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Uber Freight Report: Supply Continues To Expand as Demand Softens

Although consumers are spending approximately 8% more on retail than last year, real retail sales — adjusted for inflation — are 1% lower year-over-year.

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Machinist Union Members Approve Revised Railroad Labor Deal

The approval by the machinists came by a narrow margin, and that may only partly ease concerns.

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What Now for Self-Driving Trucks? How About We Focus on Rail!

It’s time to admit it: self-driving trucks are hooey. We should instead turn to reviving America’s neglected rail network.

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A Second Railroad Union Votes Down Biden's Tentative Agreement

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, the third largest railroad union, voted earlier in October to also reject the agreement.

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U.K. Unions Will Fight Government Over Workers' Rights, Vows TUC

U.K. unions are ready to take on the government if it attempts to strip away workers' rights, the head of the Trades Union Congress — the umbrella movement for the U.K.'s major unions — has said.

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Miners’ Losses Mount as Ports Strike Drags On in South Africa

The walkout by workers that began October 6 is costing shippers of iron ore, coal, chrome, ferrochrome and manganese about 815 million rand a day.

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Rail Union Rejects Biden-Backed Deal, Reviving Strike Risk

The result signals continued discontent over compensation, working conditions and sick-leave policies among some of the more than 100,000 union-represented workers of U.S. freight railroads.

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Much-Needed Canadian Grain Piles Up Amid Fear of Rail Bottleneck

Shippers are worried about the railways’ ability to haul grain, as Canadian farmers harvest the nation’s third-biggest wheat crop on record and 42% more canola than a year ago.

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Amtrak Aims for Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2045

“Not only are trains convenient and comfortable, they are also one of the most sustainable modes of transportation,” Amtrak chief executive officer Stephen Gardner said in a statement.

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Railroads’ Strategy Thrilled Wall Street, but Not Customers and Workers

The underlying strategies that strengthened railroads’ bottom lines have caused friction with customers, regulators and particularly workers — giving rise to a contract dispute that threatened a nationwide shutdown of the railway system.

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Can an FMC Order Break the Cargo Logjam at Ports?

The recently enacted Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 gave the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission stronger oversight of how ocean carriers and marine terminals treat shippers. Now, FMC is being called on to wield some of that power.

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Rail Shippers Applaud Labor Deal, Seek Rapid Ratification

The deal announced before dawn on the morning of Sept. 15 came less than 24 hours before a deadline Sept. 16 that could have led to a shutdown of rail operations across the U.S.

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