Labor Issues
Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program protect workers and limit them to four years of work, says the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council.
Staunton fire department to showcase World Trade Center steel in memorial
STAUNTON – A little piece of New York’s heart – the broken part – is coming to Staunton to help remember the worst terrorist attack in the United States.
Demand for truckers speeds up
While many employers remain cautious about hiring, there’s at least one job where one can still expect a sign-on bonus and a starting salary of about $40,000 a year.
Celebrity’s tweets land Delta in hot seat
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc . had to hustle to ward off PR problems following tweets by celebrity Piers Morgan who ran into travel trouble this week on his way to Minneapolis for the America’s Got Talent auditions.
Celebrity’s tweets land Delta in hot seat
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc . had to hustle to ward off PR problems following tweets by celebrity Piers Morgan who ran into travel trouble this week on his way to Minneapolis for the America’s Got Talent auditions.
Omaha Truck Driver Killed in Wyoming Crash
Interstate 80 eastbound from Laramie to Cheyenne has reopened to commercial vehicles following an accident involving two semitrailers that killed a Nebraska trucker.
AIST team demonstrates metal-free graphene nanosheets as viable cathode catalysts for Li-air batteries
Structure of the rechargeable Li-air battery
based on GNSs as an air electrode. Credit: ACS, Yoo and Zhou. Click to enlarge.
Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have demonstrated tha…
Union Pacific CEO’s compensation grows to $12M
Union Pacific railroad increased the bonus it paid CEO Jim Young to $3.7 million for 2010 because he managed the railroad well as the economy began to improve, but Young’s total compensation grew only about 6 percent to nearly $12 million, according to…
AllCell receives lithium-ion battery production order from Matra
France-based Matra has engaged AllCell to manufacture lithium-ion battery packs for several of Matra’s light electric vehicle models sold in the European market. The lithium-ion battery packs utilize AllCell’s passive thermal management sys…
ATT putting 101 CNG Chevrolet Express Cargo vans into fleet
AT&T is putting 101 Chevrolet Express Cargo 2500 vans powered by low-emissions compressed natural gas into its customer service fleet.
Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana CNG storage tanks. Click to enlarge.
The vans get gasoline-equivalent fuel economy …