Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, May 7, 2024:
DTNA union ratifies new labor deal
UAW members at Daimler Truck this weekend voted to ratify a new labor contract by 94.5%, the United Auto Workers union announced. The four-year agreement delivers major economic gains for 7,300 workers who build Freightliner and Western Star trucks and Thomas Built Buses in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. The deal includes raises of more than 25%, and the introduction of profit-sharing and Cost-of-Living (COLA) for the first time at Daimler. The agreement will end the tiered wage system at Daimler, ensuring that workers who make trucks and workers who make buses get equal pay for equal work by the end of the contract.
"We are very pleased to have reached agreements with our bargaining partner, the UAW," said John O’Leary, president and CEO of Daimler Truck North America. "The new agreements demonstrate the value we place on our employees as our most important resource. We look forward with confidence to a future that allows us to focus on what we collectively do best – building trucks and buses and delivering parts for commercial vehicles that help our customers keep the world moving."
United Road names new VP
United Road, the largest provider of finished vehicle transport logistics in North America, has appointed Anthony Clevio senior vice president of sales and marketing. Most recently, Clevio, age 47, was the Global Logistics Director of Finished Vehicle Logistics at General Motors. During his 17 years with the automaker, he held purchasing, order fulfillment, supply chain, and operations positions. Before that, Clevio worked at Vector SCM and Deloitte Consulting. He earned a BA in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University in 1999 and an MBA from Wayne State University in 2014.
Mullen Group completes ContainerWorld deal
Mullen Group announced Monday the closing of its acquisition of ContainerWorld Forwarding Services Inc. and its operating subsidiaries effective May 1, 2024. Richmond, British Columbia based ContainerWorld, a well-established and reputable company founded in 1993, is a Canadian logistics company that offers integrated supply chain solutions to the alcoholic beverage and hospitality industries. ContainerWorld will operate as an independent, wholly-owned subsidiary of Mullen Group.
