Teamsters oppose White House involvement in UPS talks

Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said he doesn’t want the White House to intervene in contract negotiations with UPS Inc., saying, “We don’t need anyone getting involved in this fight.” In a Teamsters webinar on Sunday, O’Brien also said that it would take about three weeks for a tentative agreement to be reviewed and voted…

Price war keeps air cargo rates below natural level

Amid a burgeoning price war, pessimism is growing in air cargo circles that a market in prolonged recession could drift further downward, after a short pause, reducing the chance of a modest recovery during the traditional preholiday shipping rush. Logistics professionals had hoped for an upturn by now that would steadily build into the second…