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Feb 24, 2012

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA

* Washington State - Nears reclassification of port truckers

(Photo:Terminal 5, 2006. Port of Seattle photo by Don Wilson)
Seattle,WASH,USA -Land Line, by Keith Goble -24 Feb 2012: -- A bill at the Washington statehouse to reclassify certain port truckers, including owner-operators, as employees is one step closer to passage... The Senate Labor and Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee voted to advance a bill that would deem drayage truck operators, as well as any owner-operators, going onto the ports of Seattle and Tacoma to be employees of any company that “directly engages the services”... House lawmakers already approved the bill. Soon be brought up for consideration on the Senate floor... The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and other groups, including the Washington Trucking Association, oppose the maneuver... The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit confirmed that states cannot regulate the routes, rates or services of trucks engaged in interstate commerce...


* DC - Postal Service Plans to Close Centers, Cut Jobs to Rein in Costs

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -24 Feb 2012: -- The U.S. Postal Service said it will close or consolidate 223 mail processing centers and eliminate up to 35,000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting strategy... The USPS has been losing billions of dollars each year as email chips away at mail volumes and as it faces massive annual payments to the federal government... In his proposed budget released earlier this month, President Obama called for ending Saturday mail delivery by the Postal Service, in an effort to cut costs...  Postal officials said in September they would study more than 250 of the 461 processing sites for possible consolidation with other facilities as part of a series of cost-cutting steps, and set plans to end next-day delivery to cut back on overnight work... No facilities would close before mid-May due to a temporary moratorium announced in December intended to give Congress time to pass legislation to help overhaul the agency, Reuters said...


* Iowa - DOT to outfit CMV inspectors with semi-automatic rifles

(Photo:  An AR-15)
Des Moines,IOW,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -23 Feb 2012: -- Is one state’s commercial vehicle inspectors buying 107 AR-15 rifles simply a case of being prepared for carjackings and smugglers? Or is it bringing a sledgehammer to a friendly logbook discussion?...  The Iowa DOT is preparing to receive bids for an order of 107 AR-15 long rifles to be used by its motor vehicle enforcement officers, who now are authorized to carry pistols... Mark Lowe, director of the Iowa DOT’s motor vehicle division, said peace officers working in commercial vehicle enforcement are sometimes the closest officers to a suspect or emergency situation... Lowe pointed to several incidents in recent months, including a carjacking chase from Missouri and an individual who killed his wife in Centerville, IA, before killing himself on Interstate 29 as a motor vehicle enforcement officer arrived on the scene... Lowe said the rifles are identical to those carried by other law enforcement officers in Iowa, including Iowa State Patrol officers...

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