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The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is holding its spring workshop this week, and members will spend two days of this year's spring workshop on issues ranging from uniform weighing procedures to electronic logbooks.

United Parcel Service was singled out by assistant Labor Secretary Charles Jeffress, who oversees the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, for not testifying at the controversial ergonomics hearings.

In the news this morning; Teamsters shift gears in effort to organize port truckers; Trucking firm Lantner Co. to branch out into e-commerce fulfillment; and New York to make more rest stop space available for tired truckers.

Thirty-four truck drivers will receive waivers from vision requirements from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which also proposes to exempt 62 more.

This afternoon's headlines: UPS subsidiary sues Canada for $156 million, claiming unfair competition by post office; and North Carolina business leaders ponder Triad area's future as a transportation hub.

The Teamsters union has sued former president Ron Carey and others, alleging racketeering, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary duties and legal malpractice during Carey’s re-election effort.

The retail price of diesel fuel dropped below $1.40 a gallon for the first time in 13 weeks, but analysts are warning truckers not to get too happy because a price spike may be on the way.

This afternoon's headlines: Illinois gives truckers the go-ahead to join electronic toll system; Georgia judge rules against trucker over truck ban in residential areas; and Recent truck-related crashes put Houston police on alert for Easter weekend.

A proposal to update driver hours of service remains in regulatory limbo. While the Department of Transportation said the new proposal would be out by the end of April, the White House has yet to approve the plan.

The Department of Transportation’s effort to change its longstanding drug and alcohol testing policy is not going down smoothly with drivers or their bosses.