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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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Ecommerce continues to drive industrial real estate growth, according to the preliminary Third Quarter report by Jones Long LaSalle, which is in line with other recent reports (AA, 9-15-17, P. 1). “Nearly 25% of total United States leasing demand came from…
A federal court fined UPS almost $250 million for delivering untaxed cigarettes from unlicensed shippers in the City and State of New York. The court summarily rejected the delivery giant’s contention that its large size and compartmentalized organizational…
The Pennsylvania and Delaware Departments of Transportation are working with the I-95 Coalition to study possible mileage-based taxation for trucks. The truck study – slated to begin next year -- is an extension of a test already underway in both states…
The chemical industry appears to have fully recovered from the immediate impact of this summer’s hurricanes on production. The American Chemistry Council’s Chemical Activity Barometer – considered a leading economic indicator – in October rose 0.4% over…
Total intermodal volumes increased 6.3% year-over-year in the third quarter for the strongest growth rate in more than three years, according to the Intermodal Association of North America. International intermodal volume soared by 8.2%; the domestic…
Many employers are not fully aware that their employees are eligible for workers compensation even when they are in the United States illegally. “An illegal alien, meaning someone who has entered the U.S. illegally or is an alien who has entered legally but…
The battle over the future of illegal immigration in the United States is increasingly being fought in the workplace, with employers caught in the middle. Earlier this year President Trump declared that he would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…
Each year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces its Top 10 workplace safety violations, which are said to be a reminder to employers to avoid complacency. The rankings remain largely the same from year to year, and all the violations…
President Trump issued a call for action after his commission on the nation’s opioid addiction crisis reported its policy recommendations. "We are currently dealing with the worst drug crisis in American history," Trump declared. "It's just been so long in…
CSX Corp. named a new Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and General Counsel, and at the same time cancelled a shareholder conference call and announced a $1.5 billion stock buyback. The company delivered another blow to shippers by withdrawing…
President Trump nominated Scott A. Mugno, vice president of safety, sustainability and vehicle maintenance at FedEx Ground, to be chief administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Part of U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA has not had a…
Apparently, word hasn’t spread far enough that racial and ethnic-based harassment in the workplace is unacceptable, and the bad behavior continues. “It seems that racial harassment cases always have the same racial slurs and tropes: either the N-word, a…
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.
Ecommerce continues to drive industrial real estate growth, according to the preliminary Third Quarter report by Jones Long LaSalle, which is in line with other recent reports (AA, 9-15-17, P. 1). “Nearly 25% of total United States leasing demand came from…
A federal court fined UPS almost $250 million for delivering untaxed cigarettes from unlicensed shippers in the City and State of New York. The court summarily rejected the delivery giant’s contention that its large size and compartmentalized organizational…
The Pennsylvania and Delaware Departments of Transportation are working with the I-95 Coalition to study possible mileage-based taxation for trucks. The truck study – slated to begin next year -- is an extension of a test already underway in both states…
The chemical industry appears to have fully recovered from the immediate impact of this summer’s hurricanes on production. The American Chemistry Council’s Chemical Activity Barometer – considered a leading economic indicator – in October rose 0.4% over…
Total intermodal volumes increased 6.3% year-over-year in the third quarter for the strongest growth rate in more than three years, according to the Intermodal Association of North America. International intermodal volume soared by 8.2%; the domestic…
Many employers are not fully aware that their employees are eligible for workers compensation even when they are in the United States illegally. “An illegal alien, meaning someone who has entered the U.S. illegally or is an alien who has entered legally but…
The battle over the future of illegal immigration in the United States is increasingly being fought in the workplace, with employers caught in the middle. Earlier this year President Trump declared that he would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…
Each year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces its Top 10 workplace safety violations, which are said to be a reminder to employers to avoid complacency. The rankings remain largely the same from year to year, and all the violations…
President Trump issued a call for action after his commission on the nation’s opioid addiction crisis reported its policy recommendations. "We are currently dealing with the worst drug crisis in American history," Trump declared. "It's just been so long in…
CSX Corp. named a new Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and General Counsel, and at the same time cancelled a shareholder conference call and announced a $1.5 billion stock buyback. The company delivered another blow to shippers by withdrawing…
President Trump nominated Scott A. Mugno, vice president of safety, sustainability and vehicle maintenance at FedEx Ground, to be chief administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Part of U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA has not had a…
Apparently, word hasn’t spread far enough that racial and ethnic-based harassment in the workplace is unacceptable, and the bad behavior continues. “It seems that racial harassment cases always have the same racial slurs and tropes: either the N-word, a…