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The clock is ticking on a threat by Uber and Lyft to pull out of Minneapolis on May 1 after the City Council this week overrode a mayoral veto of an ordinance laying out minimum compensation requirements for app-based drivers. The current measure has few substantive differences from a plan that died last year after…
A Los Angeles jury awarded more than $58 million to a Palmdale train yard worker who suffered a microfracture in his foot in a fall. Pablo Scipione, who was working as an independent contractor for Altech Services, was injured when he slipped and fell on top of a train while performing electrical repairs at rail…
Kodiak Robotics and Forward Air Corp. are beginning thrice-weekly autonomous freight round-trip runs between Dallas and Atlanta using teams of safety drivers to comply with hours-of-service regulations that likely won’t apply to driverless trucks. Mountain View, California-based Kodiak expects to pull the driver on specific routes in 2024. But for now, the biggest cost of…
A letter obtained by FreightWaves shows less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. is seeking to defer health and welfare as well as pension contribution payments for the next two months. A Friday letter penned by Yellow Chief Financial Officer Dan Olivier is asking for a deferral for plan contributions for the months of July and August. The…
Data generation within the supply chain is continuous, providing companies unprecedented access to information. The key to success in this data-rich environment is effectively utilizing this information for growth and other opportunities. The ability to capture and analyze this supply chain data is precious and a robust data management strategy is required to do it…
UPS Inc. said Tuesday that it will explore strategic alternatives for its struggling truckload brokerage business, Coyote Logistics, including a possible sale. In addition, UPS said it will cut 12,000 full- and part-time management and contract jobs this year as part of a new initiative called “Fit to Serve.” UPS paid $1.8 billion for Chicago-based…