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Los camioneros y los transportadores acuerdan un contrato de tres años 

A car-hauler truck

El sindicato Teamsters y las empresas sindicadas de transporte de automóviles llegaron a un acuerdo tentativo de negociación colectiva de tres años a última hora de la noche del martes que evitó una huelga nacional de conductores y trabajadores de mantenimiento que habría comenzado el miércoles. 

Los detalles del acuerdo se darán a conocer después de que sea revisado el 16 de junio en Washington por los líderes de 29 locales que representan a unos 3.000 trabajadores, dijeron los Teamsters en un...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/los-camioneros-y-los-transportadores-acuerdan-un-contrato-de-tres-anos

Teamsters, car haulers agree to 3-year contract

Volvo Trucks auto hauler

The Teamsters union and unionized car-hauling companies reached a tentative three-year collective bargaining agreement late Tuesday night that averted a nationwide strike of drivers and maintenance workers that would have begun Wednesday.

Details of the agreement will be disclosed after it is reviewed on June 16 in Washington by leaders from 29 locals representing about 3,000 workers, the Teamsters said in a statement. Two representatives from each local will decide whether to approve the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-car-haulers-agree-to-3-year-contract

Where does trucking stand on oral-fluid drug testing?

Two trucks parked at medical facility.

Results are in on a plan to allow commercial motor carriers (and others) the option of using oral fluids instead of urine to test for drugs. Based on industry comments, trucking is generally in favor — with some caveats.

The U.S. Department of Transportation published the 119-page proposed rule on Feb. 28, giving the public 30 days (plus a 30-day extension) to respond. DOT received over 400 comments by the April 29 deadline, including responses from trucking associations, trucking companies and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/where-does-trucking-stand-on-oral-fluid-drug-testing

Emails suggest possible Teamsters support drove Trump to back Yellow’s $700M loan

Yellow Corp. double tractor trailer truck

Emails obtained by congressional watchdogs suggest that former President Donald Trump and his aides may have pushed for a $700 million federal loan to LTL carrier YRC Worldwide Inc. to gain support from the Teamsters in the run-up to the 2020 election.

The new details are included in a report issued on Wednesday by Democrats on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. It is part of the panel’s investigation into the legality of a national security loan issued by the Trump...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/emails-suggest-possible-teamsters-support-drove-trump-to-back-yellows-700m-loan

How one warehouse could change Amazon from the inside out

Amazon trailers sit outside an Amazon warehouse

However you feel about unions, there is no denying that the vote to unionize an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island marks an inflection point for the e-commerce superpower.

At the beginning of the month, the workers of Amazon’s JFK-8 fulfillment center voted to join a new local organization, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), by a vote of 2,654 to 2,131. But the nation’s second-largest employer is already pushing back.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) acted swiftly after the vote, leveling accusations of voter...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-one-warehouse-could-change-amazon-from-the-inside-out

Truckers: Safety groups ignore driving ‘realities’

Representatives of small-business truckers have asked a federal appeals court to deny safety advocates’ challenge to hours-of-service (HOS) rule changes, saying the challenge is not based on truck-driving realities.

In a petition filed in support of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association outlined how its members are benefiting from more flexibility provided by the changes — a somewhat rare occasion in which OOIDA, large carriers and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-safety-groups-ignore-realities-of-driving

El Departamento de Transporte de Buttigieg rechaza las alegaciones de impugnación de las horas de servicio ante los tribunales

La Administración Federal de Seguridad de Autotransportes (FMCSA) ha rechazado las afirmaciones de que las revisiones de las horas de servicio realizadas en septiembre de 2020 provocarán más accidentes, a pesar de las reclamaciones realizadas por los defensores de la seguridad y los trabajadores.

En respuesta a una petición presentada por los grupos en diciembre ante el Tribunal de Apelaciones de EE.UU. para el Circuito del Distrito de Columbia, la FMCSA y el Departamento de Transporte de EE.UU....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/el-departamento-de-transporte-de-buttigieg-rechaza-las-alegaciones-de-impugnacion-de-las-horas-de-servicio-ante-los-tribunales

Buttigieg’s DOT rejects hours-of-service court challenge claims

The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration has rejected assertions that hours-of-service revisions made in September 2020 will lead to more crashes despite claims made by safety advocates and labor.

Responding to a petition filed by the groups in December with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, FMCSA and the U.S. Department of Transportation argued that the petitioners’ anti-safety claims lack standing and should be rejected.

“Even if petitioners had established...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/buttigiegs-dot-rejects-hours-of-service-challenge

Hours-of-service challenge laid out in DC appeals court

Three safety groups and the Teamsters union have filed their initial petition in federal appeals court challenging the federal truck driver hours-of-service (HOS) final rule that went into effect last year. The groups zeroed in on the new short-haul and 30-minute rest-break provisions.

In a filing late Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Parents Against Tired Truckers, Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways, and the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hours-of-service-challenge-laid-out-in-dc-appeals-court

Low Teamsters election turnout may not be what it seems

In the wake of Sean M. O’Brien’s landslide victory in the Teamsters general election, one takeaway is not what O’Brien does during the next five years as the union’s general president but if many of the rank-and-file members will care. The second is whether those who care will carry the water for those who don’t.

Less than 200,000 out of approximately 1.4 million eligible voters cast ballots, according to the Teamsters Office of Election Supervisor, the official vote counter, and the Teamsters...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/low-teamsters-election-turnout-may-not-be-what-it-seems

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