OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s labor minister said Tuesday he is intervening to end lockouts of workers at the country’s two biggest ports. Labor Minister
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Month: November 2024
Sunset Transportation wins prestigious award for women-friendly workplace
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Sunset Transportation (Sunset), a third-party logistics (3PL) provider has been recognized as a 2024 “Top Company for Women to Work in Transportation”
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Brandt to sell off assets of bankrupt truck leasing firm
The assets include hundreds of late-model Peterbilt and Kenworth highway tractors, dump trucks, and trailers, including dry vans and reefer units, all inspected and with
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Mackinac Bridge adding 2.3% credit card fee to pay for “never-ending” maintenance
The Mackinac Bridge Authority will add a fee for those who pay tolls using a credit card starting in 2025. The 2.3% “convenience fee” for
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Five Michigan rest areas to shut down for the winter
From December 2, 2024, through April 14, 2025, MDOT will close the following rest areas: The facilities will be fully closed, with all doors locked
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Production start for central components of the new eActros 600 at the Gaggenau and Kassel plants
Gaggenau / Kassel – Mercedes-Benz Trucks will celebrate the start of series production of the eActros 600 at the end of November this year at
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ESDC Creates Workplace Posters Warning about Misclassification
ESDC has created two posters to inform employees and employers of their rights and obligations in regards to classifying workers properly as employees. ESDC’s Misclassification
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Lockout looms in Montreal port labor dispute
Employers make ‘final, comprehensive’ offer Employers at the Port of Montreal said they would lock out striking workers if their union rejected the latest contract
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Trucking, construction expect ‘labour crisis’ with new temporary worker rules
OTTAWA — Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in trouble once new rules for high-wage temporary foreign workers take effect
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Daimler Truck’s first wave of electric Rizon trucks reaches Canada
Nineteen of the units will be delivered to customers in British Columbia and Quebec. The remaining three units will be used for demonstration purposes. Rizon,
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