Teamsters

Switcheroo: EV Realty secures electricity before launching charging sites

Startups, real estate giants and others developing electric truck charging sites tend to pick locations before being certain they can get electricity in a timely fashion. Startup EV Realty prioritizes having the juice available when it buys a property.

‘Buying by the acre and monetizing by the megawatt’

Patrick Sullivan is like a lot of his peers developing electric infrastructure for fleet charging. He knows how the electric power business works, what it takes to develop and what can frustrate...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/switcheroo-ev-realty-secures-electricity-before-launching-charging-sites

Autonomous trucking may descend the rabbit hole of local politics

Autonomous trucking regulation is already a state-by-state issue. In California, it may soon embody the adage “All politics are local.” Advocates of driverless vehicles see passage of newly introduced legislation as a death knell for the technology.

After vetoing legislation last year that would have required a human driver in autonomous vehicles over 10,000 pounds, California Gov. Gavin Newsom may again have to choose between two of his main constituencies: Big Tech and organized labor.

2 bills...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-trucking-may-descend-the-rabbit-hole-of-local-politics

Teamsters out at Southern California trucking company; other votes mixed

The Teamsters have been pushed out from their representation of employees at Dependable Highway Express, an LTL and truckload carrier based in Southern California that’s been in business since 1950.

Rank-and-file workers at Dependable never had an opportunity to vote on rejecting the representation. Instead, employee John Cwiek filed a union decertification petition last month with the National Labor Relations Board asking for a vote that would end the Teamsters’ representation. The number of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-out-at-southern-california-trucking-company-other-votes-mixed

Groups lose latest court attempt to block California’s AB5 from state’s trucking sector

In a sweeping decision, a federal district court judge in California on Friday rejected arguments that the state’s independent contractor law, AB5, should be barred from regulating California’s trucking industry.

Judge Roger Benitez of the California federal district court for the state’s Southern district not only failed to order a new injunction, he also tossed out the case brought by the California Trucking Association (CTA) and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/groups-lose-latest-court-attempt-to-block-californias-ab5-trucking-sector

Teamsters, Anheuser-Busch reach new 5-year contract

The contract agreement reached this week between the Teamsters union and Anheuser-Busch, averting a strike that could have begun Friday, calls for wage increases of $8 an hour over the five years of the deal. A $4-per-hour raise kicks in immediately.

Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD) announced the deal late Wednesday. It awaits ratification in the coming days by approximately 5,000 workers across the company’s U.S. operations. 

The new contract also calls for a $2,500 ratification bonus.

As to whether...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-anheuser-busch-reach-new-5-year-contract

FedEx warns of higher costs under trucker rest break waivers

WASHINGTON — FedEx Corp. predicts higher costs on its linehaul and delivery routes as well as those of rivals if the Biden administration approves waivers governing truck driver meal and rest breaks in California and Washington.

In comments filed with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, FedEx (NYSE: FDX) asserted that if the FMCSA were to waive its preemption over the two states’ meal and rest break (MRB) laws — which would make interstate carriers subject to the stricter state...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-warns-of-higher-costs-under-trucker-rest-break-waivers

Teamsters Canada warns rail strike looms over pay, hours at CN, CPKC

The union representing almost 9,300 workers at Canada’s two biggest rail operators says the railroads are pushing toward a work stoppage after negotiations have deadlocked over issues of working conditions and wage increases.

“CN and CPKC aim to eliminate all safety-critical rest provisions from our collective agreements,” François Laporte, national president of Teamsters Canada, said in a news release on Monday. “These provisions are necessary to combat crew fatigue and ensure public safety. We...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-canada-warns-rail-strike-looms-over-pay-hours-at-cn-cpkc

Teamsters ousted at Dr Pepper Wisconsin, face off against Anheuser-Busch

The Teamsters have been ousted from representing a group of beverage drivers in Wisconsin while a much larger strike in the beverage world looms.

The union also ended a strike against U.S. Foods in recent weeks with a contract that even the Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a group within the union that is often critical of elected leadership, hailed as a victory. 

The events occurring in such a short period of time are testimony to the fact that the largest union representing transportation...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-ousted-at-dr-pepper-wisconsin-face-off-against-anheuser-busch

Jack Cooper-led bid for Yellow back on table

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A going concern bid for the remaining assets of bankrupt Yellow Corp. appears to be back on the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jack-cooper-led-bid-for-yellow-back-on-table

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