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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA
* Utah - C.R. England lays off 81 workers, blaming ‘stagnant economy’
Salt Lake City,UTH,USA -The Trucker News Services -3 Sept 2013: -- Refrigerated trucking company C.R. England laid off 81 workers on Friday, according to a report in the Salt Lake City Desert News’ Saturday editions... The newspaper said a memo issued by C.R. England CEO, Chad England, said the cuts came as the trucking industry struggles this year "due to a stagnant economy, increasing federal regulations and a tightening market for drivers" ... He did not say if all of the layoffs were centered in Utah... The reduction represents less than 1 percent of the 8,245 employees and independent contractors at C.R. England...
* California - Port of L.A.'s Clean Truck Plan labor provisions struck down
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Long Beach Post, by Sarah Bennett -August 27, 2013: -- A federal judge officially ruled last week that certain aspects of the Port of Los Angeles' clean truck efforts could not be enforced by the entity, a decision that does not affect the Port of Long Beach's Clean Trucks Program, but may have implications for labor issues currently brewing at the nation's largest industrial complex... On Friday, the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles upheld previous appeals court decisions and permanently disallowed the Port of Los Angeles from enforcing three drayage provisions written into its 2008 clean trucks plan, including one that would have required local trucking companies to hire their drivers as direct employees instead of as contractors, as is the industry norm. According to industry news sources, the concession requirement was championed by former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who hoped to make it easier for unions to organize harbor truck drivers...
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