Management from J.B. Hunt Transport Services said Wednesday that overall demand continues to be subdued. However, it noted some areas of strength in the market. “We have a few pockets where it’s getting a little bit better,” President Shelley Simpson said during an appearance at a Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) investor conference in Chicago. She…
The legal battle over the question of independent contractor (IC) versus employee status produced a decision Tuesday at the National Labor Relations Board that is seen as likely to favor defining a worker as an employee rather than as an IC. In a case known as Atlanta Opera, the Democrat-controlled NLRB ruled in favor of…
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Telematics data is playing an ever-increasing role in trucking, but a majority of surveyed industry representatives believe their companies could still do more with the information. Seventy-three percent of those […]
The Association of American Railroads has outlined eight ways that the federal government can work with the U.S. freight rail industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the freight transportation sector and “effectively combat climate change.” AAR’s new paper, released Tuesday, comes as government estimates calculate that total freight demand is anticipated to grow by…