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OSHA has warned CSX against retaliating against employees who raise safety concerns.

Recent Department of Labor action against logistics company Cargomatic is part of a broader crackdown against what the Biden administration calls “coercive provisions” in employment contracts.

A driver blew the whistle on a trucking company that fired him for refusing to haul an oversized load without a safety escort.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and acting Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su sent a letter Wednesday urging CEOs of three Class I freight railroads to guarantee paid sick leave for all their employees.

A former driver for Ameritrans Express, a contract delivery company that hauls mail for the U.S. Postal Service, says he and other workers wonder whether they will be paid after the company filed for bankruptcy protection.

Biden’s labor secretary pick says she’s ready to step in if West Coast dockworkers and their employers cannot resolve their remaining issues.

Peterbilt parent Paccar Inc. agreed to pay $150,000 to a worker fired after he complained about COVID safety in a Texas plant.

A new proposed independent contractor rule from the Department of Labor could increase costs for trucking as well as for Uber and Lyft.

Pete Buttigieg pushed back during a DOT budget hearing in the Senate against an effort to blame the Biden administration for rising inflation.

A Wisconsin trucking company reveals how it has shifted into a higher training gear under President Biden’s 90-day trucker apprenticeship challenge.

Regulators are moving ahead with an apprenticeship program for under-21 drivers despite attempts by trucking and safety groups to modify it.

The Biden administration praised strides made to boost trucking jobs — but could a freight recession undercut progress?

The U.S. Department of Transportation is ramping up studies analyzing truck driver pay and unpaid detention time.

The Biden administration is taking a series of actions aimed at bolstering the truck driver workforce that includes assessing compensation.

Solo drivers working for large trucking companies will likely be exempt from the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement, the industry’s largest lobby group has confirmed.

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President Biden has ordered companies of 100 or more employees to require workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly.

Understanding trucking automation’s effect on the trucker workforce is a priority for the Biden administration, an FMCSA official asserts.

Stockholm-based electric trucking company Einride conducted a survey to gain insights into women’s views on a career in the trucking industry and how technology and autonomy impact interest.

A change in political direction – and ongoing concerns – greet 10 Biden picks who will deal with freight issues.

A judge denied the request by truckload carrier Western Express to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a driver seeking meal- and rest-break pay.

Spear says the ATA is spending $2 million to litigate Rhode Island truck tolling.

Company insists contractors are held to “high standards.”

Labor Department says drivers do not have to be paid for time spent in sleeper berth.