Union must include crew size in negotiations An arbitrator has determined that the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Union-Transportation Division (SMART-TD) must resume negotiations over train crew size and staffing, according to the National Railway Labor…
Plenty of large brands have hopped on the e-commerce bandwagon, building out their own proprietary technologies to further monetize their products. But why stop there — why not monetize e-commerce itself? That’s precisely what Walmart is doing. The world’s largest…
USA Truck Inc. posted a 37% year-over-year revenue increase to $170 million in the second quarter, a quarterly record, said President and CEO James Reed. The truckload carrier also reported second-quarter net income of $4.2 million, after reporting a loss…
On July 22, the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing entitled, “The Right to Organize: Empowering American Workers in a 21st Century Economy.” This hearing centered around the PRO Act, the maligned federal legislation which…
Welcome back to Truck Talk.This week, we’re looking at the future for PACCAR; Hyliion’s long-range hybrid play; the mandate for the new CEO at Workhorse Group; and whether Lordstown Motors’ financial lifeline is enough to endure. Was this forwarded to…
It’s been a long time coming, but the market is on the verge of XPO (NYSE: XPO) spinning off its contract logistics business into GXO. On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, FreightWaves’ Mark Solomon, a longtime observer of XPO, talks…
Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features old train cars fitted with water tanks for firefighting, a deadly wreck caused by a sandstorm, a…
Several trucking and logistics companies are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a 101-year-old specialty glass fabricator and its subsidiaries ceased operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in mid-July. The managing entity, Consolidated Glass Holdings Inc., lists the…
Environmental Protection Agency research concluded that the transportation sector produces more greenhouse gases than any other sector in the United States at 29%. Making matters worse, e-commerce shopping, which came to prominence during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, is…
As dozens of companies have worked to bring autonomous vehicles (AVs) to life, most of the outside focus has been directed at safety and legal concerns. While engineers are fine-tuning sensors, cameras and artificial intelligence systems to ensure vehicles properly…
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