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Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Inc. recently announced it is closing after 51 years in business, citing dwindling water for irrigation and an ongoing dispute with Mexico over water supplies. The closure will result in layoffs of 435 employees, including 101 company truck drivers, for the sugar-growing operation and mill based in Santa Rosa, Texas….
Both the California Trucking Association and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have filed amended complaints in the ongoing lawsuit regarding California’s AB5 independent contractor law, and as expected, the changes have a common target: Lorena Gonzalez. Gonzalez, a former state assemblywoman, is the author of AB5, which tightly restricts whether a worker can be defined…
Traton SE, the parent company of Navistar International, reported dramatically higher second-quarter sales and profits compared with a year earlier. But economic uncertainty resulted in significantly lower incoming orders. Traton’s adjusted operating profit in the April-June period reached $1.15 billion compared with $438.5 million a year ago. Q2 revenue totaled $12.92 billion compared with $10.47…
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How enterprise fleets can promote health to drivers to improve their overall quality of life on the road DETAILS: Mark Manera, CEO and founder of Supply Chain Fitness, speaks with Mary O’Connell of FreightWaves about the health of truck drivers and why companies should not only invest in drivers’ health, but find…
The future of procurement is real-time. Historically, the procurement process has involved shippers securing quotes from carriers through the bidding process, with carriers putting forward rates and shippers choosing based on the best provider and price. However, whether bidding is done through RFPs or spot auctions, traditional methods leave money on the table. In the…
Yellow, the third-largest less-than-truckload company that’s in the midst of financial chaos, is laying off an unknown number of office employees, most of which were nonunion. Employees were notified of the layoffs on Friday morning in voice-only calls. At least three executives laid off large portions of their teams: Yellow Chief Information Officer Annlea Rumfola…