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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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Volume 2, Issue 7 - April 15th, 2014 Normally if hear someone say separate groups of people are conspiring against him or her, you would dismiss that person as paranoid. But when it comes to government officials promoting organized labor’s interests over…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 Warehouse space demand exceeded expectations in the last quarter of 2013 and absorption reached the highest levels on record, CoStar Group reported. The commercial real estate research firm said net absorption totaling 58…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 The global high tech research firm Gartner Inc. predicts that, by 2017, nearly one third of top corporations will experience an information crisis due to their inability to effectively value, govern and trust their…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 If you offer interstate trucking services and want to limit your cargo liability you should take note of a recent court finding in favor of a shipper due to an incomplete bill of lading. Although the case involved a rail…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is gathering information for improving hazardous waste regulation in the retail sector. Retailer hazardous waste violations are already a hot enforcement issue in…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 Walmart announced that it is growing its purchase program called Walmart to Go that gives shoppers the option of placing an order online and picking it up at a nearby store for free, or arranging for it to be delivered at…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 OSHA has issued interim final rules for handling employment retaliation complaints under the Food Safety Modernization Act that will make it more difficult for employers to defend themselves against food safety-related…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 It may seem counterintuitive, but veteran labor attorney Harold P. Coxson of the law firm of Ogletree Deakins believes the National Labor Relations Board is not really helping unions organize nonumion employers with its…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 The National Retail Federation estimates that retail sales (excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 4.1%, this year up from the preliminary report of 3.7% growth in 2013. NRF also said that it…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 Finding that ample evidence existed that Walmart exercised control over the working conditions of the workers employed by Walmart’s warehouse subcontractors, a California federal district court held that Walmart may be…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 These days when we think of federal laws designed to protect employees from retaliation by their employers, they usually involve financial and labor laws. But fleet operators need to remember that federal transportation…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 Warehouse and freight transportation were included among OSHA’s top priorities for inspection actions this year when it released its Site-Specific Targeting 2014 Program Directive on Feb. 27. Called SST-14, the directive…
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.
Volume 2, Issue 7 - April 15th, 2014 Normally if hear someone say separate groups of people are conspiring against him or her, you would dismiss that person as paranoid. But when it comes to government officials promoting organized labor’s interests over…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 Warehouse space demand exceeded expectations in the last quarter of 2013 and absorption reached the highest levels on record, CoStar Group reported. The commercial real estate research firm said net absorption totaling 58…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 The global high tech research firm Gartner Inc. predicts that, by 2017, nearly one third of top corporations will experience an information crisis due to their inability to effectively value, govern and trust their…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 If you offer interstate trucking services and want to limit your cargo liability you should take note of a recent court finding in favor of a shipper due to an incomplete bill of lading. Although the case involved a rail…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is gathering information for improving hazardous waste regulation in the retail sector. Retailer hazardous waste violations are already a hot enforcement issue in…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 Walmart announced that it is growing its purchase program called Walmart to Go that gives shoppers the option of placing an order online and picking it up at a nearby store for free, or arranging for it to be delivered at…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 OSHA has issued interim final rules for handling employment retaliation complaints under the Food Safety Modernization Act that will make it more difficult for employers to defend themselves against food safety-related…
Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 31st, 2014 It may seem counterintuitive, but veteran labor attorney Harold P. Coxson of the law firm of Ogletree Deakins believes the National Labor Relations Board is not really helping unions organize nonumion employers with its…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 The National Retail Federation estimates that retail sales (excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 4.1%, this year up from the preliminary report of 3.7% growth in 2013. NRF also said that it…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 Finding that ample evidence existed that Walmart exercised control over the working conditions of the workers employed by Walmart’s warehouse subcontractors, a California federal district court held that Walmart may be…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 These days when we think of federal laws designed to protect employees from retaliation by their employers, they usually involve financial and labor laws. But fleet operators need to remember that federal transportation…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 Warehouse and freight transportation were included among OSHA’s top priorities for inspection actions this year when it released its Site-Specific Targeting 2014 Program Directive on Feb. 27. Called SST-14, the directive…