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30
Jul
FedEx Pilots Reject 30% Pay Hike Proposal, but a Strike isn’t Imminent
Pilots for FedEx have rejected a tentative labor deal. But that doesn’t mean they’re about to walk off the job just as UPS is threatened with its own strike by 340,000 drivers and other hourly ground workers. The FedEx pilots who belong […]
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29
Jul
UPS Shippers May Facer Double-Digit Rate Increases in Wake of Contract
UPS Inc. shippers should brace themselves for double-digit general rate increases (GRI) in 2024 as the transport and logistics behemoth looks to recoup the “astronomical” cost increases from its tentative five-year contract with the Teamsters union, a transport executive said. […]
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26
Jul
Yellow Exec Tells Sales Staff Company will File Bankruptcy Monday
Yellow’s senior vice president of sales informed her staff on Wednesday that their last day would be Friday and the less-than-truckload carrier will file bankruptcy on Monday, according to three employees who attended the video call. Yellow (NASDAQ: YELL) is […]
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24
Jul
No Strike at Yellow; Central States Grants Extension
Teamsters at less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. will not be on strike Monday as previously planned. Central States Funds agreed Sunday to extend health care benefits for employees at YRC Freight and Holland. Yellow (NASDAQ: YELL) now has 30 days to pay […]
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19
Jul
UPS is massive. Here’s a visual breakdown of how a strike could impact delivery globally.
UPS and Teamsters, the union representing nearly 340,000 UPS workers are trying to reach a new five-year labor contract before the current contract expires at midnight July 31. Earlier this month, the two sides departed the bargaining table without coming […]
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17
Jul
Strike risk rises as Yellow punts on more than $50M in required contributions
A delinquency notice was issued Monday showing less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. failed to make required contributions to health and welfare and pension funds for the month of June and that it is planning to withhold payments for July. The two […]
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17
Jul
European Aviation Strikes: What’s the Latest
Another summer of strikes is hitting European aviation. With commercial aviation being a labor intensities industry that requires many work groups to work, if one workgroup is unhappy with their contract – the entire airport or airline can be and […]
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14
Jul
Wholesale Weakness Slowing US Inventory Destocking, Freight Demand
There is growing conviction among US companies that inventory destocking is working, thinning stockpiles of goods built up in 2022 — but just not fast enough. “The peak of inventory is behind us,” Harmit Singh, chief financial and growth officer of apparel maker […]
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13
Jul
Western Canada Port Strike Ends After Deal Reached on Tentative Four-Year Contract
The 13-day longshore strike that hit the Western Canadian ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert ended Thursday after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada and waterfront employers reached a deal on a tentative four-year contract. The end of […]
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05
Jul
UPS, Teamsters talks collapse
Contract negotiations between UPS Inc. and the Teamsters union collapsed early Wednesday morning, with each side blaming the other for its demise. The Teamsters issued a statement saying that UPS (NYSE: UPS) walked away from the bargaining table at 4 a.m. after presenting an […]
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