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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.
New legislation introduced in the Senate aims to prevent the kind of labor slowdowns that crippled West Coast ports in 2014-15, and which resulted in severe damage to the nation’s economy. Called the Prevent Labor Union Slowdowns (or PLUS Act), the bill is…
“Disruption” is too weak a word to describe what ecommerce is doing to American retailing and supply chain management. For some it feels more like an apocalypse. Shopping malls are displaying more gaping holes where stores once stood. Payless ShoeSource,…
The chances that employers could receive a visit from immigration officers have increased, confirms Keith Anderson, an attorney with the law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings. In the state of Mississippi alone Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents…
Sometimes the smallest thing – like a misplaced comma – can cost a company a lot. In one case it is an estimated $10 million. This happened after Oakhurst Dairy in Portland, ME, was sued in 2014 by three of its truck drivers, who accused their employer of…
Should a truck fleet be required to hire a driver and his service dog? Yes, says the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which is suing truckload hauler CRST Inc. over this very issue. One of the country’s largest trucking companies, CRST had declined…
Following last November’s election, 26 states now permit the use of marijuana in some form, ranging from medical marijuana in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, to recreational use in California, Washington and Nevada. What you may not know is some states also…
On March 27 President Trump signed into law a congressional resolution overturning the previous Administration’s attempt to blacklist federal contractors with pending and settled labor charges against them. Both houses of Congress voted to end the 2014…
The Supreme Court ruled that President Obama’s naming of Lafe Solomon as acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board was illegal. In 2010, Obama appointed Lafe Solomon, then a senior NLRB employee, as acting general counsel. Six months…
You might not know it from the general news media frantically competing to spotlight the latest high-level political shenanigans, but work is actually being done in Washington by the new Republican Congress and Trump Administration. Let’s take a brief glance…
Supply chain inefficiencies will result in $79 billion added to chemical manufacturers’ costs over the next decade, according to a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Reading between the lines, this creates an enormous opportunity for third-party…
A federal judge decided in February that a guidance letter issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration granting union “walkaround” rights was really a rule and can be challenged in court. OSHA published the interpretation letter in 2013…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator, posted a strong gain in February of 0.4%, following a 0.4% January gain. Created by the American Chemistry Council, the CAB indicator also registered a steady 0.3% gain every month during the…
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.
New legislation introduced in the Senate aims to prevent the kind of labor slowdowns that crippled West Coast ports in 2014-15, and which resulted in severe damage to the nation’s economy. Called the Prevent Labor Union Slowdowns (or PLUS Act), the bill is…
“Disruption” is too weak a word to describe what ecommerce is doing to American retailing and supply chain management. For some it feels more like an apocalypse. Shopping malls are displaying more gaping holes where stores once stood. Payless ShoeSource,…
The chances that employers could receive a visit from immigration officers have increased, confirms Keith Anderson, an attorney with the law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings. In the state of Mississippi alone Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents…
Sometimes the smallest thing – like a misplaced comma – can cost a company a lot. In one case it is an estimated $10 million. This happened after Oakhurst Dairy in Portland, ME, was sued in 2014 by three of its truck drivers, who accused their employer of…
Should a truck fleet be required to hire a driver and his service dog? Yes, says the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which is suing truckload hauler CRST Inc. over this very issue. One of the country’s largest trucking companies, CRST had declined…
Following last November’s election, 26 states now permit the use of marijuana in some form, ranging from medical marijuana in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, to recreational use in California, Washington and Nevada. What you may not know is some states also…
On March 27 President Trump signed into law a congressional resolution overturning the previous Administration’s attempt to blacklist federal contractors with pending and settled labor charges against them. Both houses of Congress voted to end the 2014…
The Supreme Court ruled that President Obama’s naming of Lafe Solomon as acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board was illegal. In 2010, Obama appointed Lafe Solomon, then a senior NLRB employee, as acting general counsel. Six months…
You might not know it from the general news media frantically competing to spotlight the latest high-level political shenanigans, but work is actually being done in Washington by the new Republican Congress and Trump Administration. Let’s take a brief glance…
Supply chain inefficiencies will result in $79 billion added to chemical manufacturers’ costs over the next decade, according to a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Reading between the lines, this creates an enormous opportunity for third-party…
A federal judge decided in February that a guidance letter issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration granting union “walkaround” rights was really a rule and can be challenged in court. OSHA published the interpretation letter in 2013…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator, posted a strong gain in February of 0.4%, following a 0.4% January gain. Created by the American Chemistry Council, the CAB indicator also registered a steady 0.3% gain every month during the…