ATA Truck Tonnage Increased 0.5% in February
ARLINGTON, Va., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.5% in February after falling 4.6% in January.  (January's decrease was more than the preliminary 4% drop we reported on February 28th.) The latest gain put the SA index at 119.3 (2000=100), up from January's level of 118.7.  Compared with February 2011, the SA index was up 5.5%, better than January's 3.1% increase.  (Logo: ) The not seasonally adjusted index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by the fleets before any seasonal adjustment, equaled 112.9 in February, which was 1.3% above the previous mont ...

ATA Files Issue Statement with Court in HOS Challenge
ARLINGTON, Va., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, in a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, American Trucking Associations identified four areas where the Obama administration's recent hours-of-service rule falls short of legal standards for regulatory changes. (Logo: ) In a Statement of Issues filed with the Court, ATA contends that several aspects of the rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are "arbitrary and capricious" and should be overturned. Specifically, ATA questioned changes to the restart provision requiring that it include two consecutive periods between 1 a.m.

Fourth-Quarter Truck Driver Turnover Makes Surprise Drop
ARLINGTON, Va., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After a year of quarterly increases, the turnover rate for truck drivers at large truckload fleets unexpectedly dipped one percentage point to an annualized rate of 88%, American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said today. (Logo: ) "This reprieve, while surprising, is likely temporary," Costello said.

Navistar and Women In Trucking Award the Trucking Industry's "2012 Influential Woman in Trucking"
KISSIMMEE, Fla., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Navistar, Inc. and the Women In Trucking Association (WIT) presented the second annual "Influential Woman in Trucking" award to Joyce Brenny, Owner, Brenny Transportation, Inc.

National Sleep Foundation Annual Poll Explores Transportation Workers' Sleep
Sleepy Pilots, Train Operators and Drivers WASHINGTON, March 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The people we trust to take us or our loved ones from place to place struggle with sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation's (NSF) 2012 Sleep in America® poll.

Vrdolyak Law Group Recovers $2.9 Million for Former Truck Driver in Work Injury Case
CHICAGO, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A 52-year-old former truck driver from Illinois has been awarded $2.9 million in a settlement reached with a nation-wide corporation. In 2003, the victim suffered a severe leg injury while unloading products from his company's truck at a customer's distribution location.

America's Port Truckers Deliver a Resounding Yes Winning Union Recognition as Teamsters in Historic Vote; Drivers Coast to Coast Cite Los Angeles Vict
Australia's Toll Group Anti-Union Rampage in U.S. Flops; Defeat Signals Global Supply Chain Industry Losing Decades-Long Grip on Workforce it Treats as Disposable    LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amidst jubilant chants of "Yes We Did!" in Spanish and English, a brave group of professional truck drivers who haul brand-name fashion imports celebrated late evening news that they trounced in their closely-watched election to unite as Teamsters, despite their foreign employer's vicious and expensive year-long campaign to intimidate workplace leaders and suppress their free choice.