Con-way Freight workers in Laredo, Texas, have become the first workers at the less-than-truckload carrier to be represented by a union, and additional Teamsters organizing efforts are advancing at three of the carrier’s Southern California terminals.

It was not unusual to find fleet executives flipping burgers, basting chicken or slicing steak for fajitas in terminals across the country last week in honor of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.

OXON HILL, Md. — McLeod Software said it is working to streamline the movement of data to help trucking and third-party logistics customers operate more efficiently.

HENDERSON, Nev. — Executives at Western Star Trucks want to increase their market share to 5% of the U.S. and Canadian Class 8 market, and think there are enough haters of “jellybeans” among truck operators that they can pull it off.

Nearly 50 miles of Interstate 15, a critical western freight artery, was closed last week after floods severely damaged the highway north of Las Vegas, forcing thousands of truckers to take costly detours from Southern California to Montana.