham, Ont. are eager to meet with Navistar officials in an effort to figure out the future of the community's truck facility.
	Poor literacy a safety hazard in the workplace: Study - 21/10/2008
	OTTAWA -- Canadian companies invest in occupational health and safety training and new equipment, yet they spend little on upgrading the basic skills and literacy of their workers,
	ZF, Meritor win patent lawsuit filed by rival - 20/10/2008
	TROY, Mich. -- ArvinMeritor, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, and ZF Meritor have won a patent infringement suit brought by Eaton Corp. on the ZF FreedomLine transmission.
	Supply chains still strong, despite surging costs: Survey - 09/10/2008
	BOSTON -- A survey of logistics executives revealed that reverse globalization, softer revenue forecasts and sustainability are key issues affecting global supply chains.
	Fuel, economy & regs most pressing concerns for carriers: Survey - 07/10/2008
	ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Not surprisingly, the price of diesel and the crumbling economy in the U.S. were ranked as the top two most critical issues the trucking industry faced in 2008.
	Looming strike could shut down Seaway transport: Report - 02/10/2008
	OTTAWA -- The federal government is being asked to intervene in a brewing labor dispute that could see shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway come to a halt.
	Investment in Alberta school to help boost technician grads - 11/09/2008
	EDMONTON -- While many industries clamor to recruit fresh faces, Finning and Caterpillar are investing in the future of a program with proven success.
	Shell, HDCC dish out $12Gs in techie scholarships - 08/09/2008
	CALGARY – Shell Canada and the Heavy Duty Distributor Council of Canada are teaming up to battle the shortage of technical workers in the trucking industry by offering the Heavy Duty Technician Scholarship.
	Finning reinvests in Alberta technician program - 05/09/2008
	EDMONTON -- Finning and Caterpillar are expanding their partnership with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) by investing millions in the school’s Heavy Equipment Technician and Technology Programs.
	ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Highland re-energized, says president - 04/09/2008
	TORONTO -- Now that its longstanding labor issues are finally settled, Highland Transport is gearing up for what is hoped to be a small rebound in the truckload market over the next year.
	Trucking still one of most injury prone Manitoba jobs - 28/08/2008
	WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba's Workers Compensation Board reports a 1.8 percent increase this year through to July.
	BREAKING NEWS: Highland operators say 'yes' to revised contract - 27/08/2008
	TORONTO -- Amid threats that their carrier company would be shuttered, unionized Highland Transport owner-operators have voted to accept a new contract that pays them less, among other concessions, todaystrucking.com has just learned.
	ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Highland postpones firing O-Os after last-ditch offer - 15/08/2008
	TORONTO -- Highland Transport has agreed to hold off on firing its owner-operators, pending a second vote on a new union contract later this month
	Trucking gets modest rate boost from WorkSafe BC - 15/08/2008
	VICTORIA -- WorkSafeBC has slightly raised insurance rates for "general trucking" in 2009 by 2 percent -- from $4.87 to $4.89 per $100 of assessable payroll.
	LA Port says clean truck rules will go on despite lawsuit - 14/08/2008
	LOS ANGELES -- The Port of Los Angeles says a lawsuit by the American Trucking Associations will not affect implementation of the first phase of its Clean Truck Program, which starts Oct. 1.
	SPECIAL REPORT: Highland to begin terminating drivers - 30/07/2008
	TORONTO -- New talks between TransForce and the union representing owner-operators at its Highland Transport division did not produce an agreeable settlement that would have saved the drivers' jobs.
	BREAKING NEWS: Cloud hanging over Highland Transport's future - 29/07/2008
	TORONTO -- Negotiations going on today between union leaders and TransForce execs could determine the fate of the trucking giant's Highland Transport division.
	Senate agrees with harmonized trucking regs, new technology incentives. - 21/07/2008
	OTTAWA -- A senate committee on transportation is recommending that the federal government approve several crucial trucking initiatives urged on by the industry.
	Schneider looking for road warriors - 08/07/2008
	GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Schneider National has launched a new program aimed at turning veteran military personnel into professional owner-operators.
	Trucking WSIB rates increase - 27/06/2008
	TORONTO -- After enjoying decreases the last two years, Ontario truckers will see a modest hike to their Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) premiums in 2009.
	Hate to say we told you so but… - 20/06/2008
	TORONTO -- Everybody's tired of old adages so here's a new one. If you're tired of oil speculators reaping obscene profits off the backs of consumers, do a bit of hedging to protect yourself. That'll fix ya.
	Ontario introduces restricted Class A licence - 03/06/2008
	TORONTO -- Ontario has taken steps to ensure that Class A licensed drivers tested in the province are qualified to operate traditional tractor-trailers.
	More immigrants finding work in transport sector - 13/05/2008
	OTTAWA -- Newcomers to Canada continue to flood the transportation sector, according to Stats Canada's newest Immigrant Labour Market report.
	Protestors now up in the dumps, progress cited - 12/05/2008
	MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Organizers of last Thursday's big rally that saw hundreds of dump trucks pull their rigs off job sites, form a convoy and drive around Toronto are far happier today than they were this time last week.
	Crash Course: Startling results from ATRI driver training study - 08/05/2008
	ARLINGTON, Va. -- There's no connection between how much time a student driver actually spends behind the wheel training and the likelihood of having an accident once he gets a CDL.
	Keeping drivers requires a personal touch - 01/05/2008
	BANFF, Alta. -- While finding good qualified drivers may be difficult, some days keeping them around may seem just as tough.
	CTHRC launches industry information website - 25/04/2008
	OTTAWA -- The Canadian Trucking Human Resource Council (CTHRC) recently launched a new website dedicated to bringing new people into the trucking industry.
	BCTA calls for better balance between freight and labor - 22/04/2008
	LANGLEY, B.C. -- More than two-thirds of trucking companies responding to a recent survey in B.C. expect to hire or contract an average of five full-time Class 1 drivers during the next year.
