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Check Call: Accessibility for all

Welcome to Check Call, our corner of the internet for all things 3PL, freight broker and supply chain. Check Call the podcast comes out every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EST. Catch up on previous episodes here. If this was forwarded to you, sign up for Check Call the newsletter here.

Inside this edition: Accessibility training for visually impaired freight brokers; California continues to be complicated; and GXO sets the bar high. 

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Accessibility for all. The Cincinnati Association for...

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The Log Book: UPS celebrates Global Volunteer Month

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: UPS highlights employee volunteerism for Global Volunteer Month, Women in Trucking honors Candor Expedite’s Nicole Glenn and ONE helps with regreening initiatives in Africa.

UPS celebrates Global Volunteer Month

Earlier this month, international shipping provider UPS announced its continued support of Global Volunteer Month, calling on its employees to reach out to UPS community relations...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-log-book-ups-celebrates-global-volunteer-month

Check Call: Type A for everyone

Hot Take

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The Great Resignation is morphing into the great reshuffling as people search for new career opportunities — leaving employers scrambling to ensure the employees they have are happy and satisfied while those who are looking to capitalize on the mass exodus tout their company culture and benefits. 

The weird thing about the transportation world is that once you’re in the industry, it becomes harder every year to leave. For an industry that isn’t often a lot of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-type-a-for-everyone

Are 3PLs, last-mile carriers in the beginning of a beautiful friendship?

Third-party logistics (3PL) providers and last-mile delivery companies are unlikely bedfellows. Many 3PLs don’t understand what last-mile carriers do and who they are.

Out of necessity, however, the status quo seems likely to change. Last-mile delivery demand continues to explode in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is elevating customer expectations and continually raising the retailer performance bar. The response to these secular and intertwined trends will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/are-3pls-last-mile-carriers-at-the-beginning-of-a-beautiful-friendship

Freight fraud: Burgeoning double-brokering scheme like ‘whack-a-mole’

Double-brokering scheme targets brokers and truckers

Part 1 of a two-part investigation into an alleged double-brokering scheme from Southern California

Frustrated with brokers and carriers being looted by a sophisticated network of load-board scammers posing as legitimate companies, Joe Howard created a spreadsheet to track a list of suspect companies, largely based in Southern California, to warn others to do their due diligence or pay the price.

When he started the project two years ago, Howard, who works for a Midwestern logistics company that...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/freight-fraud-burgeoning-double-brokering-scheme-like-game-of-whack-a-mole

The Daily Dash: FMCSA shuts down Washington’s break rules; the robots are coming

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ruled that commercial truck drivers operating under federal hours-of-service regulations are not subject to Washington state’s meal-and-rest break regulations. Plus, carriers continue to be in a strong position as peak season rolls on, and delivery robots are suddenly in hot demand.

No break for you

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...

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