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Work-to-rule action “will have a far greater impact on Canada’s critical supply chain” than full strike, Border Service admits

Rita Smith

“Ask every question in your manual at ports of entry,” agents have been directed by PSAC in a memo.

“This is our opportunity to cause significant disruptions to CBSA (Canada Border Service Agency) operations and force the government to come back to the table to address the toxic workplace culture at CBSA and provide parity with other law enforcement personnel across Canada,” reads an unusually frank communication to CSBA members posted to the PSAC website August 4th.

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Truework launches “Credentials” to extend verifications to the Gig Economy in the US

RWN Staff

Truework, the income verification API that powers over 15,000 lending institutions, today announced it has launched Credentials, a new technology that expands verification coverage beyond their instant network of 35 million employees. Credentials will allow the growing population of 1099 and other hard-to-reach employees to share their employment and income data with verifiers when instant verifications aren’t possible.

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A ton of marijuana seized at Detroit Border; Illicit commercial cargo manifested as ‘aluminum caps’

RWN Staff

Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Field Operations seized more than a ton of marijuana at the Fort Street Cargo Facility on Wednesday, July 21, for the second time in a month.

The inbound tractor trailer was referred to the secondary inspection area for a more in-depth examination of the cargo, which was manifested as aluminum caps.

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Maybe Uber will be able to accomplish in Trucking what it’s failed to do in Taxi: turn a profit while drivers earn a fair living

Rita Smith

Reading coverage of the Transplace purchase and other recent Uber-themed articles in logistics media, you could almost get the impression that Uber is a profitable, efficient company generously looking to share its success with outdated trucking and logistics industries that have somehow struggled along without its help for a century.

In fact, none of the cold, hard data supports this idea.

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The Lead Pedal Podcast “Professionals of the Highway Tour” stops in Belleville

Rita Smith

The Lead Pedal Podcast Professionals of the Highway Charity Tour stopped in Belleville on July 16th, with host Bruce Outridge on hand to interview truck drivers, business owners and visitors to the site of sponsor Chrome Supply Warehouse.

“We are talking to drivers and people in the industry about their careers, with a special focus on the charities that to which many people in the industry give their time,” says Outridge, a musician and 25 year veteran truck driver himself. “Trucking does so much for our communities, yet so few know what we do. Lead Pedal is proud to take this opportunity to tell their stories.”

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20/30 vision or better still required under new “vision waiver”

Rita Smith

Details of the Ontario government’s new vision waiver program are now available online.

A new regulation under the Highway Traffic Act for commercial drivers who have reduced vision will allow commercial drivers to demonstrate their ability to compensate for their vision loss and if successful, maintain their mobility and livelihood. Regulation 340/94 will allow for the implementation of a commercial vision waiver program which would establish an individualized assessment program for Class A, C, D and F drivers. This program

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