08 Jul Amazon Workers Plan Prime Day Strike at a Minnesota Warehouse Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in Minnesota plan to strike during the online retailer’s summer sales extravaganza, a sign that labor unrest persists even after the company committed to paying all employees at least $15 an hour last year. Read more...
08 Jul Perspective: Putting Safety Above ‘Misclassification’ A recent effort in a state legislature illustrates how trial lawyers’ zeal to preserve rules that limit a carrier’s control over an independent owner-operator — specifically, as it relates to motor carrier deployment of safety technologies — threatens to impede progress in trucking safety. Read more...
08 Jul Senate Panel Schedules July 10 Hearing on Highway Reauthorization Priorities Senate surface transportation leaders will meet July 10 to examine the merits of having a long-term highway policy bill on the books. Read more...
05 Jul California Greenlights Waymo Taxi Test Program California has granted Waymo permission to carry passengers in the autonomous vehicles it is testing on the state’s roads, paving the way for the self-driving car company to roll out a taxi service in San Jose. Read more...
05 Jul US Biofuel Quotas Would Get Modest Bump Under EPA Proposal The Trump administration on July 5 advanced plans to modestly lift U.S. biofuel-blending targets, while dodging fights over how frequently to waive refineries from the quotas and how to offset those exemptions. Read more...
05 Jul Great Lakes High Water Could Hurt Shipping, Industry Warns As high water levels persist in the Great Lakes, some shoreline dwellers are putting pressure on officials to open up dams in the east to let out more water, but shipping industry officials in Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis., worry such a move thousands of miles away could have big consequences locally. Read more...
05 Jul Two-Time 3-Axle Champ Mark Cole Adds Grand Champion Title in Montana Mark Cole of FedEx Freight found himself in the winner’s circle for the second year in a row as 3-Axle champion, then added the Grand Champion title June 15 at the Montana Truck Driving Championships in Helena. Read more...
05 Jul Electric Jaguars to Be Made in UK Despite Brexit Uncertainty LONDON — Jaguar Land Rover says it will manufacture a range of electric cars in the U.K., a boost to an industry braced for turmoil ahead of Britain’s departure from the European Union. Read more...
05 Jul BMW CEO Harald Krueger to Quit After Carmaker Loses Early Lead in Electrics FRANKFURT, Germany — BMW CEO Harald Krueger is stepping down after a four-year tenure in which the automaker lost its lead in luxury car sales and saw an early head start in electric vehicles evaporate. Read more...
05 Jul US Adds Solid 224,000 Jobs in June WASHINGTON — U.S. employers sharply stepped up their hiring in June, adding a robust 224,000 jobs, an indication of the economy’s durability after more than a decade of expansion. Read more...