	BCTA adds classified section to website - 15/04/2008
	LANGLEY, B.C. -- As part of their strategy to provide tools and support to members tackling labor shortages, the BC Trucking Association (BCTA) has added a new feature on their transportation career website.
	Apprenticeships have 50-60 % completion rate: Study - 15/04/2008
	OTTAWA -- Nearly two in three individuals who registered in an apprenticeship program in Alberta in 1993 had completed their training a decade later -- usually in the same trade they started in a decade earlier.
	American carriers sign recruiting deal with Army - 15/04/2008
	ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations and the U.S. Army Reserve have entered into a recruiting partnership that would see professional truck drivers traded between industries.
	Canadian employment keeps creeping higher in '08 - 04/04/2008
	OTTAWA -- Transportation and warehousing industries led another surge in Canadian employment in March.
	Truckers' lumping suit granted class action status - 19/03/2008
	GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- The Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association's lawsuit against U.S. grocery giant SuperValu alleging lumping coercion has been granted class action status.
	Truckers have lower life expectancy: Study - 17/03/2008
	TORONTO -- Truck drivers live 10 to 15 years less than the average North American male, who lives to 76, according to a new study authored by Toronto researcher Dr. Martin Moore-Ede.
	Foreign Policies: Carriers grapple with retaining immigrant drivers - 10/03/2008
	SASKATOON -- Some cynics in trucking (yeah, they exist) will tell you that carriers who recruit manpower from overseas are just sticking bargain-basement Band Aids on Canada's growing driver recruitment quandary.
	Trucking no longer top job for Canadian males - 04/03/2008
	OTTAWA -- For the first time in decades, Canadian men are opting to be sales clerks rather than truck drivers.
	No Surprise: Labor unrest looms in B.C. trucking biz - 04/03/2008
	VANCOUVER –- British Columbia Teamsters are taking issue with the construction business in this province and as a result the trucking industry is under threat of more labor unrest.
	Labour decisions put in the hands of the province - 29/02/2008
	VANCOUVER -- Nobody knows better what the B.C. economy needs like British Columbians, and two recent agreements with the federal government will give the province more input into addressing its labour needs.
	Indo-Canadian trucker group formed to fight for community issues - 26/02/2008
	TORONTO -- A group of Indo-Canadian truckers have established what is being called the first North American Indian trucking industry-lobbying association.
	Most BC carriers would take part in provincial training standard - 25/02/2008
	LANGLEY, B.C. -- It's nearly unanimous. About 97 percent of truckers surveyed by the BC Trucking Association agree that a provincial driver-training program is a necessity.
	B.C. program targets trucking labour shortage - 06/02/2008
	VICTORIA -- B.C. is launching a two-year pilot project aimed at foreign workers to help offset serious labour shortages in the trucking and tourism/hospitality industries.
	BREAKING NEWS: Touch of class saves driver training program - 29/01/2008
	RED DEER, Alta. -- Alberta's pioneering Professional Driver Certificate program has steered through its first rough patch and will continue on with a few new touches.
	A Reading From the Book of Profits - 29/01/2008
	LONDON, Ont. -- Quick (and although this sounds like a joke it's serious) -- can you name the three types of truck drivers on the road today?
	SPECIAL REPORT: Court ruling loosens drug-testing constraints for businesses - 14/01/2008
	CALGARY -- Canadian carriers should be less dazed and confused about drug-testing restrictions after an Alberta court ruled that a construction company did nothing wrong when it fired a worker who tested positive for marijuana.
	Alberta workers butt out; in truck cabs too - 09/01/2008
	EDMONTON -- Albertans ushered in the New Year on Jan. 1, but the province's smokers were forced to say goodbye to their cigarettes -- at least in public spaces and workplaces.
	Schneider National owner-ops can act as own dispatchers - 08/01/2008
	GREEN BAY -- Picking your own load and compensation isn't usually part of the job description for an owner-operator.
	Quebec carrier makes ROB Top 50 Employer list - 02/01/2008
	TORONTO -- Report on Business magazine has released its 2008 list of the 50 Best Employers in Canada, which includes a leading for-hire carrier.
	U.S. DOT proposes mandatory training rules - 02/01/2008
	WASHINGTON -- In a few years, individuals looking to obtain a new commercial driver's licence (CDL) must complete both classroom and behind-the-wheel training
	Fix labor discrepancy in HOS rules, private carriers tell ministry - 24/12/2007
	TORONTO -- There is no need for two sets of rules to govern hours of work for provincially regulated truck drivers.
	Alta. professional driver certification in jeopardy - 11/12/2007
	RED DEER, Alta. -- It was supposed to be Canada's first professional truck driver training standard. Now, it looks as if the Professional Driver Certificate Pilot Program will be shelved.
	Working in the Dark: Seeing brother techs in action is believing - 10/12/2007
	YORKTON, Sask. -- Think you could rebuild a transmission blindfolded? How about overhaul an engine in complete darkness? Eric Statchuk can. And he can't see.
	WSIB offers amnesty for absentee employers - 27/11/2007
	TORONTO -- The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is implementing a Voluntary Registration policy in which non-registered employers,
	CP Rail and Teamsters agree to disagree - 27/11/2007
	CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) have extended their no strike/no lockout agreement while negotiations continue.
	BCTA, gov't, and union join forces to tackle driver shortage - 22/11/2007
	SURREY, B.C. -- The B.C. Trucking Association, in company with Service Canada and Teamsters Canada, has launched the right track BC Trucking Industry Human Resources Strategic Plan.
	Manitoba to enhance apprenticeship system via new commission - 05/11/2007
	WINNIPEG -- A newly formed Apprenticeship Futures Commission will engage the public and industry to make recommendations on enhancing
	U.S. truck regulators asked to toughen drug-testing rules - 01/11/2007
	ARLINGTON, Va. -- A high-profile carrier in the U.S. stood before U.S. decision makers this week and urged them to step-up enforcement and testing of drug and alcohol use by drivers in the trucking industry.
	APTA chairman sees new approach to HR challenge - 29/10/2007
	The trucking industry should be looking further afield for answers to its human resources issues, says Gord Peddle, incoming chairman of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association.
