A narrowly avoided strike last week offers a glimpse of what could be coming next year — when General Motors, Ford and Stellantis negotiate new four-year contracts for their roughly 150,000 U.S. employees represented by the United Auto Workers.
As we appear to be emerging from our worst healthcare crisis in a century, many experts have assumed that people would eagerly return to work. But that is simply not happening.
As sustainability initiatives become more prominent, trucking companies must ensure that their operating models comply with government regulations and align with the expectations of multiple stakeholders.
The union representing about 22,000 West Coast dockworkers and their employers are continuing negotiations for a new labor contract past the July 1 expiration of their previous pact and said the ports — among them the U.S.’s busiest — will keep functioning.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that could force California’s 70,000 truck owner-operators to stop driving is set to create another choke point in already-stressed West Coast logistics networks.
New CEO Raj Subramaniam will soon tell investors how he intends to lead FedEx while confronting higher costs for labor, Covid-related lockdowns in China and angry contractors at the company's crown-jewel FedEx Ground unit.