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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA - Pocono trucking layoffs ship new jobs to N.Y. site
Maybrook,NY,USA -The Times Herald-Record, by CHRISTIAN LIVERMORE -January 14, 2009: -- A New York town will get 150 new jobs as a result of layoffs at a Pocono trucking plant... Roadway Express will be cutting 309 jobs from its Tannersville operation in March, and will move about 150 of those jobs to Yellow Transportation in Maybrook, according to a notification parent company YRC made to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry...
* MT bills target truck weights, English-only testing, daylight-saving time
MONT,USA -Land Line Magazine -January 14, 2009: -- Several noteworthy legislative efforts that have been offered in Montana address truck weight limits, English-only CDL testing, use of headlights and opting out of daylight-saving time..... Rep. Julie French, D-Scobey, is the sponsor of a bill that would increase truck weight limits for certain haulers in winter months. The measure would authorize a wintertime 10 percent overweight permit for hauling grain, hay, livestock or “products needed to support the operation” of farms or ranches... A bill still in draft status would require testing for driver’s licenses to be offered only in English. Rep. Edward Butcher, R-Winifred, hasn’t finalized the legislation, but he offered a similar measure during the 2007 session... That effort, which died in committee, applied the English requirement to all forms of driver’s licenses, including commercial driver’s licenses... Opponents say there are no studies that suggest English proficiency makes better drivers...
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