Trucking News for June 2008

Jobs in Trucking (199 articles)

• Trucking companies struggle with fuel costs
  

  MOHSIN ABBAS Herald Staff Mike Podborochynski can remember buying fuel for 25 cents a gallon.

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  Date: Wed, Jun 25, 2008 1:24am
• Village feeling impact
  Second to workers now without jobs, small businesses in Middlefield affected by plant closings, layoffs...
  Date: Sun, Jun 22, 2008 5:07am
• Get the Job of Your Dreams With a Sample Resume
  In order to compete with the candidates for the job you want, your resume needs to look professional and appeal to the HR manager. Most people do not know how to write a resume in the format that looks best to an HR professional so we have taken out the guess work!...
  Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2008 7:17pm
• How to Use a Sample Resume
  Many people do not know how to write a professional resume. Your resume could be the difference between getting a job and losing it to another candidate....
  Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2008 7:16pm
• 4 Ways to Find Sources of Extra Income
  Are you living from paycheck to paycheck? Are your bills becoming overwhelming? Are you having a hard time paying them? Is your paycheck no longer lasting a month? A job, though rewarding, sometimes is just not enough to get us all of the things we need or want....
  Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2008 7:04pm

Trucking in the News (121 articles)

• ATS Driver Takes Home First
  Anderson Trucking Service (ATS), St. Cloud, MN. congratulated driver David Grim who received 1st Place in the Minnesota Truck Driving Championships held June 6th -- 8th, 2008....
  Date: Mon, Jun 30, 2008 7:34pm
• John Cambra keeps on trucking -- Manteca Bulletin
  
  John Cambra keeps on trucking Manteca Bulletin, CA - A 1931 Ford roadster pickup truck is currently in a rural Manteca shop tucked away in an orchard far from any roadway. Cambra, 58, had three of his "gems" ...
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  Date: Fri, Jun 27, 2008 9:14am
• Trucking firm applauds decision -- Huntsville Forester
  
  Trucking firm applauds decision Huntsville Forester,  Canada - by Matt Driscoll Recently unveiled provincial legislation will soon require speed limiters in most large trucks, and one local trucking firm says it’s about ...
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  Date: Wed, Jun 25, 2008 3:31pm
• Diesel prices driving independent truckers broke -- Seattle Post Intelligencer
  
  Diesel prices driving independent truckers broke Seattle Post Intelligencer - By DAN CATCHPOLE AP WRITER SEATTLE -- Independent trucker Fletcher Mack owns a white Freightliner with his name stenciled in green on the door. ...
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  Date: Mon, Jun 23, 2008 7:03am
• Oil-fouled lake remains closed -- Edmonton Sun
  
  Oil-fouled lake remains closed Edmonton Sun,  Canada - Two nearby resorts, Gleniffer Lake and Carefree, have been trucking in water for residents. Jim Rasmussen, supervisor of environmental operations at ...
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  Date: Sun, Jun 22, 2008 8:01am

Truck Drivers News (30 articles)

• Truck stop blues
  

  Three area trucking companies have filed for protection from their creditors under U.S. bankruptcy codes since April.

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  Date: Sun, Jun 22, 2008 2:43pm
• Smuggling: Crackdown on truckers necessary
  

  Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday announced a crackdown on truckers convicted of smuggling people or drugs into Texas.

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  Date: Sun, Jun 22, 2008 2:32am
• Truckers Protest High Fuel Prices in Albany, NY
  

  Hundreds of truck drivers converged on Albany, NY demonstrate against soaring fuel prices.

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  Date: Sat, Jun 21, 2008 10:33pm
• Truck Drivers Shot at on I-95
  

  The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating after several truck drivers say they were shot at on the interstate.

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  Date: Fri, Jun 20, 2008 11:20pm
• Governor Perry announces new anti-smuggling initiative
  

  ' Gov. Rick Perry announced today that the state, working in concert with the U.S. Border Patrol, will begin cracking down on commercial truckers who knowingly smuggle illegal weapons, drugs or humans across ...

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  Date: Fri, Jun 20, 2008 5:15pm

Truck Drivers News (14 articles)

• Decatur ponders its fate as jobs vanish
  Just two days after Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. announced it would be cutting 300 jobs at its Decatur plant, the news caused more than one Decatur resident to shake her head in disappointment....
  Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 6:07pm
• Gas, Slow Economy Ease Trucker Shortage
  As head of recruiting at trucking company Gypsum Express, for years Lingyak had to take what he could get when it came to long-haul drivers amid a shortage of workers qualified to handle the big rigs and ......
  Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2008 7:36pm
• Spain Cracks Down on Strikers in Midst of Fuel Protest
  Spain deployed riot police on Wednesday to lift striking truckers' blockades of a border crossing with France and a major highway outside Madrid and made dozens of arrests....
  Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 6:56pm
• Thai truck drivers join oil protests
  PROMISE OF MORE PAIN: As many as 120,000 trucks out of the 700,000 operating across the country joined the strike, forming a 10km line along a major highway DPA AND AFP, BANGKOK AND MADRID Thursday, Jun 12, ......
  Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 6:33pm
• Fuel prices spark protests in Asia, Europe
  Protesters marched in India, Hong Kong and Nepal over soaring oil prices on Tuesday and Spaniards stockpiled fuel and food, fearing shortages because of a truck drivers' strike that has halted deliveries....
  Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2008 7:31pm

Owner Operator Jobs in Trucking (12 articles)

• Biz briefs: Palm Beach Post cuts jobs
  WEST PALM BEACH...
  Date: Thu, Jun 26, 2008 8:40am
• Tight teen job market
  MACLEOD PAPPIDAS | THE DAILY WORLD In Westport, Alyssa Andring stocks fresh donuts at Little Richard’s House of Donuts, before working an afternoon shift at Gifts Ahoy next door. The Ocosta High sophomore works weekends during the school year and will get more hours this summer....
  Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 6:25pm
• On the job, their way
  Clashes are increasing between Somali Muslims and Minnesota employers. Can the loose-fitting garb be a safety hazard? Is there a difference between a bathroom break and a prayer break?...
  Date: Sun, Jun 15, 2008 1:52am
• Top Scoops
  The RBCB (Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Bush) era is apparently finished, although with this crowd you can never be sure. It was a time when America lost power, respect, direction, jobs, integrity, its Constitution and an understanding of what democracy was all ......
  Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2008 1:17am
• New NH Economic Study: Bush Medicare Cuts Undermine State and Local Economic, Jobs Base
  Besides Cutting New Hampshire Seniors Medicare Benefits $3.8 Million in Year Ahead, State Projected to Lose $8.8 Million in Economic Activity, $4.3 Million in Lost Wages...
  Date: Thu, Jun 5, 2008 9:13pm

Truth in Trucking (2 articles)

• Trucking Job Brings Me Face to Face With Vietnam Vet
  It's amazing what an over the road truck driver can encounter on a daily basis. All of the sights and sounds they experience become so vast that they soon forget and accept them as simply a part of their daily lives. Experiences that few will ever know and even fewer ......
  Date: Fri, Jun 13, 2008 3:54am
• CDL Federal Gun Law
  Due to the controversial topic: "Can CDL Truck Drivers Carry Guns?", I have researched and found the Federal Law that so many are looking for. Read what the actual Federal Law states about this topic to put it to rest, once and for all! Provided by Truth About Trucking. Can ......
  Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2008 7:11pm

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