Volvo Trucks North America said United Auto Workers union members have ratified a five-year contract covering about 1,300 workers at its New River Valley heavy-duty truck plant in Dublin, Va.
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Opinion: Setting Aside? Count Trucking In.
The U.S. transportation industry, which contains many hundreds of small businesses among the sizable firms, has a government champion: the Small Business Administration.
March 30, 2011UAW Approves Three-Year Contract at Dana
About 2,500 United Auto Workers members ratified a new three-year labor contract with truck and auto components maker Dana Holding Corp., the union said.
March 28, 2011Personal Spending Rises 0.7%
Consumer personal spending rose 0.7% in February, the Commerce Department said Monday.
March 28, 2011EPA Oversight of Diesel Grants Criticized
Ineffective oversight of the federal diesel emissions reduction grant program by the Environmental Protection Agency may have caused EPA to overstate the environmental benefits of the program, according to a new audit by the agency’s inspector general.
March 28, 2011Calif. Ruling Not Expected to Halt Diesel Emissions Plan, ATA Says
A California judge late last week temporarily halted the state’s cap-and-trade plan aimed at reducing greenhouse gases emitted by large stationary sources.
March 29, 2011WebTech Wireless Narrows Fourth-Quarter Loss
WebTech Wireless, a supplier of GPS location-based and fleet telematics services, reported a loss of C$3.55 million for the fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a loss of C$7.26 million a year earlier.
March 28, 2011Diesel Price Resumes Climb, Rising 2.5¢ to $3.932 a Gallon
A week after falling for the first time in four months, diesel resumed its climb toward $4 a gallon, rising 2.5 cents to a national average of $3.932 at the pump, the Department of Energy reported.
March 29, 2011Caterpillar Enters Vocational Market with Its First-Ever On-Highway Truck
LAS VEGAS — Caterpillar Inc., the construction-equipment manufacturer which dropped out of the Class 8 engine market two years ago, entered the on-highway vocational truck market last week with the introduction of the first in a line of Caterpillar-branded severe-service trucks.
March 28, 2011Freightliner Unveils Models for Severe-Duty Sector
LAS VEGAS — Freightliner Trucks introduced two new severe-duty trucks last week at the 2011 ConExpo/ConAgg construction conference and equipment exhibition here, in a move by Daimler Trucks North America to recapture market share in vocational vehicles.
March 28, 2011