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Vanguard National Trailer Corp. said Monday it will help fund American Trucking Associations’ long-term national truck driver recruitment advertising and training campaign.

The U.S. economy’s service sector growth declined in May, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday.

Parts maker ArvinMeritor Inc. said it locked union workers out of an Ontario, Canada, truck brake factory after both sides failed to reach a labor agreement, Bloomberg reported.

A California jury awarded $61 million to two FedEx Corp. drivers of Lebanese descent who claimed a manager harassed them with racial slurs for two years, the Associated Press reported Saturday.

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises said late Friday that its board of directors boosted the company’s quarterly cash dividend 13% to 4.5 cents per share.

UPS Inc. workers represented by the Teamsters union are seeking early contract talks with the package-delivery company to settle health-care and pension issues, the union said Monday.

The Transportation Intermediaries Association said Monday it has unveiled a model broker-carrier contract to promote best practices between brokers and carriers.

Several executives with small fleets said they’re expanding their use of onboard tracking systems to help minimize fuel costs and monitor tractor and trailer assets.

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s deadline for U.S. fuel refiners to begin making ultra-low-sulfur diesel was June 1, but not all refiners said they would make the fuel immediately.