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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.
Home delivery, supply chain digitalization, and the need to develop strategies for dealing with inflation will create growing challenges for the grocery retail business in 2022, according to Bill Bishop, the chief architect of the grocery consulting and high…
In addition to funding highways and bridges, the recently enacted $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has set ambitious goals for workforce development in manufacturing and the transportation industries. Most notably, the new law targets the…
Covid 19 had a major impact on trucking costs, according to the 2021 Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking published annually by the American Transportation Research Institute. “The various line-item cost centers clearly document the numerous impacts…
Logistics space in the United States is effectively sold out, according to the global industrial real estate giant Prologis Inc. Demand pushed the vacancy rate to a new low of 3.9% in the third quarter, the company reported in its Industrial Business…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expanded the commercial truck driver hours-of-service regulations waiver through Feb. 28. The agency first instituted the HOS rules exemption last year in response to the Coronavirus pandemic to ease the way…
Federal courts have blocked three of the Biden administration’s forced vaccination requirements for employees, and the President himself seriously weakened a fourth aimed at federal employees. When this was written a week ago, none of the administration’s…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: [vcex_button url="https://acwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ACWI-Advance-12-15-21.pdf" title="Click to Download PDF version" style="flat" align="center" color="blue" size="medium" target="self" rel="none"]Click to…
If there was any doubt remaining that the Biden administration is the most pro-labor in history, it has been thoroughly obliterated by Jennifer Abruzzo, who he named General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. At the end of September, she wrote a…
The minimum wage for federal contractors and subcontractors will rise from the current $10.95 an hour to $15.00 effective Jan. 30, 2022, and will increase each year after that. However, the final rule issued by the Labor Department does not apply…
The American Transportation Research Institute released research that describes what it calls a workable framework for electric vehicle (EV) taxation to support transportation infrastructure. By applying a small tax on the electricity used in transportation,…
Speeding was the top violation for truck and bus drivers during July’s driver safety roadside event held by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Called Operation Safer Driver Week, it also drew first-time participation by the Department of…
The Biden administration’s Covid 19 vaccine mandates are in serious legal trouble, facing a federal appeals court system that doesn’t seem to buy justifications for having OSHA require private employers to ensure their workers are vaccinated. At the time…
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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.
Home delivery, supply chain digitalization, and the need to develop strategies for dealing with inflation will create growing challenges for the grocery retail business in 2022, according to Bill Bishop, the chief architect of the grocery consulting and high…
In addition to funding highways and bridges, the recently enacted $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has set ambitious goals for workforce development in manufacturing and the transportation industries. Most notably, the new law targets the…
Covid 19 had a major impact on trucking costs, according to the 2021 Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking published annually by the American Transportation Research Institute. “The various line-item cost centers clearly document the numerous impacts…
Logistics space in the United States is effectively sold out, according to the global industrial real estate giant Prologis Inc. Demand pushed the vacancy rate to a new low of 3.9% in the third quarter, the company reported in its Industrial Business…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expanded the commercial truck driver hours-of-service regulations waiver through Feb. 28. The agency first instituted the HOS rules exemption last year in response to the Coronavirus pandemic to ease the way…
Federal courts have blocked three of the Biden administration’s forced vaccination requirements for employees, and the President himself seriously weakened a fourth aimed at federal employees. When this was written a week ago, none of the administration’s…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: [vcex_button url="https://acwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ACWI-Advance-12-15-21.pdf" title="Click to Download PDF version" style="flat" align="center" color="blue" size="medium" target="self" rel="none"]Click to…
If there was any doubt remaining that the Biden administration is the most pro-labor in history, it has been thoroughly obliterated by Jennifer Abruzzo, who he named General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. At the end of September, she wrote a…
The minimum wage for federal contractors and subcontractors will rise from the current $10.95 an hour to $15.00 effective Jan. 30, 2022, and will increase each year after that. However, the final rule issued by the Labor Department does not apply…
The American Transportation Research Institute released research that describes what it calls a workable framework for electric vehicle (EV) taxation to support transportation infrastructure. By applying a small tax on the electricity used in transportation,…
Speeding was the top violation for truck and bus drivers during July’s driver safety roadside event held by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Called Operation Safer Driver Week, it also drew first-time participation by the Department of…
The Biden administration’s Covid 19 vaccine mandates are in serious legal trouble, facing a federal appeals court system that doesn’t seem to buy justifications for having OSHA require private employers to ensure their workers are vaccinated. At the time…