President Bush last week sent his $1.6 trillion tax-cut plan to Capitol Hill, where trucking is expected to voice its strong support for repeal of the estate tax and acceleration of increased meals tax deductions for truck drivers.

UPS has joined a broad coalition of businesses and industry trade groups that are suing the federal government to block enforcement of new ergonomics rules.

Former Teamsters President Ron Carey pled not guilty Thursday to charges that he lied to a federal grand jury investigating fund raising for his 1996 re-election bid.

With the loss of two major postal shipping contracts and increasing competition in the heavyweight airfreight market, Emery Worldwide faces a critical test in the coming months to replace lost revenue and shore up lagging profits.

Some towing operators will tell you that one reason they have to raise their rates is because trucking is getting safer. There are fewer truck crashes, they say, but towing’s overhead is only going up.

With the loss of two major postal shipping contracts and increasing competition in the heavyweight airfreight market, Emery Worldwide faces a critical test in the coming months to replace lost revenue and shore up lagging profits.

The wave of mergers sweeping through trucking came to the industry’s leasing sector Jan. 15, when No. 2 Penske Truck Leasing announced it will buy No. 3 Rollins Truck Leasing in a $2 billion deal that threatens Ryder System’s position as the nation’s largest full-service leasing company.

George W. Bush may have won the 2000 election, but organized labor made its voice heard, securing victories for Vice President Al Gore in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Washington, providing the margin of victory for labor-backed senatorial candidates in at least four states and beating back anti-union referendums in Oregon and Colorado.

For Harvey Brodsky, no negative comment about retreaded tires goes unchallenged.