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* USA - Postal Service Reports $1.9 Billion 2Q Loss
* DC - "Continued decline in mail volume"
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -10 April 2013: -- The U.S. Postal Service reported a $1.9 billion loss for its fiscal second quarter, compared with a $1.3 billion loss in the previous quarter... The service attributed the loss for the quarter ended March 31 to a continued decline in mail volume and a 2006 Congressional mandate to pay $5.5 billion into a health fund for future retirees... Last year, the agency defaulted on two payments to the health fund and has said it will not be able to make payments this year due to worsening finances... The Postal Service’s plan to eliminate Saturday delivery and potentially save $2 billion a year was scrapped last month after its board said the agency does not have the authority to make the cut...
* Nova Scotia / Canada - Feds providing thousands for study on literacy, essential skills in trucking
Truro,N.S.,CAN -Truck News -May 15, 2013: -- Trucking Human Resource Sector Council Atlantic is receiving over $640,000 from the Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program to undertake a study of literacy and essential skills levels among employees in the trucking industry. The study is designed to allow the industry to better assess the impact of literacy and essential skills on safety, productivity and employment patterns. From this study, a toolkit will be developed to help employers address essential skills challenges in the workplace, according to officials...
* Ontario - Human resources practices play a key role in safety programs
(Photo: The president of the Indian Trucking Association)
Ottawa,ONT,Canada -Truck News, by Matt Graveline -1 May 2013: -- Attracting and retaining qualified employees can be a challenge at the best of times, and there is little hope the situation will improve anytime soon. A recent study by the Conference Board of Canada concludes our industry might be short more than 33,000 truck drivers as early as 2020, while other reports suggest individual fleets already struggle to fill job openings. As the average age of a truck driver continues to rise, leaving employers to fill the vacancies created by an increasing number of retirements, fleets also face ever more competition for the next generation of workers as other business sectors scramble to address personnel shortages of their own... This is hardly welcome news for the industry’s managers. It costs between $6,000 and $10,000 to recruit and retain a new truck driver, and this is on top of the business opportunities lost because of a lack of workers. To compound matters, those who fill any gaps with high-risk drivers face an increased threat of collisions and lost customers alike...
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