Latest News Updates From Paul Spillenger

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Hours Reform Must Come From New Carrier Office, ATA Tells Slater

American Trucking Associations has asked the federal government to wait until the National Motor Carrier Administration is in place before moving ahead on hours-of-service changes.

November 3, 1999
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U.S. Seen Unprepared for Influx of Mexican Truckers

How prepared is the United States is to handle an influx of Mexican trucks once the southern border opens? At the National Transportation Safety Board’s three-day public hearing on just that question, the answer was: not very.

November 3, 1999

Port Truckers Threaten Another Strike

Owner-operators working at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., are ready to strike again if their demands for union recognition and fair pay are not met, a union representative said.

November 1, 1999

U.S. Unprepared For Mexican Trucks

How prepared is the United States is to handle an influx of Mexican trucks once the southern border opens? At a federal hearing last week, the answer was: not very.

November 1, 1999

Court Rules on EPA Appeal

A federal appeals court ruled Friday on the Environmental Protection Agency’s appeal of its May ruling that struck down the agency’s new soot and smog standards.

October 29, 1999

ATA Wants Hours Reform From NMCA

American Trucking Associations has asked the federal government to wait until the National Motor Carrier Administration is in place before moving ahead on hours-of-service changes.

October 29, 1999
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Mexico Sits Out Safety Hearing

There were three national flags hanging behind the dais at the National Transportation Safety Board’s hearing on cross-border transportation Oct. 20, but only two of the governments represented by those flags actually showed up to participate - Canada and the United States.

October 27, 1999
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Hoffa Answers Senators' Charges

The chief of the Teamsters union answered congressional charges that Teamsters have used violence and intimidation in their campaign to organize Overnite Transportation Co.

October 27, 1999
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Slater Reports On DOT Safety Initiatives

Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater issued a report card on what the Department of Transportation has done to improve truck and bus safety since its action plan was announced in May.

October 27, 1999

Hoffa Answers Senators' Charges

The chief of the Teamsters union answered congressional charges that Teamsters have used violence and intimidation in their campaign to organize Overnite Transportation Co.

October 27, 1999