	That’s a lotto truck! - 29/10/2007
	PRINCE GEORGE. B.C. -- If you sign up for a truck-driving licence course at Fox Pro driver-training school, you will get a very serious crack at winning a free and very sleek brand new fully loaded Peterbilt 388.
	BCTA clears hurdle towards provincial driver training standard - 15/10/2007
	VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Trucking Association says it is one step closer to achieving a minimum, non-mandatory professional driver-training standard after it received approval in principle by the Industry Training Authority (ITA).
	Market conditions slow down shortage, but won't stop it: Experts - 01/10/2007
	TORONTO -- The term "truck driver," as defined in any statistical profile, covers a lot of ground. Pinpointing the exact number in Canada is difficult because of the variety of sectors in which drivers work.
	CTA resumes fight against anti-scab legislation - 27/09/2007
	OTTAWA -- For the second time this year, the Canadian Trucking Alliance is launching a campaign aimed at the defeat of proposed legislation to ban replacement workers in federally regulated organizations in the event of a labor stoppage.
	U.S. sees major drop in truckload turnover rate - 19/09/2007
	ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The line-haul driver turnover rate among large for-hire truckload carriers experienced its first quarterly decrease in a year during the second quarter of 2007, according to the American Trucking Associations.
	Sleep apnea program offered to carriers - 29/08/2007
	HOUSTON -- The creators of a sleep apnea detection and treatment program has announced full availability of the comprehensive solution for enhancing truck driver safety and lowering health care costs for motor carriers.
	Older workers still punching the clock: StatsCan - 27/08/2007
	OTTAWA -- The threat of an immediate labor shortage is being delayed thanks mainly to older workers who are deciding to stay on the job longer, according to a new study by Stats Canada.
	Schneider lauded for mature worker hiring policies - 23/08/2007
	GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Schneider National has been certified as an Age Friendly Employer by RetirementJobs.com, a top career website for job-seekers aged 50-plus.
	Confidence in truck driver pool receding: CTHRC study II - 21/08/2007
	OTTAWA -- More than a third of individuals who've obtained their class 1/A licence don't ever migrate to the trucking industry as drivers.
	Schneider drivers to get major pay raise - 16/08/2007
	GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Despite a truckload downturn, North America's largest TL carrier, Schneider National, has beefed up the paycheques for its entire company driver fleet.
	Suing the Messenger: FedEx owner-ops want to be paid as employees - 14/08/2007
	SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- About 150 FedEx owner-operators in this state have taken the courier to court in an effort to be recognized as full-time employees.
	Fed rule mandates union-like rates for container owner-ops - 01/08/2007
	OTTAWA -- As expected, the federal government is attempting to maintain labor stability at the Port of Vancouver and Fraser River with a regulation that ensures independent owner-operators
	American carriers want mandated drug & alcohol database - 01/08/2007
	WASHINGTON -- The American Trucking Associations wants Congress to authorize and fund a centralized clearinghouse for positive drug and alcohol testing results of commercial motor vehicle drivers.
	Learning steep curves - 23/07/2007
	SURREY, B.C. -- It’s probably better to face your first Rocky Mountain brake failure in a lab than in a blizzard.
	How old is too old to drive? Researchers ponder the question - 16/07/2007
	TORONTO -- The same regulation that can put an experienced commercial driver out to pasture at 65, has vastly different rules for other classes of drivers. Holders of class G or M licenses
	CTA-BCTA battle rule requiring union rates to owner-ops - 16/07/2007
	VANCOUVER -- B.C. drayage carriers are concerned that Ottawa's proposal forcing them to pay independent owner-ops union-type rates would send a "disturbing message" to other "disgruntled and disenfranchised groups."
	New regs to toughen VanPort licence program - 25/06/2007
	VANCOUVER -- Drayage companies working the Port of Vancouver who complain that container truck licensing rules restrict free-market enterprise won't like what's next for the sector.
	BCTA inks deal with CTHRC for driver-technician training program - 22/06/2007
	OTTAWA, Ont. -- Future truck drivers who earn a new $3,000 training award from the British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA) will be required to take an industry-approved training program developed
	U.S. driver turnstile keeps spinning: ATA - 21/06/2007
	ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The driver turnover rate for large truckload and less-than-truckload carriers increased again during the first quarter of 2007, marking their highest turnover rates since the end of 2005.
	WSIB slashes trucking rates - 13/06/2007
	TORONTO -- For the second straight year, Ontario’s Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) has cut General Trucking rates.
	Shell offers heavy-duty technician scholarships - 06/06/2007
	CALGARY -- Shell Canada and the Heavy Duty Distributor Council of Canada (HDDC) are teaming up to help address the shortage of technical workers in the trucking industry with the introduction of the Heavy Duty Technician Scholarship.
	NS program tries to keep HD and auto mechanics at home - 04/06/2007
	TRURO, N.S. -- A pilot project has been launched to keep vehicle technicians under the trucks in Nova Scotia.
	Rail workers claim success in stopping CPR Expressway trailer train - 30/05/2007
	BRIGHTON, Ont. -- Striking CP Rail workers put the brakes on the railway's main roll-on/roll-off intermodal train just outside of Brighton, Ont. yesterday.
	CPR Strike Update: Court tells western pickets to move out of the way - 25/05/2007
	VANCOUVER -- Striking CP Rail employees picketing at intermodal yards in Calgary and Vancouver have been ordered by the courts not to hold up trucks trying to unload or pick up containers.
	CP Strike Update: railway seeks injunctions against pickets - 23/05/2007
	VANCOUVER -- Lawyers for CP Rail were back in court today trying to get injunctions against striking workers at vital intermodal terminals.
	SPECIAL REPORT: CP strike shackles intermodal; Strike heating up - 18/05/2007
	TORONTO -- Tensions are escalating between CP Rail and 3,200 picketing workers as the three-day rail strike heads into the weekend.
