Human Resources

Women with Drive registration open

TORONTO, Ont. – Registration is now open for Trucking HR Canada’s 2020 Women with Drive Leadership Summit, to be held March 12. Organizers say the event will offer new insights…

Why not us? How to improve fleet performance

I have done a dozen or more Retention Action Plan rollouts over the past couple of years. One of the key questions that I pose to folks during the onsite…

WSIB sanctions more Driver Inc. fleets

TORONTO, Ont. – The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has sanctioned dozens more Ontario-based fleets for using Driver Inc. to avoid paying premiums, the Ontario Trucking Association said Friday.

Saskatchewan seeks federal funds for MELT

TORONTO, Ont. – Saskatchewan is seeking financial help from the federal government to fund truck driver training, according to the Globe and Mail. The newspaper reported this week that the…

Trucking HR turns to kids to promote industry

OTTAWA, Ont. – Trucking HR Canada is turning to the annual Take Our Kids to Work Day to promote careers in the industry. It is collaborating with The Learning…

TTSAO calls for better instructor standards

TORONTO, Ont. – The Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario has called for better driver education standards, especially for instructors. A delegation from the TTSAO recently met Ontario Transportation…

Women considering career in trucking need to ‘just do it’

REGINA, Sask. – Hitting the road across country, the overwhelming theme of Women with Drive’s first stop in Western Canada was to “just do it.” Offering advice to women looking…

Mack strike ends as deal is reached with UAW

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The weekslong strike by some 3,500 hourly workers at six Mack Trucks facilities in the U.S. is over. The company announced late Thursday that it has…

Driver shortage? Look at the numbers

“If I had a dollar for every time I heard the term, ‘truck driver shortage,’ I wouldn’t be here today.” Those are the words of Kristen Monaco, associate commissioner at…

MELTing things down

EDMONTON, Alta. – A recent report in the Globe and Mail indicated that Alberta has eased its testing standards when it comes to mandatory entry level training (MELT) for some…

Mental health issues impacting trucking industry

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Mental health, bullying, harassment, diversity. These are issues the trucking industry have historically tossed to the wayside, but can do so no longer. An employees’ well-being…

Talks to end Mack strike set to resume

MACUNGIE, Penn. – Negotiations to end a strike by some 3,500 hourly workers at six Mack Truck plants in the U.S. were expected to resume Monday. The workers began…

U.S. truckers make final push for safer HOS rules

WASHINGTON — As the deadline to comment on the U.S. government’s proposal to modernize hours-of-service regulations approaches, an industry group has urged truckers to make their voices heard on…

Driver pay among list of top industry issues

Last month in this space, I wrote about the impact driver and equipment detention is having on the industry. This year, for the first time, the issue appeared on the…

Driver shortage a self-inflicted wound, says panelist

Jane Jazrawy, Max Farrell, Craig Faucette and Colin Ruskin. MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The problem of the driver shortage in Canada is a “self-inflicted” wound, a panelist told the Surface…