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Senate Committee Advances PRO Act on Worker Classifications
A Senate panel on June 21 approved legislation that would seek to update federal classifications for workers.
Teamsters, UPS Shift Focus to Pay Raises
In contract negotiations between UPS Inc. and the Teamsters, the two sides have come to agreement on dozens of matters to clear the way for talks on pay and other major issues.
GOP Senators Press for Labor Nominee Julie Su’s Withdrawal
Nearly three dozen Republican senators called on President Joe Biden to withdraw from consideration his nominee to lead the Department of Labor.
Former Longistics Transportation Chairman Duane Long Dies
Duane Long, former president and chairman of Raleigh, N.C.-based logistics provider Longistics Transportation Inc., died June 12 after a long battle with lung disease. He was 70.
Warehouse Robots Help Deliver the Goods
As labor shortages persist, a French robotics company called Exotec, with North American headquarters in Atlanta, is seeing strong demand for its autonomous warehouse robots.
Reduced risk, regionalization become supply chain priorities, economics expert says
Companies are taking to heart the lesson from the pandemic about redesigning supply chains for resiliency instead of simply for efficiency, but that transformation will play out differently by industry and region, said Rana…
CPKC and Americold collaborate on refrigerated rail service offerings
Americold Realty Trust plans to locate warehouse facilities along the rail network of Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) as part of wider plans to expand intermodal transportation options and cold storage offerings for…
XPO finishes expansion project in Salt Lake City
Less-than-truckload carrier XPO said Thursday it has completed the expansion of its Salt Lake City terminal, which serves the Pacific Northwest market. A total of 58 doors and 170,000 square feet of yard space were added to…
How to leverage the KWS Group 2 trio to its full potential
Farmers Weekly KWS’ trio of Group 2 wheats offer UK growers a range of agronomic and marketing options with some of the highest untreated yields on the current RL. Grown in the right location, nothing comes close to sheer…
Upland cash a ‘red line’ for NFUS in Scots Ag Bill talks
Farmers Weekly A ring-fenced budget for direct support to upland farmers will be a “red line” for NFU Scotland in talks over the Agriculture Bill in Holyrood. The union sees this funding as a successor to the Less Favoured…
