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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.
Showing 992 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
Industrial production in the United States should continue to experience healthy growth at least until the end of the year, according to a leading economic indicator. The Chemical Activity Barometer, created by the American Chemistry Council, marked the…
Reading the tea leaves about what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will do under President Trump isn’t easy because the agency seems to be heading in different directions. OSHA officials recently asserted that the agency will continue to…
An astonishing 77% of shoppers use a mobile device for product research while shopping in-store, according to a recent consumer study. This compares to only 35% of shoppers who speak to a salesperson to obtain product information, says Salsify Consumer…
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a decision favoring Crete Carrier Corp. in its dispute with an obese driver who was fired after he refused to take a sleep apnea test. The High Court refused to hear the case, allowing a lower court decision to stand, which…
The United States led the world in logistics market rent growth in 2016 by rising 5%, and major coastal markets near large consumption centers outperformed all other markets, according to Prologis, the global industrial real estate company. In contrast, in…
A dissent in a recent National Labor Relations Board decision may offer a view of where the board will head when new members take control. Board member Philip A. Miscimarra was named NLRB Acting Chairman on Jan. 23 by President Trump, who also can nominate…
A recent federal appeals court ruling that job discrimination against Gays violates federal civil rights law lays the legal groundwork for a review of the issue by the Supreme Court. The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals handed down the ruling on April…
Sales of residential furniture remained stable throughout 2016 and are hoped to improve this year – if the economy continues to strengthen and consumers can shake off their post-recession jitters. “With housing, the stock market, inflation, employment and…
For the foreseeable future the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will continue its hardline approach to employer enforcement. Or will it? OSHA is part of the Department of Labor, which as of this writing was on the verge of finally getting a new…
It’s no surprise that unions hate right-to-work laws, so it is also not surprising that their allies on the holdover Obama era National Labor Relations Board are doing everything they can to weaken those laws. About two years ago, Wisconsin became the 25th…
Clifford K. Otto, chief executive officer of Saddle Creek Logistics Services, Lakeland, FL., was elected the 2017-18 Chairman of the International Warehouse Logistics Association. He became Chairman at the 2017 IWLA Convention & Expo in March held in Palm…
Fringe benefits are essential to winning the war to attract and keep talent, according to a recent Society for Human Resource Management survey. “As the war for talent wages on, employers will need not only to ensure that they are strategically utilizing…
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.
Industrial production in the United States should continue to experience healthy growth at least until the end of the year, according to a leading economic indicator. The Chemical Activity Barometer, created by the American Chemistry Council, marked the…
Reading the tea leaves about what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will do under President Trump isn’t easy because the agency seems to be heading in different directions. OSHA officials recently asserted that the agency will continue to…
An astonishing 77% of shoppers use a mobile device for product research while shopping in-store, according to a recent consumer study. This compares to only 35% of shoppers who speak to a salesperson to obtain product information, says Salsify Consumer…
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a decision favoring Crete Carrier Corp. in its dispute with an obese driver who was fired after he refused to take a sleep apnea test. The High Court refused to hear the case, allowing a lower court decision to stand, which…
The United States led the world in logistics market rent growth in 2016 by rising 5%, and major coastal markets near large consumption centers outperformed all other markets, according to Prologis, the global industrial real estate company. In contrast, in…
A dissent in a recent National Labor Relations Board decision may offer a view of where the board will head when new members take control. Board member Philip A. Miscimarra was named NLRB Acting Chairman on Jan. 23 by President Trump, who also can nominate…
A recent federal appeals court ruling that job discrimination against Gays violates federal civil rights law lays the legal groundwork for a review of the issue by the Supreme Court. The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals handed down the ruling on April…
Sales of residential furniture remained stable throughout 2016 and are hoped to improve this year – if the economy continues to strengthen and consumers can shake off their post-recession jitters. “With housing, the stock market, inflation, employment and…
For the foreseeable future the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will continue its hardline approach to employer enforcement. Or will it? OSHA is part of the Department of Labor, which as of this writing was on the verge of finally getting a new…
It’s no surprise that unions hate right-to-work laws, so it is also not surprising that their allies on the holdover Obama era National Labor Relations Board are doing everything they can to weaken those laws. About two years ago, Wisconsin became the 25th…
Clifford K. Otto, chief executive officer of Saddle Creek Logistics Services, Lakeland, FL., was elected the 2017-18 Chairman of the International Warehouse Logistics Association. He became Chairman at the 2017 IWLA Convention & Expo in March held in Palm…
Fringe benefits are essential to winning the war to attract and keep talent, according to a recent Society for Human Resource Management survey. “As the war for talent wages on, employers will need not only to ensure that they are strategically utilizing…