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won’t fit through
the traditional WELCOME,
drive-thru lane.
Linden NEW ATA MEMBERS!
Massey, owner of
Harold’s BBQ in
Corning, Ark., Together, We Are the Power of Association
also decided to
provide meals We welcome the following new members. Each new member
to truck drivers at the intersection of adds to the Arkansas trucking industry’s collective strength to
Highways 62 and 67.
Before entering the restaurant busi- promote, protect and serve with a unified voice.
ness, Linden Massey drove an 18-wheeler
for 38 years. “I know what it’s like to be ALLIED MEMBERS
out there and not be able to get to a motel
or get anything decent to eat,” he said. CORPORATE MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. INTELLISTOP CORP.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Fayetteville, Ark.
With the help of donations, 423.870.0701 479.466.7653
Massey’s been able to provide sack Provides national MRO/TPA services Offers a collision deterrent system
lunches to over 700 drivers. DMC INSURANCE, INC. PETROCHOICE LUBRICATION SOLUTIONS
Even young people are finding ways Indianapolis, Ind. Little Rock, Ark.
to feed the drivers who keep moving. 317.436.4900 501.517.7082
When 13-year-old Logan Miller heard Offers insurance for large/medium Provides engine lubricants and services
that his father, a truck driver, went to fleets and independent contractors
bed hungry one night, he decided to help IMAGINNOVATE TECHSOLUTIONS
by raising money to provide lunches for Little Rock, Ark. For membership information,
drivers near his home in West Virginia. 479.586.4190 visit arkansastrucking.com
Provides technology strategies and
Miller started with $100 to stuff digital solutions for transportation
brown bags with pepperoni rolls, beef and logistics companies
jerky and fruit.
“I actually feel happiness,” Logan
said. “I know they’re not going for at tool that they can All eligible Tyson Foods team
least eight hours without having a meal use from the safety members will receive a $500 bonus in
of some sort.” of their cab. To put addition to other company-announced
a barrier between efforts to support workers, plant
APP HELPS DRIVERS FILE them and the high communities and livestock producers
PAPERWORK WHILE SOCIAL traffic areas of a during the global pandemic.
DISTANCING truck stop.” “We’re proud of how our team
An app, BasicBlock, is allowing Monks says members have stepped up during this
truckers to stay safe, practice social dis- while demand for challenging time to make sure we
tancing as recommended by the CDC, the app is high his company is currently continue fulfilling our critical mission
and file their paperwork over the phone. offering the service for free. of feeding people across America,”
Social distancing is a term that Tyson Foods CEO Noel White said in a
describes measures taken to prevent TYSON ESTABLISHES TASK FORCE statement concerning the bonus play.
the spread of contagious disease, by & BONUSES FOR FRONTLINE The driver task force is a way to
maintaining physical distance between WORKERS reduce stress and pain points for the
people and reducing the number of Tyson Foods is also investigating team members as well as contract car-
times people come into close contact ways to keep their drivers safe and make rier partners. By seeking feedback from
with each other. their difficult jobs a little bit easier drivers about experiences on the road,
“Oftentimes they’re having to go by launching a task force dedicated customer locations, or even their Tyson
into truck stops to use fax machines to driver support. The company also Foods facilities, the task force can react
or having to interact with back offices announced approximately $60 million and recognize the work drivers are doing
and handle physical documents,” said in bonuses to 116,000 frontline work- and the circumstances they are enduring.
Taylor Monks the founder and CEO ers, including truck drivers, who are
of BasicBlock. “For us, we provide this serving during the COVID-19 outbreak. 

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