5 Key Impacts of Logistics Firms Reducing Employees Amid Economic Uncertainty
Explore how logistics firms reducing employees amid economic uncertainty impacts the industry, and the opportunities it creates for resilient competitors.
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C.H. Robinson Layoffs Looming: Set to Reduce Headcount in 2023
Logistics giant C.H. Robinson layoffs are anticipated in 2023 as the logistics giant focuses on improving productivity and reducing personnel expenses in an evolving market.
Amthor Adding Plant in Virginia: Significant Expansion with 100 New Jobs
Discover how the impact of Amthor adding plant in Virginia will create 100 new jobs, invest over $4 million in a new facility, and stimulate the local economy.
Trucking Still Gaining Workers
Trucking still gaining workers at around 2,100 workers in December 2022 from November, seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) shows. According to the DOL’s final 2022 employment report for the truck…
Aging Drivers Threaten Trucking
Aging Drivers Threaten Trucking. The trucking industry needs young blood. The ATA estimates the U.S. is 80,000 truckers short of where it needs to be, it has a lot to do with an aging workforce…
United Road Expands Driver Pay
Transport logistics provider United Road has expanded its guaranteed pay benefit to all company drivers so that first year, tenured and rehired drivers can all expect a level of financial assurance and can count on…
Drivers Prefer Smaller Firms
Drivers, technicians and office workers in the trucking industry are more likely to be satisfied at small or medium-sized companies, according to WorkHound’s mid-year report. Workhound is a website that provides a forum for those…
Trucking Applications May Set Record
About 51,000 motor carriers had received common or contract carrier authority through June, making 2021 likely to surpass 2020’s calendar-year record of 59,000, according to transport consultancy FTR. The company’s data was drawn from FMCSA…
Second Pay Raise At Carbon Express
Carbon Express, a Wharton, N.J.-based bulk chemical transporter, has raised driver pay a second time this year, company officials said in a press release. The company is also making profit-sharing distributions to drivers. Steve Rush…
Transporter Raising Pay
Highway Transport, a bulk chemical transportation company, is implementing an immediate pay increase for drivers that will apply to both hourly and mileage pay across all 14 of the company’s service centers. The pay increase follows…