	Strike On: CP workers walk off the tracks - 16/05/2007
	CALGARY -- White collar CP Rail managers have tool belts hanging from their waists today after the railway dispatched them to take over for 1,300 inspectors and maintenance workers that walked of the job.
	Rail Strike Part Deux? CP headed for disruption this week - 14/05/2007
	OTTAWA -- Weeks after getting back on track from a major CN Rail disruption in March, some shippers may soon be bracing for another strike -- this time by workers at Canadian Pacific.
	Will you still need me when I'm 65? BC says yes - 11/05/2007
	VICTORIA -- B.C. is following in the footsteps of Ontario and other provinces in introducing legislation that bans mandatory retirement for workers 65 and over.
	Train with Trimac program launched in the West - 10/05/2007
	CALGARY -- Trimac Transportation has agreed to train its entry-level drivers using the comprehensive Earning Your Wheels program developed by the Canadian Trucking Human Resource Council (CTHRC).
	SPECIAL REPORT: EOBR rule needs a lot of work, commentators say - 07/05/2007
	TORONTO -- The U.S. DOT's controversial plan to mandate EOBRs (electronic on-board recorders) for repeat hours-of-service violators is far from perfect, most commentators say.
	CPX named one of best employers in Canada - 23/04/2007
	SURREY, B.C. -- One of Canada's most innovative trucking companies on labor issues has been recognized by a leading business magazine.
	Celadon Canada workers enjoying company wellness project - 18/04/2007
	INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Celadon truckers are taking off the pounds almost as fast as they're hauling them.
	CN Strike Update: Union decries back-to-work law; Railway calls stalemate - 17/04/2007
	OTTAWA -- The Conservative government in Ottawa says it'll fast-track previously introduced back-to-work legislation to end a renewed strike by CN workers, just as railway declared a national agreement with the fragmented United Transportation Union could never be reached.
	Manitoba Public Insurance to subsidize truck driver training - 17/04/2007
	WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Public Insurance announced that will invest $5 million in a truck driver training.
	CN Strike Update: Atlantic port workers refuse to picket - 12/04/2007
	HALIFAX -- Once again the United Transportation Union (UTU) does not have complete member solidarity as a Halifax UTU local says it won't participate in rotating strikes if ordered to by head office.
	Alberta trucker certification classes begin soon - 12/04/2007
	RED DEER, Alta. -- The long-awaited, post-Class 1 truck driver certification program at Red Deer College is set to open up this coming June.
	SPECIAL REPORT: Trucker defense network branches into Canada - 09/04/2007
	TORONTO -- For most Canadian cross-border truckers there are very few unknowns about our neighbor to the south.
	10 for 10: What will be the hottest trucking issues over the next decade? - 26/03/2007
	TORONTO -- The myriad issues surrounding 2007 -- from the introduction of smog-free engine technology, to new hours-of-service rules, to a recent downturn in freight volume -
	Skilled Search: Association launches transportation job site - 26/03/2007
	VANCOUVER -- There are dozens of Canadian industries scrambling for skilled labor these days -- arguably none more than trucking and transportation in the West.
	Ont budget includes driver apprentice tax break, big cash for hwys - 23/03/2007
	TORONTO -- Truck driving is finally being treated like most other trained skills in Ontario.
	BREAKING NEWS: Anti-scab bill scrapped in Parliament - 22/03/2007
	OTTAWA -- The House of Commons, under a Tory minority government, has defeated a controversial bill that would have banned replacement workers during strikes at federally regulated companies.
	Vote to officially end CN strike extended to April - 22/03/2007
	OTTAWA -- The United Transportation Union, which represents about 2,800 CN workers who went on strike for two weeks last month, says the ratification vote on the tentative agreement it signed with the railway has been extended.
	BREAKING NEWS: Meal tax rate for truckers restored - 19/03/2007
	OTTAWA -- Who says carriers, owner-ops, and unions can't all work together to get something done in trucking?
	Union strife could railroad CN deal; Teamsters trying takeover - 16/03/2007
	OTTAWA -- Former Canadian representatives of the United Transportation Union are trying to scuttle a tentative labor agreement with CN Rail by mounting a Teamsters takeover of the U.S.-based union.
	Union shows cracks as back-to-work law prepared for rail strike - 22/02/2007
	OTTAWA -- Canada Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn officially filed notice with Parliament that he would be introducing back-to-work legislation to end the 13-day strike by 2,800 CN workers.
	Rural Canada economies evolving: Report - 21/02/2007
	OTTAWA -- Technology, prices and demography are key forces driving the economy in Canada rural areas, a study by Stats Canada found.
	Labour board says strike not illegal; Gov't mediator named - 19/02/2007
	OTTAWA -- The pickets will remain for now at CN terminals across the country after the Canada Industrial Relations Board refused to declare the 10-day strike illegal today.
	QUESTION PERIOD: Kriska's Mark Seymour lays it down - 19/02/2007
	TORONTO -- As the newly elected chairman of the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA), it falls to Kriska Holdings Ltd.'s Mark Seymour of Prescott, Ont. to carry the torch on speed limiters, EOBRS, incentives for green truck technology, and other high-profile campaigns.
	Ask the Man Who Works Here: A 'super' approach to recruitment - 12/02/2007
	DIEPPE, N.B. -- When you see Midland Transport Driver Jason Ling on the tube talking about why it's so great to work for this Atlantic Canada carrier, his slight Maritime accent and grin make you want to believe everything he says.
	Bus industry studies familiar driver issues - 07/02/2007
	RICHMOND HILL, Ont. -- Canada's bus and motor coach industry competes with trucking carriers for manpower behind the big wheel. It also faces many of the same driver shortage challenges and is now launching a campaign to attract and retain drivers from an ever-shrinking pool.
	Career seekers get up front view of trucking - 02/02/2007
	TORONTO -- High school students and some out-of-work adults had an opportunity to check out trucking and logistics careers when Ontario Trucking Association members in the Windsor area threw their doors open for facility tours recently.
