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Mar 21, 2013

TRUCKING INDUSTRY: "Staged accidents" Targeting tractor-trailers * USA

* Nevada - Alarm sounded about 

Las Vegas,NV,USA -KTNV (see video here)/Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Mar. 15, 2013: -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) and the Nevada Trucking Assn. (NTA) are warning truck drivers in the Las Vegas area to be wary of deliberate attempts by criminals to cause accidents for the purpose of collecting insurance money... The group said that as many as 100 suspected staged accidents occurred along the I-15 corridor through the metropolitan Las Vegas over the past 12 to 18 months and as many as 25 of those accidents targeted big rigs... Big rigs seems to be the primary targets but officials say that anyone could become a victim... Here is what's happening: Experts say cars are pulling in front of mostly big-rigs, and slamming their brakes... Apparently they are doing it to cause a crash and collect insurance money... The problem is that “staging” any type of accident on the highway is dangerous to everyone in its proximity – a danger that rises exponentially when 80,000 lbs. tractor-trailers are involved, stressed NICB’s Scafidi...  Sadly, some of the people being recruited participate in these “staged” crashes are often not even aware of what’s going on, noted Trooper, Loy Hixson, of the Nevada Highway Patrol...

 * Atlanta - UPS acquires VN Post express’s 49% interest in joint nenture 

Atlanta ,GA,USA -Transport Topics -19 March 2013: -- UPS Inc. said it has acquired Vietnamese delivery company VN Post Express’s 49% interest in the two companies’ express delivery joint venture... UPS said it is now 100% wholly owned in Vietnam, allowing the company to “further expand our operation and grow in partnership with Vietnamese businesses” ... UPS started its Vietnam operation in 1994 and said last year its export volume grew by more than 20% in the country...
 
* Philadelphia - Judge orders manufacturer to rehire truck drivers fired for union organizing

 (Photo: Pratt truck drivers offered jobs back)
Allentown,PA,USA -Fleet Owner, by Deborah Whistler -Mar. 19, 2013: -- A National Labor Relations Board judge has ordered a Philadelphia manufacturer to rehire and give back pay and benefits to 13 truck drivers the company terminated last year for discussing forming a union... Cardboard box maker Pratt Corrugated Logistics maintained it terminated two workers for poor performance and the remaining 11 after it decided to contract its pickups and deliveries to outside trucking companies... However, Administrative law judge, Robert Giannasi, rejected the company’s version and dismissed the credibility of two managers who oversaw the trucking operation who were witnesses in the action, according to a Morning Call report... However, the votes of 12 terminated workers were set aside pending the outcome of the labor board investigation. As a result of the Labor Board ruling the votes of the terminated drivers will be counted and could reverse the election’s outcome...

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