The Hyundai company logo hangs over a long row of cars at a car dealership in Centennial, Colo. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press) SAVANNAH, Ga. — Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution said Aug. 31 they will spend an additional $2 billion and hire an extra 400 workers to make batteries at the automaker’s sprawling U.S. ...more
United Auto Workers members walk in the 2019 Labor Day parade in Detroit. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press) DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union says it has filed unfair labor practice complaints against Stellantis and General Motors for failing to make counteroffers to the union’s economic demands. Ford was the only company of the Detroit Three ...more
A construction worker wires rebar for a foundation in Boston. (Michael Dwyer/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — The nation’s employers added 187,000 jobs in August, evidence of a slowing but still-resilient labor market despite the high interest rates the Federal Reserve has imposed. August’s job growth marked an increase from July’s revised gain of 157,000 but still ...more
Trimac Transportation's latest acquisition is Gleason, Tenn.-based Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking. (Sims & Sons) Trimac Transportation Ltd. has purchased two North American bulk haulage carriers in the past few weeks, bringing its acquisition count for 2023 to four with plans to accelerate its ongoing buying spree, said Dan Carpenter, vice president of marketing and ...more
Trucks line up at an inspection station. (Utah Department of Transportation) A Washington think tank is encouraging the federal government to proceed with a legislatively mandated national pilot program to explore the viability of a vehicle-miles-traveled fee, a system viewed by some as a potential replacement for current federal fuel taxes on diesel and gasoline ...more
A Peterbilt-manufactured truck equipped with Kodiak Robotics' self-driving technology. (Raymond Rudolph/Kodiak Robotics) Driverless 18-wheel trucks won’t be driving down Interstate 880 or any other state highway anytime soon. And if a proposal sailing through the California Legislature becomes law, they won’t be able to do so without a human driver present until at least 2031. ...more
A box with Amazon Prime Day branded tape in a distribution cage at an Amazon fulfillment center in Dartford, U.K. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News) Amazon.com Inc. and Shopify Inc. have struck a deal to allow merchants who pay for Shopify’s e-commerce tools to use Amazon’s logistics network. The two companies, which both sell e-commerce software and ...more
Wabtec's FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives at the Freight 2030 event on Sept. 10, 2021 in Pittsburgh. (Ed Rieker/Associated Press for Wabtec) ERIE, Pa. — The country’s largest locomotive manufacturer and its striking union workers have reached a tentative agreement that could end a two-month strike that saw about 1,400 people walk off the job at its ...more
Yellow trucks at a YRC facility in Richfield, Ohio, on July 29. (Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press) Used trucks and trailers owned by bankrupt Yellow Corp. are set to come up for auction in unprecedented numbers, but the market can handle it, say observers. A liquidation of this size has not been seen for decades, Stacy Tracy, ...more
Reporters wade through floodwaters in downtown Tarpon Springs, Fla., area after Hurricane Idalia passed offshore on Aug. 30. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images via Bloomberg News) Florida has started to dig out from the aftermath of Idalia, which weakened to a tropical storm even as it brought heavy rain across Georgia and the Carolinas. While the hurricane ...more
