P.M. Executive Briefing - April 5
This Afternoon's Headlines:
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FedEx Corp.
FedEx Trade Networks, a customs broker and consulting subsidiary formed by FedEx Corp. in February, has purchased San Francisco-based World Tariff, a customs-duty and tax-information publisher. It will enable FedEx to give customers precise information on duties that will be imposed when shipping internationally. Wall Street Journal (04/05/00) P. A4Police Seek Link Between Trucker's Beating, Union Protests
Police were looking into whether the Teamsters protests against Associated Wholesale Grocers are related to a Tuesday night incident in which an independent driver in Springfield, Mo., was pulled out of his vehicle and, according to a security guard who was with him, hit with pipes and aluminum bats.
On Wednesday, Refrigerated Transport Express was to ask for a restraining order; AWG has been outsourcing trucking and warehouse operations to Refrigerated Transport Express and other companies since Sunday. About 1,200 Teamsters in Missouri and Kansas were locked out of the jobs that day. Associated Press (04/05/00)
U.S. Concerned About Lax Trucking Standards in Canada
The U.S. organizations Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways and Parents Against Tired Truckers joined the Canadian group Canadians for Responsible and Safe Highways in voicing worries about proposed new Canadian hours-of-service rules.Bob Evans of the Canadian group said the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and some scientists have warned that safety would be threatened if Canada allows drivers 84 driving hours per week with 14 hours per shift. He also said that Canadian exports could be hurt if a border backlash results from U.S. concern about the proposed Canadian HOS rules.
The Canadian group's Web site, www.web.net/crash, contains an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety analysis of the proposed HOS rules. Canada NewsWire (04/05/00)
Teamsters Deliver Subpoena to Overnite CEO
A subpoena for Overnite Transportation CEO Leo Suggs, regarding a National Labor Relations Board complaint, was delivered to the carrier's Virginia headquarters Tuesday by a number of Teamsters. Suggs has been called for a May hearing that will partially focus on former Overnite supervisor Dale Watson's claims about the company's alleged treatment of union backers. Heavy Duty Trucking Online (04/05/00)Coca-Cola Bottling Company Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge
North Carolina-based Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming a Teamsters local striking the bottler in West Virginia has committed acts of vandalism and intimidation on several occasions. Cliff Brackman of union Local 505 charged that the filing is "all part of their spin campaign" to distract people from the negotiations. Associated Press (04/05/00)© copyright 2000 INFORMATION, INC. Terms of Service
