20% Wage Increase as Sysco Drivers New Contract Brings Improved Working Conditions
Sysco drivers new contract brings significant wage increases and enhanced working conditions, ending strikes and benefiting workers and the company.
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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.
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…
Nation’s warehouses growing old
Nation’s warehouses growing old, analysts say the unprecedented boom in logistics warehousing demand is now about a decade old. During most of the past 10 years, it was a safe bet that the aging of…
Warehouse Demand At Record Level
Warehouse demand at record levels. Driven by rising e-commerce demand and related one and two-day shipping demands, the need for new warehouses has never been higher. Real estate services firm JLL published a survey…
Wait Times Cutting Into Driver Pay
As carriers continue to try to attract drivers by enticing them with more pay, delays caused by disruptions in the supply chain that show no signs of letting up could be eating away at those…
PPP Money Likely To Be Extended
A two-month extension of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was expected to be approved by President Biden following a Senate vote in late March. The 2021 version of the PPP originally was scheduled to end…
Inland Ports Gaining Volume, Report Says
As intermodal volumes have stayed ahead of carload volumes in recent years, a report recently published by Chicago-based commercial real estate firm JLL suggests this trend should continue.
Increased intermodal usage will not only see…
Utility Trailer Sales Southeast TX Expanding
Utility Trailer is opening a new, dual-use facility on U.S. Highway 57 in Eagle Pass, Texas, company officials announced recently. The company’s Houston group built the “state-of-the-art” dealer facility on 40 acres of land located…
