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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
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President Trump has nominated Patrick J. Fuchs and Michelle A. Schultz to serve as Republican members of the Surface Transportation Board. Schultz is associate general counsel for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), which is the…
The new leadership of CSX Transportation intends to slash costs by firing thousands more employees, shedding equipment and rail lines, and ending or severely curtailing spur service. At a March 1 shareholders meeting, President James M. Foote made it clear…
Thanks to the new leadership at the U.S. Department of Labor, it is now much easier for employers to use unpaid interns without running the risk of breaking federal wage laws. The Obama-era Labor Department had adopted standards that virtually wiped out the…
Most employers today have policies regarding sexual harassment, but many employees are not aware of them, recent research finds. The Society for Human Resource Management found in a new survey of HR professionals that. 94% of their organizations have…
At least 1,000 federal government contractors were sent letters warning them to expect audits of their civil rights employment practices later this year. They also will receive letters to be mailed March 19 that will actually schedule the audits of their…
Intermodal freight volumes posted a fourth quarter growth rate of 5.8% year-over-year, but most of it came from international movements. International volume was up by 7.7%; domestic container taffic grew by a modest 2.5% but piggyback trailer loads rose by…
The Trump Department of Labor has begun issuing opinion letters to employers regarding the laws that govern wages and working conditions, which had been a common practice before it was suspended during the Obama administration. From 2010 to July 2017,…
After a year of headlines hammering on about a retail “E-pocalpyse” (including in this publication) and claims that consumers are trending away from buying things to acquiring experiences, the retail industry came roaring back at the end of the year. Earlier…
Last October, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at helping small businesses obtain reasonably priced health insurance by expanding their ability to use an insurance vehicle called an Association Health Plan or AHP. In January, the Department of…
If the chemical industry’s leading economic indicators are correct, we will enjoy a healthy overall economy over the next nine months. The American Chemistry Council’s monthly Chemical Activity Barometer, expanded 0.5% in January on a three-month moving…
For the first time since 2006, a survey of trucking company executives shows the shortage of professional drivers tops their list of their concerns. The annual survey of fleet executives is conducted annually by the American Transportation Research…
Holiday sales during November and December soared 5.5% over the same period in 2016 to $691.9 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. The results exceeded NRF’s forecast of between $678.75 billion and $682 billion, which would have represented…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
Showing 992 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
President Trump has nominated Patrick J. Fuchs and Michelle A. Schultz to serve as Republican members of the Surface Transportation Board. Schultz is associate general counsel for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), which is the…
The new leadership of CSX Transportation intends to slash costs by firing thousands more employees, shedding equipment and rail lines, and ending or severely curtailing spur service. At a March 1 shareholders meeting, President James M. Foote made it clear…
Thanks to the new leadership at the U.S. Department of Labor, it is now much easier for employers to use unpaid interns without running the risk of breaking federal wage laws. The Obama-era Labor Department had adopted standards that virtually wiped out the…
Most employers today have policies regarding sexual harassment, but many employees are not aware of them, recent research finds. The Society for Human Resource Management found in a new survey of HR professionals that. 94% of their organizations have…
At least 1,000 federal government contractors were sent letters warning them to expect audits of their civil rights employment practices later this year. They also will receive letters to be mailed March 19 that will actually schedule the audits of their…
Intermodal freight volumes posted a fourth quarter growth rate of 5.8% year-over-year, but most of it came from international movements. International volume was up by 7.7%; domestic container taffic grew by a modest 2.5% but piggyback trailer loads rose by…
The Trump Department of Labor has begun issuing opinion letters to employers regarding the laws that govern wages and working conditions, which had been a common practice before it was suspended during the Obama administration. From 2010 to July 2017,…
After a year of headlines hammering on about a retail “E-pocalpyse” (including in this publication) and claims that consumers are trending away from buying things to acquiring experiences, the retail industry came roaring back at the end of the year. Earlier…
Last October, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at helping small businesses obtain reasonably priced health insurance by expanding their ability to use an insurance vehicle called an Association Health Plan or AHP. In January, the Department of…
If the chemical industry’s leading economic indicators are correct, we will enjoy a healthy overall economy over the next nine months. The American Chemistry Council’s monthly Chemical Activity Barometer, expanded 0.5% in January on a three-month moving…
For the first time since 2006, a survey of trucking company executives shows the shortage of professional drivers tops their list of their concerns. The annual survey of fleet executives is conducted annually by the American Transportation Research…
Holiday sales during November and December soared 5.5% over the same period in 2016 to $691.9 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. The results exceeded NRF’s forecast of between $678.75 billion and $682 billion, which would have represented…