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July 19, 2023
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…
July 17, 2023
Strike risk rises as Yellow punts on more than $50M in required contributionsA delinquency notice was issued Monday showing less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. failed to make required contributions to health and welfare…
July 17, 2023
European Aviation Strikes: What’s the LatestAnother summer of strikes is hitting European aviation. With commercial aviation being a labor intensities industry that requires many work…
July 14, 2023
Wholesale Weakness Slowing US Inventory Destocking, Freight DemandThere is growing conviction among US companies that inventory destocking is working, thinning stockpiles of goods built up in 2022 — but…
July 13, 2023
Western Canada Port Strike Ends After Deal Reached on Tentative Four-Year ContractThe 13-day longshore strike that hit the Western Canadian ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert ended Thursday after the International…
July 5, 2023
UPS, Teamsters talks collapseContract negotiations between UPS Inc. and the Teamsters union collapsed early Wednesday morning, with each side blaming the other for…
July 4, 2023
Dockworkers strike continues at Canada’s West Coast portsA strike by 7,400 Canadian dockworkers against their West Coast ports employers has entered its fifth day as negotiations have…
June 30, 2023
Threats of an LTL Shutdown, UPS Strike Loom for US ShippersThe ground is trembling beneath the less-than-truckload (LTL) market this week as Yellow, the third-largest US LTL carrier, warned in…
June 29, 2023
California Supreme Court to Review Rulings on Constitutionality of Prop 22The battle over the constitutionality of California’s Prop 22 lives on, with the state’s Supreme Court granting review of mixed…
June 28, 2023
Analysts Contemplate a Yellow BankruptcyWith questions swirling around the fate of the nation’s third-largest less-than-truckload carrier, Yellow Corp., industry analysts have started looking at…