Around Saia
This month's Around Saia features HST Line Driver and America's Road Team Captain James Moore attending the 2017 Truckers Jambore. Also, featured is the recent 2017 Award of Distinction given for "The Past - Saia LTL Freight" video presented at the 23rd Annual Communicator Awards. The final featured story is about Saia Director of Safety Karla Staver's participation in a panel discussion on the impact of workplace sleep health programs.
More Featured Stories
Executive Forum:
Continuous Improvement and Providing for Competitive Growth
Saia LTL Freight Partners with Truckers Against Trafficking
Benefits Corner:
Employee Address Update
Checking Blood Pressure
401(k) Retirement Savings
Moore Attends Trucker Jamboree
HST Line Driver and America's Road Team Captain James Moore recently attended the 2017 Truckers Jamboree in Walcott, Iowa. Since its inception in 1979, the jamboree has been celebrating America's truckers.
The event is a great place to celebrate and learn about trucking as well as the equipment used in the industry. It's the truck stop's way of saying thank you to the millions of truck drivers that deliver the goods we consume each year.
Video Wins National Award
"The Past - Saia LTL Freight," a video featuring many company employees that was shown at this year's annual meeting and during our February employee meetings, received a 2017 Award of Distinction at the 23rd Annual Communicator Awards.
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing excellence in marketing and communications. Founded over two decades ago, the Communicator Awards receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.
The Communicator Awards is sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA), an invitation-only group consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms.
AIVA members include executives from organizations such as Conde Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Fry Hammond Barr, Lockheed Martin, MTV Networks, Pitney Bowes, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Time, Inc., Victoria’s Secret, Wired, and Yahoo.
Staver Presents at Atlanta Rotary Club Luncheon
Director of Safety Karla Staver recently appeared as part of a panel discussing the impact of workplace sleep health programs. Representatives from Southern Company, Delta Air Lines as well as Fusion Health & Fusion Sleep Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Sleep Dr. Jeffrey Durmer provided their expertise on the topic to the 500 professionals in attendance. The discussion was moderated by AJC Editor Kevin Reilly.
Staver shared her insight on initiating a sleep health program, focusing on sleep apnea, at Saia. Sleep apnea, a breathing-related sleep disorder that causes brief interruptions of breathing during sleep, makes it difficult for sufferers to stay awake, focus their eyes, and react quickly while driving. In general, studies show that people with untreated sleep apnea have an increased risk of being involved in a fatigue-related motor vehicle crash. Sleep apnea is a serious, potentially life-threatening condition that often goes unrecognized and undiagnosed. The panel hoped to bring attention to the "impact of sleep problems in the American workforce."