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NLRB Counsel to Seek Legal Action Over Noncompete Clauses
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo pledged to pursue legal action against “ employers who require nonsupervisory employees to sign noncompete agreements.
Northeast LTLs combine: RIST Transport acquires AMA Transportation
Less-than-truckload carrier RIST Transport announced Thursday that it has acquired fellow carrier AMA Transportation. The deal expands direct service throughout New England for both companies. Customer service and technology…
Shaw: NS is ‘going to be the gold standard in safety’
Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw didn’t start out working for the railroads. Shaw graduated from college with a degree in aerospace engineering and one of his first jobs was working in shipbuilding in Newport…
Loaded and Rolling: Back-office jobs still in demand; EPA electric truck plan draws concern
Fleet back-office jobs still in demand (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) The freight recession has done little to stem ongoing demand for both drivers and the back-office operations staff that supports them, according to a…
Staffing solutions for success — Taking the Hire Road
This week on Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach, is joined by good friend and industry leader John Trahan, vice president of Centerline Drivers. With more than 30 years of industry…
US import demand positioned to find a new bottom in 2023
Exactly one year ago, SONAR’s ocean container bookings data revealed that U.S. import demand for containerized goods was dropping off a cliff, and while that same bookings data is still trending right alongside 2019 levels…
Manufacturing Economic Activity Continued to Contract in May: ISM Report
Manufacturing economic activity continued its trend of contraction in May for the seventh consecutive month. The May manufacturing PMI came in at 46.9%, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than in April. The food, beverage,…
Self-Driving Trucks Need Human Operator Under California Bill
California lawmakers are moving forward with plans to restrict the deployment of self-driving trucks — a move that industry representatives say is misguided.
NHTSA’s Advisory Panel on Underride Protection Raises Topics
A committee launched by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to study side underride protection during its inaugural meeting raised a variety of topic areas to address.
Kentucky Lands Kroger E-Commerce Center
Northern Kentucky is getting a new $550,000 distribution center from a unit of The Kroger Co. to give the grocery store giant a larger e-commerce foothold in the state and Ohio.
