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Trucking News for March 2008

Jobs in Trucking (302 articles)

• High Diesel Prices Hurting Truckers
  High diesel prices across the country are hurting truckers nationwide. Diesel prices in Central Texas are close to $4.00 a gallon and even higher in other parts of the country. FOX 7's Nik Ciccone reports how the prices are affecting one trucking family....
  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 11:38pm
• Big rigs gather in Atlanta to protest gas prices
  If you spot a convoy of 250 big rigs Tuesday, it's not an April Fool's joke. The truckers plan to drive their 18-wheelers from Macon to Atlanta to protest high gas prices. But specifics —like exact times and routes— were unclear Monday. Sheila Walker, who runs Walker Trucking, is organizing the event. "I've got plenty of backbone, and I'm not scared," Walker told the New York Times last week. ......
  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 10:36pm
• Money Laundering Programs Disguised As Career Opportunities -- Avoid Becoming A Mule
  Well designed and legitimate looking sites are advertising work from home positions as Business or Financial Managers. The required qualifications make these jobs sound like a piece of cake, but are they too good to be true?...
  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 9:19pm
• Employment Predators
  Are you a successful executive or technology professional in search of a new job? Not sure you know how to answer interview questions, network effectively and write a resume? Are you out of practice looking for a job?...
  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 8:58pm
• How Do You Answer An Interview Question That You Have A Weakness In?
  If you have been in a interview before you know that this question always comes up, "What is your Weakness?" Everyone hates to hear the question because it is a double edged sword because the most perfect answer to the question still implies that you have a weakness. You want to answer the question without admitting that you have a weakness because after all you want to get the job....
  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 7:12pm

Trucking in the News (233 articles)

• Obama at the Pump: Subprime Loans, Trucking Taxes, the War and Gas -- Washington Post
  
  Obama at the Pump: Subprime Loans, Trucking Taxes, the War and Gas Washington Post, United States - At a press conference at a Manheim, Pa., gas station this afternoon, Obama toggled between nuclear power, trucking taxes, and patriotism. ...
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  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 11:02pm
• Can Truckers Haul Us Out of Recession? -- Motley Fool
  
  Can Truckers Haul Us Out of Recession? Motley Fool - According to the American Trucking Associations, February's seasonally adjusted truck tonnage index was its highest level in more than two years. ...
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  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 8:49pm
• Con-way Truckload Opens Driver Orientation Site in Phoenix
  Con-way Truckload has opened a driver orientation site in Phoenix. The company plans to hire more than 250 experienced professional truck drivers from several western states...
  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 7:34pm
• YRC Worldwide Names Mike Smid to Head Yellow Brand (Update2) -- Bloomberg
  
  YRC Worldwide Names Mike Smid to Head Yellow Brand (Update2) Bloomberg - By Angela Greiling Keane March 31 (Bloomberg) -- YRC Worldwide Inc., the US trucking company that had a $736 million fourth-quarter loss, said Maynard ...
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  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 7:09pm
• Female leaders keep on truckin' -- Financial Post
  
  Female leaders keep on truckin' Financial Post, Canada - Dave Chidley for National PostJulie Tanguay the president of LE Walker Transport, based in St.Thomas, Ont., grew up in a family that owned a trucking...
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  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 1:11pm

Truck Drivers News (37 articles)

• Pa. truckers protest fuel prices
  AP Photo Truckers are protesting the high price of gas today in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania's truck drivers are urging lawmakers in Harrisburg to cut state taxes on fuel ....
  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 4:35pm
• Albertans fuming over fuel prices
  Sharply rising fuel prices angered motorists and truckers in Edmonton and northern Alberta when regular gas rocketed to the $1.15-per-litre mark and diesel neared $1.23. "It's outrageous," said Bob Lett, ......
  Date: Sun, Mar 30, 2008 12:13pm
• Running on empty
  We have built a society dependent on cars. In the Poconos, sidewalks are few, jobs are far, and essentials such as the nearest grocery store can be 10 miles away....
  Date: Sun, Mar 30, 2008 5:36am
• Price of diesel hits truckers hard
  Kathy Parker The Daily Times Diesel was $3.97 a gallon in Mayes County Wednesday morning....
  Date: Sat, Mar 29, 2008 4:55pm
• Independent truckers planning shutdown
  Posted on 03/29/2008 4:22:04 AM PDT by Man50D Crude oil is running $100 a barrel and it costs $50 instead of $35 to fill your car, but you carpool occasionally and watch the number of trips across town so ......
  Date: Sat, Mar 29, 2008 10:22am

Truck Drivers News (20 articles)

• Pa. truckers take fuel price protest convoy to state Capitol
  

  As the protest convoy circled the block, about 100 people gathered on the Capitol steps to urge state lawmakers and Gov.

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  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 10:36pm
• FMCSA May Soon Set Sleep Apnea Standards, Paper Says
  

  An effort to curb drowsiness among truck drivers could gain ground next month when a review panel acts on medical findings regarding a sleep apnea, USA Today reported Wednesday.

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  Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 5:41pm
• TRUCKERS' STRIKE * USA -- Truck drivers' strike picks up speed
  

  The trucker, Dan Little , posted his plans to shut down on his Web site, and someone brought it to our attention at the Times... Now it's been brought to the attention of thousands, and Little's plan to park ...

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  Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 5:40pm
• New Data Showing Seat Belt Usage Among Truck Drivers Hits Record Level
  

  March 26, 2008 at 10:36 am Filed under Transportation and travel , Business and economics The number of professional truckers buckling up their seat belts jumped dramatically in 2007 to a record level of 65 ...

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  Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 5:39pm
• Truckers questioned in Vegas crashes that killed newlyweds
  

  A Portland man and his new wife were killed in two separate hit-and-run accidents in Las Vegas just days after they eloped.

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  Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 3:11am

Owner Operator Jobs in Trucking (17 articles)

• Jobs outlook in area worsens
  Deterioration of the local job market appears to be worsening....
  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 2:22pm
• Independent truck drivers to stage shut down
  AUBURNDALE (Bay News 9) -- Independent truck drivers plan to shut down operations for one week starting April 1 to show their displeasure with shrinking profit margins due to increasing fuel prices....
  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 9:55am
• Costs fuel truckers' anger
  With diesel fuel prices soaring above $4 a gallon, independent truck drivers are getting scared and angry. Protests are cropping up across the nation, including one planned for this morning at the Capitol building in Harrisburg....
  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 9:13am
• RTS Plastics Inc. workers will have to reapply to keep jobs
  Employees of the former NEO Plastics in Austinburg will have to reapply for their jobs with the new owner, RTS Plastics Inc., of Ontario, Canada, but no job losses are expected to occur as a result of that action, says Vicki Cegliastro, general manager/ controller....
  Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2008 9:27am
• Fastracs prove cane-cutting worth
  The demands of long haul cane cutting mean contractors like Ray Biasi, from Ingham in Queensland's north, seek out a harvesting unit able to deliver on performance in the field and getting between jobs....
  Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2008 9:40pm

Truth in Trucking (1 articles)

• Truck Driving Jobs : The Top 30 Jobs of the Future
  Truck driving jobs are always plentiful due to the constant driver turn over rate that now stands at 128% for over the road drivers. The average yearly income for truck drivers is $35,000 to $45,000 for company drivers, and $95,000 to $130,000 for owner operators, depending on where you live. ......
  Date: Sun, Mar 2, 2008 9:22pm