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CRASH Lashes Out at Trucking Safety
A familiar trucking critic is adding its voice to the debate over moving the Office of Motor Carriers from the Federal Highway Administration to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
December 14, 1998To retread or not to retread, that is the question. For some maintenance managers, the debate between purchasing new tires or retreads is constant.
Workers Strike ANR Over Contract Dispute
Approximately 1,400 truck drivers and dock workers at Milwaukee-based ANR Advance Transportation Co. walked off the job last week in a contract dispute with the Teamsters union.
December 14, 1998Nader Backs OMC Move From FHWA to NHTSA
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader believes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an agency he has criticized for years, is a better home for the Office of Motor Carriers than the Federal Highway Administration.
December 14, 1998Logistics: Controlling The Flow With Implants
In September, after three years of service to the Bose Corp. as its foremost truckload carrier, Werner Enterprises finally hooked into the audio manufacturer’s logistics management system. What took so long?
December 14, 1998Questions Linger as Hoffa Takes Helm
Seven years after Ron Carey trumpeted the arrival of the “New Teamsters,” the unspoken question about the 1998 Teamsters presidential race is “Will Jim Hoffa bring back the old Teamsters?”
December 14, 1998Federal Teamsters Intervention Started 11 Years Ago
The Justice Department put the Teamsters union on its ear in June 1987 when it announced that government lawyers would work with the Labor Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to take control of the union. For 30 years, Justice said, the Teamsters had been influenced by organized crime, and it was time for a change.
December 14, 1998OSHA Orders Forklift Training
Trucking companies will have to train drivers who occasionally use forklifts how to safely operate the equipment, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
December 14, 1998Small Firms Knock DOD Plan
Some small businesses feel the Department of Defense decision to use a new computerized system for calculating mileage for transporters will leave them out in the cold.
December 14, 1998Kane Business Passes to Second Generation
John M. Kane was eight years old when his father bought a trucking company that hauled freight from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.
December 14, 1998Editorial: New Era or New Error?
The ballots have been counted, and the message is unmistakable: Once again there’s a Hoffa running the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. What’s much less clear is what the results of this election will mean to the union and to organized labor.
December 14, 1998