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The trucking industry is criticizing a federal regulation issued last week that will require employers to hang posters informing workers about their rights to form and join unions.

Consumer confidence fell in August to its lowest mark since April 2009, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s electronic onboard recorder 2010 final rule for motor carriers with significant hours-of-service violations does not protect truck drivers from potential harassment by their employers, a federal appeals court has ruled.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit recently against Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., saying that the carrier’s policy of not permitting drivers with a history of alcohol problems to return to driving, even after treatment, violated the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. will use incremental improvements to its current selective catalytic reduction engines to meet new federal standards for limiting greenhouse gas emissions between now and 2017, a senior company engineer said.

Consumer confidence dropped in August to its lowest level since November 2008, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

The U.S. economy grew at a 1% annual rate in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday, lowering an earlier estimate.