May 2014 Volume 34, Issue 5
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Government gets involved to bring end to costly strike at Port Metro Vancouver VANCOUVER, B.C. The month of March was a difficult one for B.C. truckers who, fed up with operations at Port Metro Vancouver, walked off the job in hopes to gain the attention of government officials. The entire strike lasted a lengthy 28 days and gained national attention after it suspended activity at Canada’s largest port – an action that left hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cargo grounded at Vancouver container terminals. Starting in late February, members of the non-unionized United Truckers Association (UTA) parked their rigs and began protesting at Port Metro Vancouver because of excessively long wait times. The UTA also demanded to see pay-rate enforcement as a way to eliminate under-cutting of prices. After seeing the UTA action, president of Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers’ Association (VCTA) Paul Johal, said, Continued on page 14
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The US has introduced legislation that will require electronic logging devices for interstate drivers, including Canadians. Canada is expected to follow.
One step closer A long-awaited regulation that will mandate the use of electronic on-board recorders edges closer in the US
By Carolyn Gruske WASHINGTON, D.C. Mandatory electronic logging of driver hours-of-service is one step closer to being a requirement in the US. The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has put forward a proposal mandating the use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) – or electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) – for interstate commercial trucks and bus companies. Technically the FMCSA issued a Supplement Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and submitted it to the Federal Register for publication. (This proposal supersedes an earlier 2011 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking). Before any agency can enact a new rule, the agency’s plan must be published in the Federal Register in order to notify the public and give people an opportunity to submit comments. Comment periods typically range between 30 and 60 days, although some can run as long as 180 days.
According to the Department of Transportation, the Supplemental Notice includes provisions to: • “Respect driver privacy by ensuring that ELD records continue to reside with the motor carriers and drivers. Electronic logs will continue to only be made available to FMCSA personnel or law enforcement during roadside inspections, compliance reviews and post-crash investigations.” • “Protect drivers from harassment through an explicit prohibition on harassment by a motor carrier owner towards a driver using information from an ELD. It will also establish a procedure for filing a harassment complaint and creates a maximum civil penalty of up to $11,000 for a motor carrier that engages in harassment of a driver that leads to an hoursof-service violation or the driver operating a vehicle when they are so fatigued or ill it compromises safety. The proposal will also ensure that drivers continue to have access to their own records and require ELDs to include a mute funcContinued on page 8
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