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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.
We may very well be on the eve of a sea-change in federal regulation under President Trump’s new administration, especially in regard to the National Labor Relations Board’s aggressively pro-union decision making. Don’t expect a lot of changes overnight,…
In recent months, economic data and economists’ predictions depicted a steadily strengthening economy, and one of the most bullish of these forecasts is a recent report on manufacturing. The survey of purchasing and supply managers conducted by the Institute…
Just before Christmas the Department of Labor expanded its independent contractors’ website, adding resources from other federal and state agencies regarding employee misclassification. However, there is nothing really new in what was added to the site,…
In advance of the inauguration of President Trump, the new Republican House of Representatives voted to strengthen the ability of Congress to strike down new federal regulations like those imposed by the Obama Administration in its waning days. The House…
More than 50 top executives whose companies are rail shippers wrote last month to the incoming Trump administration offering to work with it to ensure that rail regulation is fair and reasonable. Most of the executives’ companies are members of the Rail…
The chemical industry can expect to enjoy strong growth this year and into 2018, according to the American Chemistry Council. Despite a contraction this year, U.S. chemical production (excluding pharmaceuticals) is seen realizing overall growth of 1.6% in…
Another possible target for action by the incoming Trump administration is a new rule requiring employers to keep workplace safety records for a minimum of five years. On Dec. 19 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its final rule…
We may very well be on the eve of a sea-change in federal regulation under President Trump’s new administration, especially in regard to the National Labor Relations Board’s aggressively pro-union decision making. Don’t expect a lot of changes overnight,…
On Nov. 8 when the nation went to the polls to elect a new president, voters in several states also voted on marijuana initiatives that have implications for employers operating in those jurisdictions. “As this area of law is developing quickly, and since…
A truck driver named Curtis Dick won a safety whistleblower suit against his former employer, Tango Transport, with widespread implications. The Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor decided in Dick’s favor in spite of the fact that his…
A recently-released study reinforces how essential freight infrastructure and landside port improvement projects are to the nation’s prosperity. The State of Freight II report was issued earlier this month by the American Association of State Highway and…
The boom in industrial real estate construction won’t be ending anytime soon, its strength sustained by the explosive growth of ecommerce. “Activity is robust in core industrial markets and expanding rapidly in secondary markets near inland ports and large…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
We may very well be on the eve of a sea-change in federal regulation under President Trump’s new administration, especially in regard to the National Labor Relations Board’s aggressively pro-union decision making. Don’t expect a lot of changes overnight,…
In recent months, economic data and economists’ predictions depicted a steadily strengthening economy, and one of the most bullish of these forecasts is a recent report on manufacturing. The survey of purchasing and supply managers conducted by the Institute…
Just before Christmas the Department of Labor expanded its independent contractors’ website, adding resources from other federal and state agencies regarding employee misclassification. However, there is nothing really new in what was added to the site,…
In advance of the inauguration of President Trump, the new Republican House of Representatives voted to strengthen the ability of Congress to strike down new federal regulations like those imposed by the Obama Administration in its waning days. The House…
More than 50 top executives whose companies are rail shippers wrote last month to the incoming Trump administration offering to work with it to ensure that rail regulation is fair and reasonable. Most of the executives’ companies are members of the Rail…
The chemical industry can expect to enjoy strong growth this year and into 2018, according to the American Chemistry Council. Despite a contraction this year, U.S. chemical production (excluding pharmaceuticals) is seen realizing overall growth of 1.6% in…
Another possible target for action by the incoming Trump administration is a new rule requiring employers to keep workplace safety records for a minimum of five years. On Dec. 19 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its final rule…
We may very well be on the eve of a sea-change in federal regulation under President Trump’s new administration, especially in regard to the National Labor Relations Board’s aggressively pro-union decision making. Don’t expect a lot of changes overnight,…
On Nov. 8 when the nation went to the polls to elect a new president, voters in several states also voted on marijuana initiatives that have implications for employers operating in those jurisdictions. “As this area of law is developing quickly, and since…
A truck driver named Curtis Dick won a safety whistleblower suit against his former employer, Tango Transport, with widespread implications. The Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor decided in Dick’s favor in spite of the fact that his…
A recently-released study reinforces how essential freight infrastructure and landside port improvement projects are to the nation’s prosperity. The State of Freight II report was issued earlier this month by the American Association of State Highway and…
The boom in industrial real estate construction won’t be ending anytime soon, its strength sustained by the explosive growth of ecommerce. “Activity is robust in core industrial markets and expanding rapidly in secondary markets near inland ports and large…