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U.S. Senator Jim Banks of Indiana has launched a new federal reporting initiative aimed at collecting safety-related concerns from within the trucking industry. The Truck Safety Tip Line, now live on his official Senate website, is designed as a centralized channel for drivers, carriers, industry employees and members of the public to submit information related […]

Truck drivers describe being pressured to operate in unsafe environments and explain what drivers can do when safety is put at risk.

A California jury awarded $52 million to truck drivers who said Sysco retaliated against them for reporting safety and labor violations.

A Texas trucking company must rehire a driver and pay $100,000 in damages after investigators determined the driver was fired for raising safety complaints.

A Virginia-based road construction company illegally fired one of its drivers, according to OSHA.

The U.S.-flag subsidiary of shipping leviathan Maersk has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. government over the termination of a seaman who alerted authorities to potential unsafe conditions on a cargo vessel.without first notifying the company.

JHOS Logistics and Transportation has been ordered to pay a former driver $220,000 in back pay and damages and rehire him after OHSA states he was fired after raising safety concerns.

Trucker to get nearly $200,000 in refusal-to-drive case