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Amazon contractors clash with Teamsters at raucous NYC Council hearing on controversial delivery legislation
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (699+ words) Amazon delivery workers and Teamsters shouted and booed each other Thursday at a raucous New York City Council hearing on a proposed bill that critics say could lead to thousands of lost jobs and much higher delivery bills. The controversial…...
Indiana Just Yanked CDLs From Immigrant Truck Drivers Who Can't Prove Legal Work Status. Here's What That Means for the Road
1+ week, 2+ day ago (249+ words) Indiana is not playing games with its commercial driver's licenses anymore. State officials announced a sweeping crackdown this week, moving to revoke CDLs held by immigrants who cannot produce a valid work visa. All affected licenses were set to expire…...
Tow-truck scammers" devious scheme to talk fearful So Cal drivers" out of their cars
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (412+ words) Tow-truck drivers are taking advantage of shaken drivers involved in car crashes by convincing them to hand over their cars before charging them thousands of dollars to retrieve their vehicles. A Southern California woman fell victim to the scheme, forking…...
Towing scams are surging across the U. S. " and one NYC case shows just how brazen these companies have become
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (881+ words) Michael Medved is just one of dozens of New Yorkers who has been the victim of a towing scam by Clutch Towing in Brooklyn (1) " a company that is still on the books with the City of New York, in spite…...
This Truck Driver Was Attending a Microsoft Teams Meeting While Driving a Tractor-Trailer, and Yes, You Read That Right
1+ week, 4+ day ago (257+ words) If you thought your morning commute was rough, spare a thought for a truck driver in Ontario who decided to attend a virtual work meeting while piloting a full-size tractor-trailer down a Canadian highway. No, this is not satire. No,…...
'Too tall or Ba-Boom': How to stop truck strikes in Newark
1+ week, 2+ day ago (307+ words) "Too Tall or Ba-Boom" reads a new sign above North Chapel Street in Newark. Most truck strikes on train bridges in Delaware occur at two spots in Newark: the bridges at Casho Mill Road and North Chapel Street. The Delaware…...
Oklahoma Trucking School Turns Away Students as New Federal CDL Rules Take Effect
1+ week, 2+ day ago (637+ words) The recent shift in federal enforcement is already starting to reshape the U. S. trucking industry, with new rules limiting who can legally obtain or renew a Commercial Driver's License (CDL). The changes, which took effect on March 16, are already having a visible…...
A Licensed Dealership Sold Them a Stolen Truck. Their Insurance Said, 'Not Our Problem
2+ week, 3+ day ago (678+ words) An Alberta family thought they had done everything right when they purchased a used pickup truck from a licensed dealership. What followed turned into a stressful and costly ordeal that highlights a growing problem in the automotive market. The family…...
Welfare on Wheels: The Truth About the Supposed Truck Driver Shortage
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1200+ words) A small logging contractor in upstate New York had a truck empty and needed someone with experience, and I needed a job. At that point I'd been trucking for nearly 20 years in four different countries and had done a fair…...
Bergen County driving school to pay $345 K for worker misclassification
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (377+ words) A Hasbrouck Heights commercial driving school is due to pay $345, 000 to settle a state lawsuit alleging that it misclassified dozens of commercial driver's license instructors as independent contractors. Attorney General Matthew Platkin and New Jersey Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo on…...