	Anti-scab law would shake trucking industry: CTA - 01/02/2007
	OTTAWA -- A labor union-spurred law that makes replacement workers and picket crossing illegal could "unnecessarily disrupt the stability of labor relations balance in the trucking industry," says Canadian Trucking Alliance Chief Executive Officer David Bradley.
	Uniform trucking port licences advocated in U.S. - 24/01/2007
	WASHINGTON -- A "taxi-style" licensing proposal for container truck drivers who access U.S. ports is being touted by two transportation researchers.
	Westerners, Ontarians put in more hours: Study - 24/01/2007
	OTTAWA -- Workers in the Prairie provinces and Ontario punched out later at work in 2004 than their counterparts in other regions of Canada, according to a new Stats Canada on regional differences in work hours.
	Lowest total forestry fatalities follows '05 record high - 18/01/2007
	VANCOUVER -- Forestry related deaths in B.C.'s northern interior fell dramatically in 2006 from the year before -- but trucking injuries and fatalities are still notably high.
	Industry wants national driving standard; Call for tuition subsidies - 16/01/2007
	OTTAWA -- After studying how next generation drivers are being prepared for the industry, driver trainers and trucking carriers are calling for enhanced training programs, improved licensing standards, and new policies for distributing training funds.
	BREAKING NEWS: U.S. proposes 'black box' rule; only repeat violators affected - 11/01/2007
	WASHINGTON -- Two strikes and it's in. That's what the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decided for electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) on trucks.
	Driver turnover climbs again in U.S. - 21/12/2006
	ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- After improvements in the first half of 2006, truckload carriers south of the border saw an increase in the driver turnover rate during the third quarter, the American Trucking Associations reports.
	Canadian survey predicts steady employment in '07 - 13/12/2006
	TORONTO -- Canadian employers in the transportation-public utilities sector expect a 17 percent boost in hiring in the first quarter of 2007.
	SPECIAL REPORT: US HOS? No thanks, drivers say in survey - 11/12/2006
	TORONTO -- The Hours of Service rules are supposed to be about safety, right? Seems odd then, that a large majority of the drivers who responded to an exclusive HOS survey Today's Trucking and highwaySTAR conducted over the past few months said they didn't feel safety had been enhanced by the new, more restrictive rules that went into effect in 2004 south of the border.
	Union raises cash for striking Goodyear workers - 08/12/2006
	SUDBURY, Ont. -- Picketing Canadian Goodyear employees with empty pockets got a bit of relief this week when the United Steelworkers union handed more than $15,000 to striking plant workers and their families.
	Ohio bans smoking in truck cabs - 07/12/2006
	CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It looks like Smokies behind billboards aren't the only things truckers in Ohio have to be mindful of. How about actual smoking in their truck?
	Judge agrees with owner-ops in leasing spat with carrier - 05/12/2006
	GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- A few months ahead of the long-awaited OOIDA vs Landstar trial in the U.S., a federal judge ruled in October that Landstar System violated U.S. Truth in Leasing regulations when it failed to provide backup documentation in support of chargebacks charged to owner-operators leased to the company.
	Truckers partner with feds in Aboriginal hiring program - 27/11/2006
	HALIFAX -- Atlantic trucking companies looking for more manpower behind the wheel may be able to get it from the Aboriginal community after an employment partnership was truck between Ottawa and native leaders.
	Hauler beefs up R&R with advanced simulators - 15/11/2006
	BARRIE, Ont. -- Muskoka Transport says it has revolutionized its driver recruitment and retention programs by expanding its simulation programs.
	Truth Be Told: Honesty keeps drivers behind the wheel, survey says - 08/11/2006
	TORONTO -- Want to hang on to your drivers?
	BREAKING NEWS: Taxman hikes flat meal claim for truckers - 26/10/2006
	OTTAWA -- Effective on 2006 tax returns, truckers and other transportation workers can expense $17 per meal up to a maximum of $51 a day when claiming meal deductions.
	Opposition waves through 'anti-scab' law - 26/10/2006
	OTTAWA -- A private members bill that bans companies from brining on replacement workers during workplace strikes is one step closer to becoming law.
	Schneider offers drivers over-the-road health perks - 26/10/2006
	GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Schneider National drivers in North America will get a full range of health and wellness services at no charge, the giant truckload carrier announced.
	Fuel, no drivers worry truckers around the world: Report - 24/10/2006
	MONTREAL - No doubt there are many differences between trucking in Miramichi and Montpellier, but a new survey of 1,200 trucking industry execs in several countries shows an all-too-common link: A uniform concern over rising fuel costs.
	Making a Meal of It: Meal tax battle heads for high court - 23/10/2006
	SUMMERLAND, B.C. -- Failing to convince a B.C. appeals court that not allowing truck drivers to match the federal government's $73 daily tax free meal allowance for civil
	Feds contribute to trucking R&R project in Quebec - 10/10/2006
	OTTAWA -- Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn has announced funding for a trucking recruitment and retention program at Laval University.
	Goodyear workers give 3-day notice for strike; truck production could be affected - 03/10/2006
	PITTSBURGH -- The union representing nearly 14,000 Goodyear Tire & Rubber workers at 12 U.S. plants is threatening to call employees to the streets this Thursday.
	Driver turnover rate falls, but market still tight - 22/09/2006
	ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The driver turnover rate among American truckload carriers declined during the second quarter of this year, but the job market for professional drivers remains tight, the American Trucking Associations reported this week.
	'Tug of war' emerging among truckers: OTA boss - 19/09/2006
	TORONTO -- Is the qualified driver shortage good or bad for the industry? It's a question carriers have begun asking themselves and each other with no clear consensus, says Ontario Trucking Association President David Bradley.
	Canned: Carrier plans taking VPA to high court over drayage licence - 18/09/2006
	VANCOUVER -- The fight isn't over yet. So says one of the drayage firm owners contesting the Vancouver Port's authority to impose on carriers a controversial licensing system that sets rates and surcharges paid to independent truck operators.
	Breaking the Rules: Hundreds of CPX o-o's see big raises from profit sharing program - 10/08/2006
	SURREY, B.C. -- A progressive B.C. carrier is shelling out more than $400,000 in profits to its drivers and owner-operators this year.
