19 Aug Workers at Mexico GM Plant Oust Union MEXICO CITY — Workers at a General Motors plant in Mexico have voted to end a collective bargaining contract negotiated by an old-guard union accused of intimidation tactics in earlier votes. It was an early display of the effectiveness of labor mechanisms negotiated under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement. Read more...
19 Aug Senate Democrats Ask for Taiwan’s Help With Chip Shortage Three Democratic senators are asking the Taiwanese government to help the U.S. with a chip shortage that has idled auto plants and sent workers packing throughout the industry as the global economy struggles to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
19 Aug ATRI Seeks Driver Input on Job Motivations, Satisfaction The American Transportation Research Institute announced Aug. 18 that it has launched a data collection initiative to better understand drivers’ job motivations. Read more...
19 Aug Toyota Cuts Show Chip Shortage Ravages Even Best Supply Planners Toyota Motor Corp.’s efforts to stockpile enough chips and other key components to ride out supply disruptions only protected the company so long before it too succumbed to the shortages eviscerating automakers. Read more...
19 Aug Jobless Claims Hit a Pandemic Low as Hiring Strengthens WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fourth straight time to a pandemic low, the latest sign that America’s job market is rebounding from the pandemic recession as employers boost hiring to meet a surge in consumer demand. Read more...
19 Aug Amid Disruptions, Midwestern States Issue Regulatory Relief for Fuel Haulers Supply chain challenges have prompted multiple states in the Midwest to extend regulatory relief to truckers who haul fuel. Read more...
19 Aug Just as Things Look Better for Retail, Amazon Rears Its Head News of Amazon .com Inc.’s department store plans sent a shudder through retail stocks just as some of the biggest names in the industry were reporting robust earnings, a signal that new challenges await in the beleaguered sector. Read more...
19 Aug Congressional Republicans, Moderate Democrats Balk at $3.5 Trillion Budget Top congressional Republicans announced their opposition to Democratic leaders’ pursuit of a $3.5 trillion budget plan that would be considered alongside a big-ticket infrastructure package. Separately, a small group of moderate House Democrats took issue with their party’s legislative timeline. Read more...
19 Aug Ports on Both Coasts Report Strong July Numbers Imported goods continued to flood into the U.S. in July as the nation’s ports produced substantial container volumes. Read more...
19 Aug FTC Should Probe Tesla Autopilot Claims, Senators Say Two U.S. senators are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Tesla Inc. uses deceptive marketing practices by labeling its driver-assistance systems “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving.” Read more...