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Strike against Amazon reveals complicated interrelationship among warring parties

The Teamsters union has launched a multilocation strike against Amazon, but as with so many things involving the giant e-commerce retailer and logistics company, describing the labor action is no simple task.

The union said overnight in a prepared statement that workers would be setting up picket lines at seven Amazon locations, which are identified by a four-letter and numerical code: DBK4 in New York, DGT8 in Atlanta, DFX4, DAX5 and DAX8 in Southern California, CDK6 in San Francisco, and DIL7...

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Sysco Louisville Teamsters strike ends, 1st deal signed 

A strike by Teamsters members at a Sysco facility in Louisville, Kentucky, ended over the weekend with the signing of the first-ever contract between the members of Local 89 and the food distribution giant.

Workers, most of them drivers, had voted in favor of Teamsters recognition in August but had not been able to reach agreement on a contract. In a coordinated move, workers at Sysco in Louisville and in Indianapolis, where a contract had expired at the beginning of March, simultaneously went...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sysco-louisville-teamsters-strike-ends-1st-deal-signed

Electrification, autonomous startups happy for help

A theme emerges as you look around the electrification and autonomous trucking space. Practically no one does it alone.

Don’t go it alone

“Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends. Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends.” — The Beatles

No man is an island. Neither is a startup pursuing electrification or autonomy. Sometimes it’s a partnership. Sometimes it is licensing or reselling someone else’s enabling product. Just about everybody is doing it.

A recent example comes from...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/electrification-autonomous-startups-happy-for-help-in-what-they-dont-know

Career Tracks: First female Railway Association of Canada chair

Fiona Murray, vice president of public and government affairs for CN, has been appointed chair of the board of the Railway Association of Canada (RAC).

Murray is the first female board chair in the RAC’s 103-year history.

“Fiona is a very effective and strong leader as well as an extremely capable railroader,” said CN President and CEO JJ Ruest. “I’ve worked directly with Fiona for over 20 years, and her dedication and commitment to anything she gets involved with has been an incredible asset for...

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