	'07 downturn may spark layoffs at Navistar's Chatham plant; Over 800 jobs on the line - 04/08/2006
	CHATHAM, Ont. -- Navistar International's announcement that it may have to slash jobs from its Canadian heavy-duty assembly plant doesn't mean workers will most likely be sent home, says the truckmaker's chief spokesman.
	New website highlights transport jobs in the West - 21/07/2006
	OTTAWA -- In an effort to attract more young people to Western transportation jobs, the Western Transportation Advisory Council has launched a youth-oriented "Careers in Transportation" website.
	VPA legally entitled to enforce drayage licence system: Court - 18/07/2006
	VANCOUVER -- The Port of Vancouver has the legal authority to continue enforcing a mandatory container truck licensing system for drayage firms, the Federal Court of Canada has ruled.
	MTO taking applications for driver apprenticeship program - 11/07/2006
	TORONTO -- The Ministry of Colleges, Universities and Training has given final approval to the criteria and curriculum for the new Voluntary Apprenticeship Program for Professional Truck Drivers in Ontario.
	Researches find trucking rate-per-mile system outdated; big contributor to R&R issues - 10/07/2006
	FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Management researchers at the University of Arkansas have reinforced what many of North America's truckers already believe -- that a combination of poor working conditions and sub standard pay issues is why many truckers put the brakes on their driving careers.
	QUESTION PERIOD: David Bradley on the case for EOBRs in Canada - 19/06/2006
	We go to CTA boss David Bradley for his take on what EOBRs will mean for trucking
	Ontario driver apprenticeship now a reality - 16/06/2006
	GUELPH, Ont. -- Meet Mike Yeo and Tim Atkinson -- the first two drivers to sign on to Ontario's new Voluntary Apprenticeship Program for Professional Truck Drivers
	ArvinMeritor workers locked out of Ontario brake plant - 06/06/2006
	TILBURY, Ont. -- ArvinMeritor has temporarily ceased operations at its Tilbury, Ont. brake plant after labor negotiations between the commercial vehicle component manufacturer and the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Local 1941 fell apart last night.
	No Need For Nic-Fit: Federal carriers not governed by tough Ont anti-smoking law - 01/06/2006
	TORONTO -- Federally regulated trucking companies are not bound by Ontario's controversial blanket smoking ban, which fines fleet owners for employees puffing in truck cabs.
	All Smoke, No Fire? Cloud hovers over new Ontario truck smoking ban - 31/05/2006
	TORONTO -- When the clock struck midnight this morning, truckers' carriages didn't turn into pumpkins, but much to some drivers' dismay they did transform into non-smoking workplaces.
	Truck dealer-facility honored by Ontario government - 26/05/2006
	TORONTO -- As part of its plan to strengthen the education and skills of Ontarians, the provincial government has recognizing four employers for their commitment to training apprentices and promoting careers in the skilled trades, including commercial vehicle maintenance facility and Mack dealer 401 Trucksource of Maidstone, Ont.
	SPECIAL REPORT: Peace at the Port? - 22/05/2006
	Container haulers at VanPort are being unionized, and even drayage companies admit it may save the Lower Mainland from more chaos.
	Diabetic truckers may see relaxed medical rules in U.S. - 03/05/2006
	WASHINGTON -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering whether to amend its medical qualifications standards to allow drivers with insulin- treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) to operate commercial trucks in interstate commerce.
	Bookmark This: Fuel and wages is costing shippers more, says CTA boss - 26/04/2006
	TORONTO -- Even though tight transportation capacity has allowed truckers to haul in good coin the last few years, profit margins among carriers are not anywhere "near thick enough" to be able to absorb skyrocketing costs like fuel.
	Ready or Not: Controversial VanPort licence scheme still in effect - 24/04/2006
	VANCOUVER – Carriers contracting independent truckers at Lower Mainland container terminals still have to abide by provisions laid out by government mediator Vince Ready in order to obtain a valid licence to access ports, says the Vancouver Port Authority.
	Feds change licence scheme at VanPort; Owner-ops not impressed - 21/04/2006
	VANCOUVER – The federal government may not be extending a container truck licence regime which mandated set rates and fuel surcharges paid to owner-operators, but it has tabled legislation that institutes a separate licensing rule for carriers working the ports in the Lower Mainland of Vancouver.
	VanPort container haulers threaten another strike - 19/04/2006
	VANCOUVER -- Just eight months after a controversial licensing rule lured them back to work, can-haulers at Vancouver's coastal ports are threatening to shut down their engines once again.
	Ont. Sterling plant workers go back to work - 24/03/2006
	ST. THOMAS, Ont. -- The two-week strike at Sterling's truck assembly plant in St. Thomas, Ont. is over.
	Sterling strike talks stall; no bargaining planned - 19/03/2006
	ST. THOMAS, Ont. -- Sterling's St. Thomas truck plant remains closed for a second week in the middle of one of the busiest truck sales periods in history.
	Trimac, top BC school create new driver mentoring-training program - 17/03/2006
	CALGARY -- Bulk carrier Trimac Transportation is partnering with the respected Mountain Transport Institute in Castlegar, B.C. to shore up qualified drivers at its fleet through a new mentoring program that subsidizes training for new recruits.
	Sterling strikers want security as downturn looms: CAW - 13/03/2006
	ST. THOMAS, Ont. -- Before a strike by 2,000 CAW workers shut it down last Friday, Sterling Trucks' St. Thomas, Ont. plant was producing more trucks than ever.
	BREAKING NEWS: Sterling workers on strike at St. Thomas plant - 10/03/2006
	ST. THOMAS, Ont. -- More than 2,000 CAW Local 1001 members at the Sterling Truck assembly plant in St. Thomas, Ontario walked off the job at midnight on a legal strike.
	BCTA rolls out driver recruitment initiative - 10/03/2006
	LANGLEY, B.C. -- The B.C. Trucking Association has launched a new online campaign that addresses the skills shortage in the trucking industry by having real people in the sector explain why they chose trucking as a career path.
