The window for an infrastructure bill in 2019 is only about four months, starting now, and closing quickly. Here's Capitol Agenda's look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
February 25, 2019UPS
Government, Business, Technology, Safety
“We can’t continue going on like we are as a nation,” Ferndale, Mich., Councilwoman Melanie Piana said at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this month. (Save MI City via YouTube)
Congressional Infrastructure Window 4-6 Months, Stakeholders Say
“We can’t continue going on like we are as a nation,” Ferndale, Mich., Councilwoman Melanie Piana said at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this month. (Save MI City via YouTube)
Business
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UPS Exceeds Expectations With Strong 4Q Earnings
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
UPS Inc. reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, the package delivery company reported Jan. 31.
January 31, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
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UPS Expands Keyless Apartment-Building Entry That Started in NYC
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News
United Parcel Service Inc. is expanding a keyless-entry system for package deliveries at apartment buildings after a successful test in New York and San Francisco.
January 22, 2019
Business, Logistics, TCA
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UPS Holiday Package Returns Hit Peak Before Year End for First Time
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UPS Inc. expected to handle a record 1.5 million returns Dec. 19, ahead of its usual early January peak of 1.3 million.
December 20, 2018
Business, Logistics, Top 100
UPS warehouse (John Sommers II for TT)
UPS Purchases $18.3 Million in Property in Massachusetts
UPS warehouse (John Sommers II for TT)
United Parcel Service has purchased properties in Shrewsbury, Mass., and Grafton, Mass., for $18.3 million as it considers whether to build a $200 million distribution facility in the area.
December 13, 2018
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100, TCA
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Holiday Shipping Deadlines for Amazon, USPS, UPS, FedEx
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Procrastinators take note: The deadline is fast approaching to get those gifts in the mail to arrive by Christmas Eve.
December 13, 2018
Business
A UPS Freight truck on the streets of Louisville, Ky. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
UPS Freight Resumes Operations After Workers Approve Contract, Avoid Strike
A UPS Freight truck on the streets of Louisville, Ky. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
UPS Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have approved a new five-year contract, averting a strike by 11,600 UPS freight workers as the Atlanta-based company heads into its busiest shipping time of the year.
November 12, 2018
Business, Top 100
UPS Inc.
Teamsters Ratify Five-Year Contract With UPS
UPS Inc.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has ratified a new five-year contract with UPS Inc. for the company’s estimated 255,000 drivers and other employees who handle small freight.
October 11, 2018
Business, TCA
A worker prepares orders at a UPS Inc. distribution center in Atlanta. (Robin Nelson/Bloomberg)
UPS Hiring 100,000 for Holiday Shipping Season
A worker prepares orders at a UPS Inc. distribution center in Atlanta. (Robin Nelson/Bloomberg)
UPS announced that it is hiring about 100,000 temporary workers for the holiday shipping season.
September 17, 2018
Business, Top 100
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UPS Reaches Tentative Agreement With Airline Mechanics
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Local union leaders with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters which represents UPS Inc. and UPS freight workers approved on Aug. 9 two separate five-year national contracts. This paves the way for the 250,000 workers, including drivers, loaders, package sorters, dockworkers and operations team members and 11,000 freight workers to vote on the contacts in September.
August 10, 2018Pages
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