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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.
For many years the trucking industry has sought to address the worsening shortage of qualified heavy-duty truck drivers by seeking to recruit drivers who are younger than the 21-year-old minimum age currently set by federal regulation. The American…
In the face of the spread of the Delta Variant of the Covid 19 virus and surge in new cases, OSHA has updated its guidance for employers. The Aug, 18 update changes the agency’s guidance to reflect the July 27 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Accused of not doing enough about the Communist Chinese government’s exploitation of slave labor earlier this year, the Biden Administration has recently taken surprisingly strong measures matched with equally strong language arrayed against the practice,…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Inventories may be growing slowly, but could full warehouses spur a recession? The manufacturing sector grew in July, but supply managers’ concerns…
If your indoor facility isn’t temperature controlled, you could end up a target of OSHA under a new rule it is developing to combat heat injuries and illnesses in indoor facilities. Two years ago, Public Citizen and Democrat legislators asked OSHA to…
In a move that highlights the difference between state and federal law, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that employers must pay workers for the time they spend going through security checks. The 5-2 majority explained in a case involving an Amazon…
The Society for Human Resource Management released research that reveals negative perceptions of remote work, with supervisors expressing a preference for onsite staffing and remote workers expressing reservations about losing opportunities for networking…
In advance of a continent-wide roadcheck slated for Aug. 22-28 targeting truck brakes, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance held surprise inspections on May 26, which it called Brake Safety Day. The results lent support to the state truck safety officer…
With the Democrats signature piece of proposed labor legislation stalled in Congress, President Biden has created an advisory council to find ways of implementing some of the same pro-union ideas administratively through the federal bureaucracy.. Called the…
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in July, with the overall economy notching a 14th consecutive month of growth, according to the nation's supply executives surveyed in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business. Produced by the…
Will warehousing be in the vanguard driving the next worldwide recession? Some people think that will happen by early next year after shippers end up overfilling their inventories with more safety stock than they immediately need. At present, however, the…
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ordered manufacturers of automated vehicle systems, including components and technology, to file monthly crash reports if an SAE Level 2 advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) or SAE Levels 3-5…
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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.
For many years the trucking industry has sought to address the worsening shortage of qualified heavy-duty truck drivers by seeking to recruit drivers who are younger than the 21-year-old minimum age currently set by federal regulation. The American…
In the face of the spread of the Delta Variant of the Covid 19 virus and surge in new cases, OSHA has updated its guidance for employers. The Aug, 18 update changes the agency’s guidance to reflect the July 27 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Accused of not doing enough about the Communist Chinese government’s exploitation of slave labor earlier this year, the Biden Administration has recently taken surprisingly strong measures matched with equally strong language arrayed against the practice,…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Inventories may be growing slowly, but could full warehouses spur a recession? The manufacturing sector grew in July, but supply managers’ concerns…
If your indoor facility isn’t temperature controlled, you could end up a target of OSHA under a new rule it is developing to combat heat injuries and illnesses in indoor facilities. Two years ago, Public Citizen and Democrat legislators asked OSHA to…
In a move that highlights the difference between state and federal law, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that employers must pay workers for the time they spend going through security checks. The 5-2 majority explained in a case involving an Amazon…
The Society for Human Resource Management released research that reveals negative perceptions of remote work, with supervisors expressing a preference for onsite staffing and remote workers expressing reservations about losing opportunities for networking…
In advance of a continent-wide roadcheck slated for Aug. 22-28 targeting truck brakes, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance held surprise inspections on May 26, which it called Brake Safety Day. The results lent support to the state truck safety officer…
With the Democrats signature piece of proposed labor legislation stalled in Congress, President Biden has created an advisory council to find ways of implementing some of the same pro-union ideas administratively through the federal bureaucracy.. Called the…
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in July, with the overall economy notching a 14th consecutive month of growth, according to the nation's supply executives surveyed in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business. Produced by the…
Will warehousing be in the vanguard driving the next worldwide recession? Some people think that will happen by early next year after shippers end up overfilling their inventories with more safety stock than they immediately need. At present, however, the…
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ordered manufacturers of automated vehicle systems, including components and technology, to file monthly crash reports if an SAE Level 2 advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) or SAE Levels 3-5…