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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,251 posts going back to 2014.
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A federal court told the National Labor Relations Board that it is okay for employers to urge their workers to display a positive attitude. The decision stems from the Obama era NLRB’s expansion of its reach into nonunion workplaces through regulation of…
Shippers are welcoming news that the West Coast longshoremen’s union members approved a new contract long before the old one could expire. The current agreement was scheduled to expire on July 1, 2019, but now will be extended until July 1, 2022. Reports say…
Mounting service failures at CSX Transportation spurred a highly unusual intervention by the Surface Transportation Board. Operational changes made by CSX Corp. Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison also impacted the company’s stock because shippers are…
Total retail sales for school and college are projected to reach $83.6 billion, an increase of more than 10% from last year’s total of $75.8 billion, according to National Retail Federation projections. NRF says back-to-college spending is expected to hit an…
As part of President Trump’s efforts to gain more control over immigration, the Department of Labor unveiled an initiative intended to address fraud and restore transparency in visa enforcement. DOL’s increased enforcement efforts cover all of the foreign…
American Chain of Warehouses Inc. member Prism Logistics is pitching in to help end world hunger. Prism provides logistics support in its Northern California facilities for the components of meal packages that are distributed by the Rise Against Hunger…
Federal regulators recruited several powerful allies to help publicize how to safely share the road with trucks and buses to automobile drivers and others. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration calls the program the “Our Roads, Our Safety”…
Traffic congestion on the National Highway System (NHS) added over $63.4 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2015, reports the American Transportation Research Institute. “Congestion-related costs continue to rise and impact our supply…
The federal budget proposed by the Trump Administration would merge the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs into the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Testifying before Congress in June, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said the merger…
The average availability rate for warehouses and distribution centers declined in the second quarter, driven by the healthy economy and fewer than expected construction completions, according to the industrial real estate firm CBRE. In addition, ecommerce is…
The President, Republicans in Congress and business leaders are working hard to highlight the need for a new infrastructure program to support economic growth – but did you hear all about Trump’s latest Tweet? The administration recently mounted yet another…
Recent actions by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration suggest a widespread change in how it deals with the employers it regulates. On June 28, it announced that the deadline for employers to file illness and injury reports electronically is…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,251 posts going back to 2014.
Showing 989 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
A federal court told the National Labor Relations Board that it is okay for employers to urge their workers to display a positive attitude. The decision stems from the Obama era NLRB’s expansion of its reach into nonunion workplaces through regulation of…
Shippers are welcoming news that the West Coast longshoremen’s union members approved a new contract long before the old one could expire. The current agreement was scheduled to expire on July 1, 2019, but now will be extended until July 1, 2022. Reports say…
Mounting service failures at CSX Transportation spurred a highly unusual intervention by the Surface Transportation Board. Operational changes made by CSX Corp. Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison also impacted the company’s stock because shippers are…
Total retail sales for school and college are projected to reach $83.6 billion, an increase of more than 10% from last year’s total of $75.8 billion, according to National Retail Federation projections. NRF says back-to-college spending is expected to hit an…
As part of President Trump’s efforts to gain more control over immigration, the Department of Labor unveiled an initiative intended to address fraud and restore transparency in visa enforcement. DOL’s increased enforcement efforts cover all of the foreign…
American Chain of Warehouses Inc. member Prism Logistics is pitching in to help end world hunger. Prism provides logistics support in its Northern California facilities for the components of meal packages that are distributed by the Rise Against Hunger…
Federal regulators recruited several powerful allies to help publicize how to safely share the road with trucks and buses to automobile drivers and others. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration calls the program the “Our Roads, Our Safety”…
Traffic congestion on the National Highway System (NHS) added over $63.4 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2015, reports the American Transportation Research Institute. “Congestion-related costs continue to rise and impact our supply…
The federal budget proposed by the Trump Administration would merge the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs into the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Testifying before Congress in June, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said the merger…
The average availability rate for warehouses and distribution centers declined in the second quarter, driven by the healthy economy and fewer than expected construction completions, according to the industrial real estate firm CBRE. In addition, ecommerce is…
The President, Republicans in Congress and business leaders are working hard to highlight the need for a new infrastructure program to support economic growth – but did you hear all about Trump’s latest Tweet? The administration recently mounted yet another…
Recent actions by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration suggest a widespread change in how it deals with the employers it regulates. On June 28, it announced that the deadline for employers to file illness and injury reports electronically is…