Postal Service to work with DOGE on reform, cut 10,000 workers
The agency previously announced plans to cut its operating costs by more than $3.5 billion annually.
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Indianapolis shipping company sues former employee, alleging he gave away trade secrets
FitzMark LLC accused the former employee of violating a confidentiality and non-compete contract. Also named as a defendant is Koola Logistics LLC, a Carmel-based freight transportation company.
Many retailers offer ‘returnless refunds,’ but they don’t talk much about it
Returnless refunds are a tool that more retailers are using to keep online shoppers happy and to reduce shipping fees, processing time and other ballooning costs from returned products.
Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate
The agreement affects about 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at 36 ports stretching from Maine to Texas that handle about half the cargo from ships coming into and out of the United States.
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
If it goes more than a few weeks, a work stoppage would significantly snarl the nation’s supply chain, potentially leading to higher prices and delays in goods reaching households and businesses.
Retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike
If roughly 45,000 U.S. longshoremen make good on their threat to strike beginning Tuesday, they could shut down 36 ports from Maine to Texas that handle about half the goods shipped into and out of the United States.
Postal Service’s squeeze on shipping consolidators could raise consumer costs
The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday that it is ending discounts that shipping consolidators such as UPS and DHL use to get packages to the nation’s doorsteps.
Trucking industry on a bumpy road post-pandemic
The economic effects of the pandemic created boom times for trucking—but the industry has hit an extended bumpy patch since then, with no consensus as to when conditions will smooth out.
Amazon relaunches shipping service that competes with FedEx, UPS
Amazon has restarted a shipping service it paused in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon Shipping allows sellers to ship Amazon orders or products sold on other sites.
Trucking firm with 30,000 employees ceasing operations, union says
An official bankruptcy filing is expected any day for Yellow Corp., after years of financial struggles and growing debt. Its expected liquidation would mark a significant shift for the U.S. transportation industry and shippers nationwide.
As UPS deadline nears, strike appears more likely with no deal in place
Some 340,000 UPS employees are inching toward a strike, threatening the largest work stoppage in over half a century, that could upend a part of the broader package delivery system that Americans have come to depend on.
Teamsters chief says he asked White House not to intervene if UPS workers strike
Negotiations between the delivery company and the union representing 340,000 of its workers have been at a standstill for more than a week with a July 31 deadline for a new contract approaching fast.
Possible UPS strike looms large in world grown reliant on delivery
The last time UPS workers walked of the job more than two decades ago, it crippled the shipping company. An emboldened union is threatening to do the same, and this time the disruption would be far greater.
DeJoy: U.S. Postal Service plans to keep raising prices
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says his plan to dramatically increase postage rates could spell trouble for some businesses relying on mailing and shipping costs that have been kept low at the expense of the Postal Service’s financial stability.
U.S. Postal Service raising mail prices for majority of users
The new rates, which cover stamps and other mail items including periodicals and advertising mailers, are poised to take effect July 9 unless overruled by the postal regulator.
Biden calls on Congress to head off potential rail strike
A coalition of more than 400 business groups sent a letter to congressional leaders Monday urging them to step into the stalled talks because of fears about the devastating potential impact of a strike.
As deadline looms, railroads say strike would cost $2B a day
The railroad trade group said a strike would idle some 7,000 freight trains a day run by CSX, Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern and other railroads and disrupt passenger operations nationwide.
Postal Service to raise rates on packages during holiday season
The mail agency’s board of governors approved a peak-season plan to increase the costs of commercial and retail parcels from early October through late January to capture the bustling holiday shopping season when packages crisscross the country.
Even Amish furniture makers affected by international supply chain issues
Metal hardware has been in short supply the last couple of years, and one item in particular has bedeviled Amish craftsmen: drawer slides.
Sky-high diesel prices squeeze truckers, farmers, consumers
For months, motorists have felt the pain of high gasoline prices. Many might not know that they’re also absorbing the impact of much costlier diesel in the form of higher priced goods.