Truck Drivers

When Amber Isn't Enough: Enlisting Truckers to Help Find Missing Kids

Diane Russell | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Isabel Mercedes Celis, Truck Drivers, Fcc, Child Trafficking, Child Abduction, Amber Alert, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Trucker Tv, Ayla Reynolds, Truckers, Impact News
Diane Russell

"Trucker TV" could reach thousands of long-haul truck drivers, the very folks who travel the same roads and stop at the same rest areas where missing and exploited children often happen to be.

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Hanging Out Of A Moving Truck On 'World's Toughest Trucker'

Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Competition, Video, Reality TV, Truck Drivers, Discovery, Jason Johnson, World's Toughest Trucker, Tv Replay, TV News

In an odd exchange during "World's Toughest Trucker" (Mon., 10 p.m. EST on Discovery), Shane radioed to the blue truck ahead to tell them that when th...

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Jobs Where People Work The Most For The Least

24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Bureau of Labor Statistics? National Compensation Data, Occupations, Labor Market, Unemployment, Truck Drivers, Emts, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Slidepollajax, Jobs, Jobless, Work-Life Balance, Health Care, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: The average person in the U.S. works just over 2,000 hours per year, or 39.5 per week, and is paid $37,128 per year, according to ...

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Truck Drivers Left To Hustle If West Coast Ports Shut Down

Turnstyle | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Doug Bloch, Truck Drivers, General Strike, West Coast Port Shutdown, Teamsters Union, Protests, Occupy Wall Street, Teamsters, Occupy Oakland, Port Blockade Assembly, Impact News
Turnstyle

By: Robyn Gee Could a proposed shutdown of all West Coast ports on December 12 hurt truck drivers? West Coast occupiers are coming together in a co...

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Texting Ban: Government Seeks Penalties For Texting While Driving Trucks, Buses

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commercial Vehicles, Texting and Driving, Ray Lahood Department of Transportation, Truck Drivers Texting Ban, Truck Drivers, Commercial Drivers, Truck-Driving-Regulations, Texting While Driving, Bus Drivers Texting Ban, Bus Drivers, Ray Lahood, Texting, Texting and Driving Ban, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed a ban on text messaging at the wheel by interstate truck and bus drivers, follo...

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Killing at the Seaport: Port Pollution a Silent Killer

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Port of Elizabeth, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Port of Los Angeles, Chris Ward, New York, Truck Drivers, Representative Jerold Nadler, Port of Newark, Port of Long Beach, John Holmes, Kim Thompson-Gaddy, Organized Labor, New Jersey, Los Angeles, New York News
John Petro

For those Americans who happen to live near a seaport, pollution is a serious health hazard leading to negative health outcomes and even death.

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