SPECIAL: Recent labour decisions show unions aren’t so punchless

TORONTO, (July 26, 2004) -- The dominos continue to fall two years after a landmark Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) decision that certified the Teamsters union to bargain

Sikh truckers file human-rights complaint over CP hardhat rule

A group of 500 Sikh truck drivers hauling in and out of CP Rail yards are taking the railway to the Ontario Human Rights Commission over a rule that req

National truck driving champs see first female winner; Ontario scores big

MONCTON, N.B. -- The first female trucker to compete at the National Professional Truck Driving Championships rolled off with top honours in her category this past weekend.

Drugs & Drivers

Everybody does it. But randomly testing drivers headed to the U.S. has been ruled illegal in Canada. OR HAS IT?

Truck driving one of best jobs around: Career firm

CHICAGO -- A U.S. national online job bank has ranked heavy-duty truck driving number18 on its list of the top 25 jobs for 2006.

CTA officially launches national limiter campaign; O-O group calls carriers hypocritical

OTTAWA -- Canada's provincial transportation ministries should get ready to deal with the most controversial issue to hit the trucking industry since deregulation.

All Celadon drivers complete Highway Watch training

INDIANAPOLIS -- Celadon Trucking Services, one of North America's largest truckload carriers, says it has trained 100 percent of its drivers in the Highway Watch program - becoming only second among the industry's top 100 trucking companies to reach the milestone.

Bruce R Smith first fleet to offer driver training scholarship

SIMCOE, Ont. -- After obtaining two Honour BAs in university, Christine Reu of Jarvis Ont. wants to be a truck driver. And this time, she won't have to pay for school.

Wayne Henninger wins APTA safety award

HALIFAX - Wayne Henninger, safety director at Atlantic Pacific Transport in Clairville, N.B., won the Markel-sponsored Safety to Motor Transportation award

Canadian survey predicts steady employment in ’07

TORONTO -- Canadian employers in the transportation-public utilities sector expect a 17 percent boost in hiring in the first quarter of 2007.

Anti-scab law would shake trucking industry: CTA

OTTAWA -- A labor union-spurred law that makes replacement workers and picket crossing illegal could "unnecessarily disrupt the stability of labor relations balance in the trucking industry," says Canadian Trucking Alliance Chief Executive Officer David Bradley.

The Departed: FMCSA has eye on lane safety systems

WASHINGTON -- U.S. federal trucking regulators are taking a keen interest in new lane departure warning technology as a way to mitigate the rate of off-road accidents and rollovers on North American highways.

CN Strike Update: Union decries back-to-work law; Railway calls stalemate

OTTAWA -- The Conservative government in Ottawa says it'll fast-track previously introduced back-to-work legislation to end a renewed strike by CN workers, just as railway declared a national agreement with the fragmented United Transportation Union could never be reached.

Truck accident rates fall down south

WASHINGTON -- Large truck fatalities in the U.S. dropped 3.7 percent to 5,018 in 2006 compared to the year before, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates in a preliminary report on traffic safety.

Que speed limiter rule picks up momentum; Province mulls photo radar

QUEBEC CITY -- A few days after the Ontario Liberals promised to cap the speed of all trucks in the province at 105 km/h, Quebec's Minister of Transport says she'll push a road safety bill that would do the same thing.