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The price of diesel fuel dropped 1.2 cents this week, amid predictions that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will increase production by another 500,000 barrels a day.

Members of The Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations likely would not be forced out of the organization over the ATA membership requirement if a proposal approved by ATA’s Management Committee gets the high sign from the ATA Executive Committee.

A group of Houston drayage carriers are withdrawing their lawsuit against a Teamsters local that was planning to strike the trucking companies.

Gov. George E. Pataki ordered the price of diesel fuel and gasoline sold on the New York Thruway to be cut by a nickel for the summer driving season.

In the news this morning: Smithway Motor Xpress issues profit warning; Canadian Pacific rolls out Expressway intermodal service; and tractor-trailer hits bridge in Lexington, Ky., closing I-85 Business lanes.

This afternoon's headlines: California Trucking Association pushes for tougher drug-use law; critics demand safety upgrade to Canada's wreck-prone Highway 401; and Connecticut steps up truck enforcement patrols.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters regards political contributions as a business. The union is looking for a presidential candidate that does it the most good, but for now it is resisting endorsing the two major parties’ contenders.

A Volvo truck dealership and a vehicle recycling company in Toronto are building the first of several plants designed to fully recycle worn-out and wrecked trucks.

As recently as 20 years ago, the average man or woman on the street would hear the words “truck driver,” and chances are the next word to come to mind would be “Teamsters.” The profession and the union were that closely tied. But times have changed.

Although Teamsters’ organizing activity has fallen off in the past year, it remains far and away the most active of all labor unions, according to data compiled by the Labor Relations Institute.