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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.
Prologis completed its acquisition of DCT Industrial Trust for $8.5 billion in a strategic move viewed as creating new opportunities for Prologis to profit from the ecommerce boom. "We have tremendous respect and admiration for what the DCT team has…
An academic study suggests that employer concerns over tattoos and piercings visible on members of the workforce are unwarranted. Researchers from the University of Miami and University of Australia found that the salaries and wages of tattooed employees…
An American Transportation Research Institute analysis says the potential annual cost benefit of allowing commercial drivers additional flexibility when taking required hours-of-service breaks can be as much as $150 million. ATRI used empirical truck GPS…
A leading economic indicator produced by the American Chemistry Council predicts gains in U.S. commercial and industrial activity well into the first quarter of 2019 – but at a slower pace. The ACC’s Chemical Activity Barometer was flat in August remaining…
Rapid growth of ecommerce is expected to create demand for an additional 452,000 warehouse and distribution workers in the United States this year and next, signaling an acceleration of job growth in the already labor-strapped industry, says a new report…
Since the #MeToo movement began some employers have embraced a Zero Tolerance approach to sexual harassment – get caught doing it and you are fired. Some experts hold that this policy is too extreme and can be counterproductive. "Zero tolerance is too blunt…
The Department of Transportation is considering reopening the commercial driver hours of service regulations with a view to creating more flexibility for truck drivers. The Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety…
Total intermodal volumes advanced 6.2% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2018, after posting 7.2% growth in the first quarter, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report. Strong economic…
President Trump signed an executive order creating a nationwide training initiative for encouraging and directing training resources to help address the critical shortage of skilled workers. Called the National Council for the American Worker, the goal is to…
The National Labor Relations Board is re-examining a policy that provided unions with broad access to employer-held email communications with employees. The board is seeking comments on whether it should change or overturn its 2014 decision allowing…
Researchers believe they have isolated some of the key truck driver behavioral factors that lead to accidents. The American Transportation Research Institute released an update to its Crash Predictor Model, which statistically quantifies the likelihood of…
This summer the Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that its Homeland Security Investigations unit rolled up big numbers of employers found to have been violating the law. The second phase of a vigorous nationwide operation saw in one week alone –…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
Prologis completed its acquisition of DCT Industrial Trust for $8.5 billion in a strategic move viewed as creating new opportunities for Prologis to profit from the ecommerce boom. "We have tremendous respect and admiration for what the DCT team has…
An academic study suggests that employer concerns over tattoos and piercings visible on members of the workforce are unwarranted. Researchers from the University of Miami and University of Australia found that the salaries and wages of tattooed employees…
An American Transportation Research Institute analysis says the potential annual cost benefit of allowing commercial drivers additional flexibility when taking required hours-of-service breaks can be as much as $150 million. ATRI used empirical truck GPS…
A leading economic indicator produced by the American Chemistry Council predicts gains in U.S. commercial and industrial activity well into the first quarter of 2019 – but at a slower pace. The ACC’s Chemical Activity Barometer was flat in August remaining…
Rapid growth of ecommerce is expected to create demand for an additional 452,000 warehouse and distribution workers in the United States this year and next, signaling an acceleration of job growth in the already labor-strapped industry, says a new report…
Since the #MeToo movement began some employers have embraced a Zero Tolerance approach to sexual harassment – get caught doing it and you are fired. Some experts hold that this policy is too extreme and can be counterproductive. "Zero tolerance is too blunt…
The Department of Transportation is considering reopening the commercial driver hours of service regulations with a view to creating more flexibility for truck drivers. The Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety…
Total intermodal volumes advanced 6.2% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2018, after posting 7.2% growth in the first quarter, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report. Strong economic…
President Trump signed an executive order creating a nationwide training initiative for encouraging and directing training resources to help address the critical shortage of skilled workers. Called the National Council for the American Worker, the goal is to…
The National Labor Relations Board is re-examining a policy that provided unions with broad access to employer-held email communications with employees. The board is seeking comments on whether it should change or overturn its 2014 decision allowing…
Researchers believe they have isolated some of the key truck driver behavioral factors that lead to accidents. The American Transportation Research Institute released an update to its Crash Predictor Model, which statistically quantifies the likelihood of…
This summer the Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that its Homeland Security Investigations unit rolled up big numbers of employers found to have been violating the law. The second phase of a vigorous nationwide operation saw in one week alone –…