On one side of the bargaining table will be union brass angry about plant closures and embarrassed by scandal. On the other will be auto executives sweating shrinking sales and risky billion-dollar bets to survive an era of disruption.
July 15, 2019Business
West Coast Dockworkers Likely to Ratify Three-Year Contract Extension
Longshoremen on the West Coast are poised to ratify a three-year extension to the collective bargaining agreement with the port authorities and terminal operators in California, Oregon and Washington.
July 28, 2017Business
Teamsters Union Scores Victory With Intermodal Workers
A battle to unionize is ongoing at Parsec Inc., a company that provides equipment and other services to those in the intermodal section, as the Teamsters won a second victory.
July 17, 2017Government
Labor Department Rescinds Joint Employer Guidance
Guidance for holding companies responsible as joint employers for labor violations by their contractors was rescinded, the Department of Labor announced the week of June 5.
June 9, 2017GovernmentBusiness
Trucking Adds 1,100 Jobs in November, Department of Labor Reports
For-hire trucking gained 1,100 jobs in November, while overall payrolls increased by 178,000, the Labor Department reported Dec. 2.
December 2, 2016Business
Fed Sees Improved Labor, Housing Markets; Interest Rate Hikes Draw Closer
Federal Reserve policymakers said the labor market and housing have improved, moving closer to ending an unprecedented period of near-zero interest rates without providing a clear signal on the timing of liftoff.
July 29, 2015Business
President Obama Signs Executive Order Helping Employees in Labor Disputes
President Obama signed an executive order last month that requires federal contractors to disclose their labor law violations, a move meant to boost employees’ rights in labor disputes.
August 11, 2014GovernmentBusiness
OSHA Fines Two Carriers on ‘Whistleblower’ Allegations
Two large trucking companies received orders from the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to compensate workers who said they were unable to drive because of illness.
January 7, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Obama to Nominate Civil Rights Lawyer as New U.S. Secretary of Labor
Thomas Perez, currently head of the Civil Rights division of the U.S. Justice Department, is President Obama’s choice for labor secretary.
March 18, 2013Business
Eight-Day Walkout Hits Southern California Ports
For labor and management, 2012 was short on contracts and long on rhetoric. During the year, the only agreement that affected trucking was between a division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Southern California waterfront employers.
December 24, 2012