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Mar 21, 2017

For only a Comma * USA: TRUCK DRIVERS' LAWSUIT COULD COST MILLIONS to Oakhurst Dairy

* Maine - Lack of Oxford Comma could cost Maine Company millions in overtime dispute


--- A class-action lawsuit about overtime pay for truck drivers hinged entirely on a debate that has bitterly divided friends, families and foes: The dreaded — or totally necessary — Oxford comma, perhaps the most polarizing of punctuation marks... What ensued in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and in a 29-page court decision handed down on Monday, was an exercise in high-stakes grammar pedantry that could cost a dairy company in Portland, Me., an estimated $10 million... In 2014, three truck drivers sued Oakhurst Dairy, seeking more than four years’ worth of overtime pay that they had been denied. Maine law requires workers to be paid 1.5 times their normal rate for each hour worked after 40 hours, but it carves out some exemptions... A quick punctuation lesson before we proceed: In a list of three or more items — like “beans, potatoes and rice” — some people would put a comma after potatoes, and some would leave it out. A lot of people feel very, very strongly about it... 
The debate over commas. in the following state law, which says overtime rules do not apply to: 

"The canning, processing, preserving, freezing, drying, marketing, storing, packing for shipment or distribution of: 
 (1) Agricultural produce; 
 (2) Meat and fish products; and 
 (3) Perishable foods." 

 Does the law intend to exempt the distribution of the three categories that follow, or does it mean to exempt packing for the shipping or distribution of them? ... Oakhurst president, John H. Bennett, said: “In this situation, it did create an ambiguity, which means you have to either add a comma or rewrite the sentence”... 
(Photo Credit, by Pat Wellenbach/Associated Press - Oakhurst Dairy trucks lining up in Portland, Me., in 2006)   --  Portland, Me, USA - THE NYT, by DANIEL VICTOR - MARCH 16, 2017

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Feb 26, 2010

TRUCKING WINNERS * USA

* Tennessee - “Super 7 Sweepstakes” Fleet One pours free fuel on seven sweeps winners

Nashville,TN,USA -Fleet Owner -Feb 25, 2010: -- Charles Flora, of Versailles, KY, was the first prize winner of $10,000 of free fuel in Fleet One’s recent “Super 7 Sweepstakes.” The sweeps awarded seven winners credit towards future fuel purchases... The contest was put on by Fleet One, a provider of fuel cards and management solutions to the trucking industry. In all, $28,000 was awarded... Elias Heilman, of Freeport, PA, was the second-place winner, taking home $7,500 in fuel credit. Wade Palmer, of Lake Oswego, OR, was third, winning $5,000... Other winners included:

* Stani Dobrikov of Elgin, IL - $2,500
* Joan Yoder of Oley, PA - $1,500
* Candy Trivette from Salisbury, NC - $1,000
* Randy Timms of Oklahoma City, OK - $500


* Texas - Keys are free to owner of Rush Truck Center’s 1,000th Hino

Houston,TX,USA -Fleet Owner, by Brian Straight -Feb 25, 2010: -- “No charge?” And with that, Odis Peavy, president of Houston-based PV Rentals, accepted the key to the 1,000th Hino medium-duty truck sold here by Rush Truck Centers of Houston... Rush Enterprises founder and chairman Marvin Rush, in keeping with the light-hearted celebration held at the facility yesterday before customers , Hino Motor Sales USA representatives, and media, told Peavy, a longtime Rush customer, that, yes, the keys were free...

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Feb 3, 2007

Truckers Win * USA - Reversal of parking ban in New Mexico

Grain Valley,MO,USA -Land Line Magazine -Feb 1, 2007: -- A handful of truckers in Rio Rancho, NM, have won what many usually consider to be an uphill battle – they’ve successfully fought City Hall to overturn a ban on truck parking in residential areas... On Wednesday, Jan. 24, about a dozen truck drivers attended a City Council meeting to speak out against an ordinance that had been approved the week before. It prohibited tractor-trailers from parking on residential lots in Rio Rancho... Many of the drivers argued that before purchasing houses in Rio Rancho, they had checked with the city to make sure they could park their rigs at their homes. Others said they had surveyed their neighbors, and found that many were surprised by the city’s decision to enact such an ordinance...

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