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The federal government’s vision waiver program continues on, despite a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that the waivers do not mean a trucker is "qualified" to drive a commercial vehicle.

The Teamsters have a new chief lobbyist. Mike Mathis, a veteran in the union’s government affairs department, took over as director July 28.

Eddie R. Brown, who was brought in as president of Landair Corp. last year, resigned July 19 as the Tennessee-based truckload carrier announced it would incur significant losses in the second quarter.

The federal governments wants to gauge trucking’s sentiment on the notion of a graduated commercial driver license, which could allow younger drivers into the cab of big rigs.

Talks aimed at reaching a national contract between Overnite Transportation and the Teamsters union are set to start again this week in Chicago.

Refrigerated freight carriers got a frosty forecast about their segment of trucking from two analysts at a meeting conducted by a unit of the Truckload Carriers Association.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters put another of its locals in trusteeship following a bitter, month-long strike against an Iowa Beef Processors slaughterhouse in Walla Walla, Wash.

Refrigerated freight carriers got a frosty forecast about their segment of trucking from two analysts at a meeting conducted by a unit of the Truckload Carriers Association.

West Coast longshoremen and port managers came to terms July 15, after weeks of contract talks, a strike that shut down the Port of Oakland and work slowdowns at all the coast’s major ports.

The latest attempt at a long-haul trucker strike, which began with a bang July 5, ended with a whimper two days later, as organizers called it quits in the face of general driver indifference.