TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA - Con-way Truckload Supports Military Veterans With Truck Driver Apprenticeship Program

Company Joins Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs to Create Career Opportunities for Veterans and Reservists

Joplin,MO,USA -MarketWatch -Sep 24, 2008: -- Con-way Truckload, a full-truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc., today announced that it has become a participant in the U.S. Department of Labor National Apprenticeship Program, which permits eligible veterans and active members of the Guard and Reserves to receive paid on-the-job training using GI Bill benefits... The program enables military veterans who choose to start truck driving careers with Con-way Truckload to use their GI Bill benefits to supplement their income in the first year of employment, which is considered an apprentice period during which new drivers fulfill a series of skills qualification, training and safe driving performance milestones as a condition of continued employment. Qualifying veterans or reservists can receive up to an additional $1,000 a month in tax-free GI Bill benefits under this apprenticeship program during their first year with Con-way Truckload...


* Hundreds attend DOT meeting on controlling truck traffic

Syracuse,New York,USA -WSYR-TV -24 Sept 2008: -- Hundreds turned out at a public hearing at the State Fairgrounds Wednesday evening to discuss the state Department of Transportation's proposal to keep large trucks from traveling through local towns and villages... It's been a hot topic in the Finger Lakes for years and in May, Governor Paterson announced a draft statewide regulation to address the problem... Truckers have used roads such as Route 20 in the Skaneateles area as short cuts to save on gas and Thruway tolls, and avoid weigh stations...