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Trucking News for April 2008

Jobs in Trucking (255 articles)

• Governor awards $1.4 million to support worker training
  The Oregon Trucking Association and Clackamas Community College has received a $303,000 grant to address the truck driver shortage in Oregon....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 9:44pm
• Work-At-Home Medical Transcription Jobs -- Strategies For Success
  Medical transcription has been a legitimate work-at-home job for many years, but landing a job isn't always easy. Where to go to find jobs and how to prepare yourself to get one....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 9:43pm
• What Does It Take To Be A Good Software QA Tester?
  If you enjoy computers and software -- and have a basic understanding of systems software like operating systems and browsers and software applications like MS Office -- you can now have a rewarding career in Software QA Testing. This ebook will teach you the basics of software quality assurance (QA), test planning and test case development, test execution and defect reporting, as well as how to get software QA testing jobs or contracts. It also discusses testing tools and the software knowledge that you will need to advance your career and make up to $100,000 per year....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 7:47pm
• Company to bring new jobs to Bonham
  BONHAM, TX -- A new business and new jobs are on their way to Bonham. Renlita Overhead Doors announced they are moving to town Wednesday morning....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 6:53pm
• Young people's jobs big concern
  FRANKLIN — One of five Franklin City Council hopefuls will be eliminated from the race May 13....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 6:14pm

Trucking in the News (239 articles)

• New Maine laws intended to benefit forestry truckers
  Multiple bills in the Maine Legislature that have been brought up for consideration this year are intended to aid truckers in the state's forest products industry. Gov. John Baldacci put his signature on a bill to provide for a sales tax exemption for repair parts and maintenance supplies used for motor vehicles and trailers primarily engaged in the transport of harvested forest products....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 9:09pm
• Logistics company officials address port issues behind closed doors
  Proposals to restructure port operations are hitting ports throughout the northwest, and trucking company leaders are privately pitching ways to address such proposed changes. In the past week, several officials from trucking companies with operations in California, Nevada, Washington and Oregon met privately to discuss their legal options and possible responses to the growing number of ports that are approving and proposing new environmental regulations....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 9:08pm
• Alberta's transportation minister rejects speed limiters for his province
  While government officials and big trucking companies in Ontario and Quebec are pushing for mandatory speed limiters on heavy trucks, the transport minister of the Canadian province of Alberta has no plans to follow suit because of enforcement issues....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 7:34pm
• South Dakota truckers also rally
  In South Dakota, Gov. Mike Rounds spoke to a group of truckers on Monday. The truckers convoyed to the state Capitol in Pierre to protest high fuel prices....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 7:34pm
• Log trucker optimistic about TRUCC Act following DC protest
  One of the organizers of a truck convoy to Washington, DC, said there is optimism that a fuel surcharge bill in Congress will be passed into law. After circling the Capitol building on Monday, April 28 in protest of high fuel prices, Maine logging trucker Larry Sidelinger and others met with Sen. Olympia Snowe, who sponsored the bill....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 7:34pm

Truck Drivers News (39 articles)

• From Bad To Worse
  Trucking companies in West Virginia are having a difficult time making ends meet with the high price of diesel fuel....
  Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 7:31pm
• Gas prices rise, confidence in economy drops
  Soaring gas prices and weaker job prospects made Americans gloomier about the economy in April, sending a widely watched measure of consumer sentiment even lower, a private research group said Tuesday....
  Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 6:46pm
• Drivers Want Lower Fuel Costs
  Trucker protest convoy arrives in Washington Drivers want lower fuel ......
  Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 6:23pm
• Local Truckers Headed To D.C. Gas-Price Protest
  A group of local truck drivers left at about 6 a.m. Monday to join a protest in Washington of high fuel prices....
  Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 6:18pm
• Truckers Protest In D.C. Over Fuel Prices
  Horns blaring, truck drivers began arriving in Washington to protest high gasoline prices....
  Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 5:13pm

Truck Drivers News (23 articles)

• First Person: Truckers Protests High Gas Prices
  

  Truck drivers from across the country gathered in Washington on Monday looking for help with rising fuel costs. via ClipSyndicate

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  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 11:42am
• Truckers upset by fuel prices
  

  Only a dozen trucks showed up in Pierre today for a rally in which truck drivers sought to draw attention to the economic problems being caused by high fuel prices.

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  Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 1:34am
• Trucker cited in Chicago crash
  

  A truck driver has been cited for negligent driving after his truck slammed into a Chicago Transit Authority train station. via KRDO

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  Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 7:10am
• Gas Prices Protest Could Jam Morning Rush
  

  A group of truck drivers is planning to caravan past the White House and the Capitol before a rally to protest high gas prices. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

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  Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 7:41pm
• Trucker's Crash Into Chicago Train Station Probed
  

  "She went out of her way to speak to everyone."

  Skid marks, a boarded-up entrance and police tape reminded commuters Saturday of the destruction left by a tractor-trailer that smashed into a crowded train station and killed two pedestrians, as authorities reviewed surveillance footage of the crash.

  "It definitely makes you cautious," said Tykeysha Vaughn, 22, as she exited the Cermak-Chinatown Red Line station, the site of Friday's accident during the evening rush hour.

  Meanwhile, the mayor disputed claims by some neighborhood residents that the intersection where the accident occurred, near an expressway exit, was dangerous, with quickly changing stoplights. Read more

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  Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 12:36am

Owner Operator Jobs in Trucking (16 articles)

• Cold weather warning did not cause too much alarm in our area
  Most people watch the weather report on television with a casual interest that addresses what clothes they will wear or if their favorite baseball team might be playing. Other’s jobs might lend a more critical eye to the meteorologist’s charts and graphs....
  Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 5:22pm
• Mayor Takes City Hall on the Road
  With the City of Rochester facing an $18 million budget gap, Mayor Bob Duffy says between 50 and 75 city employees could lose their jobs. To help trim costs and consolidate services, Duffy has been visiting neighborhoods to get some input from residents....
  Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 4:59pm
• Legislation Awaiting Senate Action Key to Averting Energy Price Increases, Creating Good, Green Jobs, Says DEP Secretary
  Higher energy prices and the certainty of additional increases in the coming years are affecting Pennsylvanias consumers and businesses, said Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty today during a town hall meeting here....
  Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 7:19pm
• Mayor Hopes to Minimize City Job Cuts
  After saying the city could face as many as 100 jobs cuts because of the looming budget deficit, the mayor says that number will more likely be somewhere between 50 to 70 reductions....
  Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 7:14pm
• Odaffer, Neal take jobs at Carl Junction
  Ryan Odaffer and Brad Neal have accepted offers to become head basketball coaches at Carl Junction High School. Odaffer, who will coach the boys, and Neal, the new girls coach, will have their hirings officially approved at the board of education meeting on Monday night....
  Date: Sat, Apr 26, 2008 5:42am

Truth in Trucking (1 articles)

• Truck Drivers Strike
  Whether you are a seasoned driver, just out of truck driver training or attending any of the truck driver schools across the nation, one should be watching the outcome of this recent truck drivers strike. Primarily owner operators, many drivers shut down for a few days to protest the high ......
  Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2008 10:34pm