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FedEx Acts to Reduce Strike Vulnerability
Federal Express Corp. said it plans to restructure its operations to make the company less dependent on its unionized pilots, who have refused to work overtime after labor talks stalemated and the company walked out of the negotiations.
November 16, 1998To retread or not to retread, that is the question. For some maintenance managers, the debate between purchasing new tires or retreads is constant.
'New ATA' Defended by Member
An editorial in Traffic World magazine suggesting that American Trucking Associations “has not yet hit its stride” drew a spirited response from Stoney “Mit” Stubbs Jr., chairman of Dallas-based Frozen Food Express Industries.
November 16, 1998ATA's Intermodal CFO
American Trucking Associations recruited a senior executive of the Association of American Railroads to be its new senior vice president and chief financial officer. AAR Executive Vice President David B. Barefoot will begin his new job in early December.
November 16, 1998Return to the Safety Summit
Driver fatigue was spotlighted as the No. 1 safety issue in trucking as a result of the 1995 Truck and Bus Safety Summit that was held in Kansas City. To be held in Atlanta Dec. 6-10, the next national meeting will continue the dialogue among “the best highway safety minds” in the U.S. and North America, said the federal Office of Motor Carriers.
November 16, 1998Ameritruck Files Chapter 11
AmeriTruck Distribution Corp. is getting out of the refrigerated trucking business, but expects to continue its other operations, as it reorganizes under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code.
November 16, 1998Aasche Expands Waste Hauling Unit
Aasche Transportation Services, Shannon, Ill., expanded its waste hauling business with two recent transactions.
November 16, 1998New Coalition Draws Bead on Tolls
The Arkansas Highway Commission has proposed to place tolls on Interstate highways in Arkansas to pay for repairs and improvements, but a newly assembled coalition opposed to new tolls on Interstates will do everything in its power to make sure that doesn't happen.
November 16, 1998Ruling the Roost
For all its tongue-twisting jargon and impressive college curricula, billions of bytes of software and lickety-split communications, when all is said and done the transportation industry is, very simply, moving boxes of stuff from here to there.
November 16, 1998Arkansas Gov. Committed to Diesel Tax Hike; Truckers Oppose
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Friday that he would propose a diesel tax increase to repair roads even though that tax is opposed by truckers who support him. The truckers and Huckabee re on the same side when it comes to opposing toll booths on Arkansas interstate routes.
November 16, 1998Ergonomics Rule Due in September
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration apparently will publish its proposal for ergonomics regulations next September.
November 16, 1998