31 Oct Teamsters Hold Public Picket Against CSX Future Health Benefits A division of the Teamsters union held what it called an informational picket Oct. 30 against Jacksonville-based CSX Corp., saying the company is planning to “drastically reduce our health insurance benefits.” Read more...
31 Oct Exemption Requests Increase as ELD Enforcement Date Nears Serveral organizations, including the Motion Picture Association of America, are seeking exemptions from having to install electronic logging devices by Dec. 18. Read more...
31 Oct Waymo 'Really Close' to Putting Customers in Self-Driving Cars Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo unit demonstrated a self-driving minivan with no one behind the wheel, declaring the vehicle as ready for public use. Read more...
31 Oct Homeownership Rate Rises for Second Time This Year The U.S. homeownership rate rose for the second time this year as improving employment drove demand for property purchases. Read more...
31 Oct Consumer Confidence Just Hit Its Highest Level in Almost 17 Years U.S. consumer confidence rose more than expected in October to the highest in almost 17 years as Americans grew more confident about the economy and job market, according to figures Oct. 31 from the New York-based Conference Board. Read more...
31 Oct Home-Price Gains in 20 US Cities Showed Acceleration in August Home-price gains in 20 U.S. cities accelerated in August amid tight inventories and steady economic growth, figures from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller showed Oct. 31. Read more...
31 Oct Employment Costs Pick Up on Faster Wage Gains at Factories U.S. employment costs picked up in the third quarter from the previous three months, helped in part by faster wage gains in manufacturing, the Labor Department said Oct. 31. Read more...
31 Oct Waymo 'Really Close' to Putting Customers in Self-Driving Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo unit demonstrated a self-driving minivan with no one behind the wheel, declaring the vehicle as ready for public use. Read more...
30 Oct Norfolk Southern Sues Over Millions of Rail Ties It Calls Defective ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern Railway has filed a federal lawsuit against an Alabama company, claiming the company failed to use proper protective coating on more than 4.7 million wooden railroad ties. Read more...
30 Oct N.Y. Teamsters Hoping UPS Can Secure Loans to Shore Up Pension Fund ALBANY, N.Y. — October is the first month thousands of retired upstate New York Teamsters will feel the hit from a 29% cut in their monthly pension checks. Read more...