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YRC's Next Challenge: PENSIONS
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| After a brush with
bankruptcy, troubled trucker now faces $500 million in pension
obligations to unionized employees. |
| By Mark
B. Solomon |
| The dust has settled from YRC
Worldwide Inc.'s New Year's Eve brush with bankruptcy, and today
the company is operating as a viable entity, albeit a fragile one. |
| In the background, however, sits
a potential 800-pound gorilla: YRC's ability to meet pension
obligations to its unionized employees come January 2011. >>> |
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YRC Multi-Region Change
of Operations
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| In a letter dated February 19th,
2010 addressed to James P. Hoffa, General President of the IBT and
others. The letter requests a special Multi-Region Change of
Operations hearing as soon as possible. The letter originated from
YRC's VP of Labor Relations. >>> |
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| What is CSA 2010? |
| More
Intrusion by the Federal Government |
| Rumors abound regarding the DOT's
CSA 2010 program. The "Comprehensive
Safety Analysis" is only in a test phase in six states and may be
implemented nationwide near the end of the summer in 2010. >>> |
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| FY2011 Request: $78.8 billion
for DOT |
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02.02.2010 -The
overall budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation
calls for $78.8 billion in fiscal year 2011, an increase of 2
percent from the 2010 level of $77 billion. Read the report at whitehouse.gov |
| Ban on Texting for Truck Drivers |
| Truck drivers who text while driving commercial
vehicles may be subject to civil or criminal penalties of up to
$2,750.00 |
| U.S Transportation Secretary Ray
LaHood today announced federal guidance to expressly prohibit texting by
drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. The
prohibition is effective immediately and is the latest in a series of
actions taken to combat distracted driving since the
Secretary convened a national summit on the issue last September.
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