Truckinginfo

CRST Seeks Driver-In-Front-Seat Training Exemption

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public comment on an exemption sought by CRST Expedited from the rule that requires the holder of a commercial learner's permit (CLP) to ...
Transport Topics

Swift to Pay CRST $15 Million in Damages Over Driver Recruiting

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] A lawsuit CRST Expedited Inc. filed against Swift Transportation Co. that alleged Swift “poached” drivers was one of three such ...
CCJ

EEOC sues CRST for allegedly denying employment to driver with service dog

CRST Expedited, a subsidiary of CRST International (No. 23 on the CCJ Top 250), is being sued for allegedly denying a job to a truck driver because he used a service dog. The U.S. Equal Employment ...
Truckinginfo

CRST Expedited Boosts New Driver Pay 15%

CRST Expedited has announced a 15% pay increase for new contract student drivers, who have received commercial driver’s license training through the company’s sponsored training program. “Our student ...
CCJ

Former trainer sues CRST in wake of alleged racial discrimination, harassment

A current owner-operator and former CRST Expedited driver trainer has filed a lawsuit against CRST claiming a colleague regularly harassed him because of his skin color, insulted and humiliated him in ...
JD Supra

EEOC Sues CRST for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CRST Expedited Inc., a national trucking company, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate, refused to hire and retaliated against a job candidate because he used a ...
Overdrive

CRST to pay driver $47,500 as part of lawsuit settlement

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced last week that CRST Expedited, a subsidiary of CRST International (No. 17 on the CCJ Top 250), has settled a lawsuit filed in 2017 by the ...
JD Supra

To Hire or Not to Hire: A Difficult Question Made Easier to Answer Courtesy of the Eighth Circuit’s Ruling in CRST v. Swift

The trucking industry is experiencing an unprecedented driver shortage. The American Trucking Associations estimates that the industry is short a record 80,000 drivers, a figure that is currently ...
Overdrive

CRST breaks ground on $13 million driver training facility

CRST International started work in Jurupa Valley, Calif., on an 18.7-acre driver training and truck maintenance facility in the Agua Industrial Park near the I-10 and I-15 freeways. The $13 million ...
Fleet Owner

CRST and Werner settle driver contract lawsuit

CRST Van Expedited has announced that it has reached a settlement with Werner Enterprises regarding the lawsuit it brought against Werner to protect its driver-training and driver employment contract ...
The Gazette

CRST gets Cedar Rapids tax incentive for training center

CRST Inc. secured a property-tax incentive from the city of Cedar Rapids to support the local trucking firm's plan to build a $2.8 million trucker training center on its campus along 16th Avenue SW.