FleetOwner Top 5 Stories of the Week - Sep 9th, 2023
 
 
Yellow, UAW, and trade wars
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September 9, 2023
Bidding already is well underway for the more than 160 terminals left over in the bankruptcy of the third-largest U.S. LTL, but the fate of its 14,000 tractors and 43,000 trailers still is a big TBD in the coming weeks.
It’s going to be a long September where collective bargaining is concerned. A new UPS-Teamsters deal got done in July, but automakers and their union face a steep hill to climb with only about a week to go before a possible walkout by 140,000 workers.
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In 2023, transportation partners will assist us in delivering more than 2 million Veterans’ Wreaths to be placed on graves of our fallen heroes. Without this support, our mission to remember, honor, and teach would be nearly impossible.

House committee convenes roundtable to hear from U.S. manufacturers about the unfair competitive practices of state-supported Chinese companies.
The death of the third-largest U.S. less-than-truckload carrier is costing the freight-hauling industry 30,000 jobs between laid-off drivers, dockworkers, dispatchers, and other personnel, accounting ...
If Golden State politicians are worried about their constituents, you’d think they would champion a technology that could save more lives, create more jobs, reduce long-haul emissions, and create more regional electrification opportunities.
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John B. Haines IV, founder of Mack Trucks customer H&K Group, invited FleetOwner editors to peruse his impressive collection of vintage trucks.