	Mad at Hat Rule: Sikh port truckers may challenge hardhat policy - 08/03/2006
	MONTREAL - Canadian Sikh truck drivers are preparing to once again fight workplace safety rules requiring hardhats to be worn on the job -- this time in Quebec.
	CTHRC program offers subsidies to employers that hire trucker grads - 22/02/2006
	TORONTO -- The Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC) launched a Youth Employment Strategy (YES) program to help the trucking industry hire more young people.
	Where have all the workers gone? West, of course - 17/02/2006
	OTTAWA -- 2005 was another banner year for the resource sector in attracting Canadian workers says a new Stats Canada report released today in the Canadian Economic Observer.
	Shades of Gray: Mandatory retirement law may be a double-edged reg - 13/02/2006
	Ontario's mandatory retesting of older drivers could soon be stricken from the books
	Clarke Transport union workers locked out - 06/02/2006
	CONCORD, Ont. -- Halifax-based Clarke Inc. has locked out about 66 unionized dock workers from a Concord, Ont. trucking terminal after the employees voted to reject a final labour contract offered by the company.
	Stats Can publishes truck driver shortage study - 27/01/2006
	OTTAWA -- For the first time, truckers 55 years-old and over outnumbered those under 30 last year, confirming that the gap in the so-called driver shortage is going to get a whole lot wider in the next few years, says a new Statistics Canada study.
	Blue collar workers migrating to Alberta's patch: Stats Can - 27/01/2006
	OTTAWA -- Freight carriers who assume that recent manufacturing plant closures in Canada may spark an exodus of potential truck drivers to their companies should get in line for skilled help.
	OTA announces labour law seminar - 19/01/2006
	TORONTO -- Trucking CEOs, senior managers and others responsible for labour and employment matters won't want to miss this upcoming OTA seminar that covers a number of issues that have an impact on profitability. This full day seminar, which includes lunch, takes place on Feb. 16 in Toronto.
	Truck driving one of best jobs around: Career firm - 13/01/2006
	CHICAGO -- A U.S. national online job bank has ranked heavy-duty truck driving number18 on its list of the top 25 jobs for 2006.
	Ontario outlaws mandatory retirement for workers - 09/12/2005
	TORONTO -- The Ontario Liberal government has just passed a new law that restricts companies from pushing workers to retire at the age of 65.
	VanPort to extend operating hours - 25/11/2005
	VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver Port Authority will extend hours of operations at container terminal truck gates in the Port of Vancouver, beginning in January 2006.
	First-ever top Canadian dispatcher named - 22/11/2005
	TORONTO -- Two of Canada's top dispatchers were recently recognized for their commitment to the trucking industry and their companies.
	Driver apprenticeship program confirmed in Ontario - 21/11/2005
	TORONTO -- A group of carriers and driver trainers lobbying for a truckers' apprenticeship program finally got their wish.
	CTA, OTA honor best truckers, Highway Hero named - 18/11/2005
	TORONTO -- Wayne Dixon, a driver with Muskoka Transport of Bracebridge, Ont., has been named the Canadian Trucking Alliance/Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of the Year for 2005.
	Canada Customs strike causes chaos at Ont border crossings - 10/11/2005
	WINDSOR, Ont. - Trucks attempting to enter Canada from the US were held up for hours at several Southern Ontario border crossings this afternoon as front line Customs Border Services Agency officers walked off the job.
	SPECIAL REPORT: VanPort strike task force wants mandated licence scheme; Questions O-O status - 07/11/2005
	VANCOUVER -- For-hire trucking operations in Canada have been deregulated for about the last 20 years, but the rules for hauling containers in B.C.'s Lower Mainland are likely going to get a lot stiffer judging by a report released by the task force looking into this summer's six-week trucker strike at the Port of Vancouver.
	Armour boss says carriers have to boost pay to keep drivers - 07/11/2005
	TRURO, N.S. -- The owner of one Atlantic Canada's largest for-hire carriers says the trucking industry has to start paying drivers up to $70,000 a year and be able to grant better schedule flexibility in order to keep drivers in their seats.
	Hazmat background checks hurting truckers: Celadon boss - 02/11/2005
	WASHINGTON -- The five-month-old hazardous materials truck driver background check implemented by the Transportation Security Administration as is hurting the trucking industry by imposing higher operating costs and deterring drivers from obtaining "hazmat" endorsements, a top trucking executive testified before Congress this week.
	CTA lobbies U.S. to substitute FAST card for passport - 01/11/2005
	OTTAWA -- Proposed security measures requiring travellers entering the U.S. to produce a passport or related documents could exasperate current delays at the border and intensify the long list of costs already being absorbed by truckers, says the Canadian Trucking Alliance.
	CTA wants separate labour law for truck drivers; Asks for o-o status to be codified - 26/10/2005
	OTTAWA – There should be separate labour standards law for truck drivers since the industry doesn’t follow the conventional operational practices of the average workweek, says the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA).
	Sikh truckers, CN negotiating settlement over hardhat rule - 24/10/2005
	TORONTO -- A group of about 500 Sikh truck drivers hauling in and out of CP's intermodal yards are still wearing their turbans as they negotiate a settlement with the railway over a workplace rule that requires them to wear hardhats either on top of or in place of the religious head dressing.
	Schneider hopes to strengthen driver relations with new program - 18/10/2005
	GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Schneider National, the Wisconsin-based truckload giant, says its new software solution enhances driver relations and significantly improves driver retention.
	U.S. owner-ops continue to push for fuel surcharge law - 18/10/2005
	ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association in the U.S. has resumed its campaign to get fuel surcharge legislation introduced in Congress. But this time the plan takes a bit of a curve.
	Lakeside Packers strike tests resolve of beleaguered Alberta beef industry - 17/10/2005
	BROOKS, Alta. -- An injunction limiting picket activity at Canada's largest slaughterhouse didn't entirely silence striking workers today.
