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The Fedex Pilots Association will ask members to pay higher dues to make up for money spent on threatened job actions and other work that led to their first contract with Federal Express Corp.

Former congressman Norm Mineta has agreed to form and head a blue ribbon commission to examine motor carrier safety and its enforcement at the federal level.

After giving Gov. Mike Huckabee's interstate improvement plan its unanimous approval, the House tax panel will struggle toward a semi-consensus on fixing the rest of Arkansas' bad roads.

James P. Hoffa is making plans to take over as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on March 6.

TT File PhotoTrailer sales in 1998 kept pace with the strong showing of Class 8 trucks, setting a record of their own with shipment of 344,007 complete trailers and chassis. Year-end figures showed the total to be 47.3% above the 1997 figure of 233,483.

The board of directors of American Trucking Associations this week approved a $54.4 million budget for 1999.

Witnesses will testify about trucking safety Feb. 23 before the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee chaired by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.).

A proposal by Illinois House of Representatives Speaker Michael Madigan to require annual and random emissions tests for Chicago-area trucks is rankling motor carriers in the Windy City.

SignPost Inc. of Hudson, Wis., which publishes a quarterly survey of driver wages, is offering pricing data with publication of its North American Truckload Rate Index.

The beleaguered Oregon Department of Transportation would have to provide lawmakers with a detailed list of highway projects and what they cost under a bill approved in the Oregon House.