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Back to news homeRailroads’ Strategy Thrilled Wall Street, but Not Customers and Workers
America’s first commercial railroads were built almost two centuries ago. Freight rail has been a symbol of the nation’s economic might and ingenuity ever since.In recent years, some of the […]
Railroad Workers Point to Punishing Schedules as Cause of Strike
To defuse a labor dispute that brought the nation to the brink of a potentially catastrophic railroad strike, negotiators had to resolve a key issue: schedules that workers say were […]
How a Rail Strike Could Reinvigorate Supply Chain Disruption
Just as the global supply chain flashes signs of returning to normal, a new crisis now threatens to disrupt the transport of a vast range of goods, from agricultural crops […]
Strike Threat on Freight Railroads Is New Supply Chain Worry
“Failure to finalize an agreement before the Sept. 16 deadline will hurt U.S. consumers and imperil the availability, affordability and accessibility of everyday essential products,” the Consumer Brands Association, which […]
American Importers Accuse Shipping Giants of Profiteering
David Reich assumed that a contract was a contract.His Chicago company, MSRF, assembles gift baskets for Walmart, Walgreens and other huge chains, importing key elements such as mugs and bowls […]
The Battery That Flies
He then found himself considering a career on Wall Street, doing something he didn’t want to do away from where he wanted to be: back in Vermont.“There’s a brain drain” […]
The Pandemic’s Nerd Celebrities
“Ship Happens: The Miniseries” is a podcast that would not exist if not for the pandemic, which prompted consumers to begin ordering couches and computer screens so voraciously that the […]
New Supply Chain Risk: 22,000 Dockworkers Who May Soon Strike
In a world contending with no end of economic troubles, a fresh source of concern now looms: the prospect of a confrontation between union dockworkers and their employers at some […]
Ukrainian Invasion Adds to Chaos for Global Supply Chains
And if the conflict is prolonged, it could threaten the summer wheat harvest, which flows into bread, pasta and packaged food for vast numbers of people, especially in Europe, North […]