	Labor standards review underway - 05/10/2005
	OTTAWA -- The Federal Labour Standards Review Commission has begun a series of public hearings and consultations intended to improve the workplace.
	National truck driving champs see first female winner; Ontario scores big - 28/09/2005
	MONCTON, N.B. -- The first female trucker to compete at the National Professional Truck Driving Championships rolled off with top honours in her category this past weekend.
	Workers to hold rally opposing plan to scrap Marine Atlantic drop service - 22/09/2005
	NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. -- Marine Atlantic workers are organizing a rally this weekend to warn the community of Transport Canada's plan to drop the ferry's drop trailer service and to discuss the effects of the proposal on the regional economy.
	Fuel price blockade: APTA makes no apologies for position - 21/09/2005
	MONCTON, N.B. -- The president of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association is defending the group's decision to distance itself from a ad-hoc coalition of independent truckers that blocked sections of the Trans Canada to protest surging fuel prices.
	PEI trucking rates go up -- but not enough, say owner-ops - 19/09/2005
	SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. -- Prince Edward Island is on the verge of giving a group of truckers a boost in pay, but the Island owner-ops don't think it'll be enough to cover the soaring cost of fuel.
	Three Strikes and You're Out: Trucker strike hurts VanPort's reputation - 01/09/2005
	Is it all talk, or are they serious this time? The buzz is that some of the nation's top importers are so incensed over yet another labour disruption at
	Sikh truckers file human-rights complaint over CP hardhat rule - 28/08/2005
	A group of 500 Sikh truck drivers hauling in and out of CP Rail yards are taking the railway to the Ontario Human Rights Commission over a rule that req
	U.S. trucking giant to pay drivers practical route miles - 26/08/2005
	LINCOLN, Neb. -- Crete Carrier Corp., one of the largest trucking companies in the U.S., will start paying its drivers practical route miles
	Task force to explore causes of Vancouver trucker strike - 09/08/2005
	Transport Canada has created a task force to review the underlying factors that caused the six-week truckers' strike at the Port of Vancouver.
	Log Haulers Hit Picket Lines in Northern B.C. - 04/08/2005
	HOUSTON, B.C., (Aug. 4, 2005) -- Just as one trucker strike in B.C. slowly downshifts to a stop, another labour disruption to the north of the province is getting underway.
	U.S. bill may allow diabetic truckers - 02/08/2005
	Transportation legislation passed last week in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate contains an important provision that will en
	KRTS Driving School Partners with College - 29/07/2005
	SIMCOE, Ont. (July 29, 2005) -- Starting this fall, Fanshawe College in Simcoe will be offering a transportation program in partnership with Caledonia-Ont. based Kim Richardson Tra
	Alberta driver certification pilot delayed - 14/07/2005
	RED DEER, Alta. (July 14, 2005) -- A pilot program that would train and certify Alberta truck drivers as professionals has been delayed until late fall. An Alberta Transportatio
	Strike crippling port; Carriers need shipper support to end conflict - 28/06/2005
	VANCOUVER, -- Thousands of containers full of goods are piling up at the Port of Vancouver as an owner-operator strike enters its fourth full day.
	ONLINE EXCLUSIVE. Driver pay gets big boost: Cerno Research - 22/06/2005
	TORONTO, (June 22, 2005) -- A nation-wide study shows that total pay for truck drivers jumped by 8 percent over the last year -- one of the largest increases in any labour sector.
	ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Stability control or 'black boxes' for Quebec TDG haulers - 12/06/2005
	Hazmat-hauling tanker trucks made after August 2006 will need an electronic stability system or a 'black box' in Quebec.
	ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Truckers in the dark on brake adjustment - 01/06/2005
	TORONTO, (June 1, 2005) -- A shockingly low number of truck drivers in North America have a clear understanding of air brakes and brake adjustment, states a continent-wide knowledg
	U.S. trucking needs 20,000 drivers now: ATA - 26/05/2005
	ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The ATA says that the U.S. long-haul trucking industry has a national shortage of 20,000 drivers
	HRDC reviewing Canada's Labour Code - 23/05/2005
	OTTAWA, -- When it comes to trucking, many carriers feel Canada's Labour Code is hopelessly out of date. The good news is that the government may be
	Be considerate: court to bosses - 25/04/2005
	TORONTO, -- A new Ontario Court of Appeal decision strongly reinforces a rule that requires employers to provide sufficient compensation to employees
	New Ont. labour rules require approval for 48 hour-plus work week - 24/02/2005
	TORONTO, -- The Ontario Trucking Association is reminding the province's carriers that new rules requiring employers to seek permission for
	Trucking named most back-breaking job - 18/10/2004
	ARLINGTON, Va. (Oct. 18, 2004) -- Heavy truck and tractor-trailer drivers top the American Chiropractic Association's list of the 10 most back-breaking jobs. According to the as
	Driver pay needs to rise by 50%: Fleet execs - 13/10/2004
	ATLANTA, (Oct. 13, 2004) -- A handful of CEO's from some of the largest carriers in the U.S. admit that driver pay is going to have to jump up substantially -- as much as 50 per ce
	Future EOBRs will be all-encompassing - 11/10/2004
	TORONTO, (Oct. 11, 2004) -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wasted little time in responding to a U.S. court's suggestion to reevaluate several aspects of its final
	SPECIAL: Recent labour decisions show unions aren't so punchless - 26/07/2004
	TORONTO, (July 26, 2004) -- The dominos continue to fall two years after a landmark Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) decision that certified the Teamsters union to bargain
	Recent labour decisions show unions aren't so punchless - 26/07/2004
	TORONTO, -- The dominoes continue to fall two years after a landmark Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) decision that certified the Teamsters
	Privacy law always evolving - 03/05/2004
	TORONTO, -- While it's applied to federally-regulated companies since 2001, only as of Jan. 1, this year -- when the Personal Information Protection and Electronic
	CRA extends meal tax filing period - 01/04/2004
	OTTAWA, (April 1, 2004) -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance is reporting that the Canada Revenue Agency has extended the look-back period to 2002 for the receipt-free meal allowance.

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