Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hit back at the airlines, particularly United, saying the carrier has suffered out-sized impacts while others have recovered.
Within distribution centers, fresh and perishable food handling is usually the most inefficient and labor-intensive part of operations.
It doesn't have to be that way.
The stance signals a tougher line for negotiations covering ports from Texas to Maine, as West Coast dockworkers prepare to vote on a tentative agreement.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada “has run out of options at the bargaining table,” it said in a June 28 statement on its website.
The value of core capital goods orders increased by 0.7% during May after a downwardly revised 0.6% gain during April 2023, according to Commerce Department figures.