Layoffs

Two more significant companies in the trucking and transportation field have implemented layoffs and furloughs. In response to an email query from FreightWaves, Doug Waggoner, the CEO of Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO), said the third-party logistics provider (3PL) had a "small...

"Cutthroat." "Toxic." "Fear." Those are some of the words current and former employees of Total Quality Logistics (TQL) used recently to describe the work culture at the United States' second-largest logistics company — even as TQL has said it is deeply concerned for its workers. Ken Oaks, chief...

Third-party logistics providers engaged in international trade are facing the difficult decision of whether to thin staff or even close altogether in the face of a prolonged economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. "We are in a tough spot," Gabriel Rodriquez, president of Doral,...

As the country enters what Trump administration and several governors are calling both a tragic week of loss and a possible apex of deaths and new cases in some parts of the nation, reports are mounting of growing tension and turmoil down on the front lines of the supply chain. In a short but...

Online freight intermediary uShip Inc. recently laid off a "significant" portion of its headquarters staff in Austin, Texas. uShip CEO Kris Lamb said 65 employees were laid off on March 31 partly due to "prolonged uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic." Lamb wrote in a blog post on uShip...

As the impact of the coronavirus continues to course through the economy, freight and logistics companies across Texas have announced job reductions affecting more than 660 workers. According to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notices filed in Texas, companies with layoffs...

As the coronavirus pandemic has put the brakes on vehicle production and auto sales around the world, car carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen is laying off workers and laying up ships. "As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to progress and mitigating actions by authorities evolve quickly, supply chains are...

As the impact of COVID-19 quickly spreads through the economy, layoffs are becoming a common theme for workers. Those in the freight businesses are no exception. According to reports, Total Quality Logistics (TQL) and Freightos are among the businesses in the industry that have conducted layoffs...

After fiery explosions shut down a chemical plant near Houston last year, the company that owns the facility is cutting about 100 jobs and plans to temporarily stop production at the site. The TPC Group Plant in Port Neches, Texas, will now be used as a transportation terminal and distribution...

Autonomous trucking startup Starsky Robotics has laid off the majority of its engineers and office personnel after its fundraising efforts and attempts to find a buyer failed, a former executive says. A skeleton crew remains at the company's headquarters in San Francisco as Starsky co-founders...

XPO Logistics Inc. (NYSE: XPO) will lay off more than 300 workers at its Fort Worth distribution center in April, according to a notice filed with the Texas Workforce Commission TWC. According to the notice, XPO plans to lay off a total of 304 workers at its AllianceTexas facility, located at 3300...

Daimler AG (OTC: DDAIF) reported that it is another step closer to finalizing plans to "streamline the company" in a Nov. 29 press release. The company announced that it has reached an agreement with employee representatives to "reduce staff costs and employment in a socially responsible manner."...

Engine maker Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) will lay off 2,000 workers in the first quarter of 2020, the latest impact of a trucking sector recession that is claiming jobs up and down the supply chain. Major truck makers have announced hundreds of layoffs in recent months as orders for new equipment...

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) notified 120 workers at its Victoria, Texas, facility that they will no longer have a job effective, November 1. Company officials said "market conditions" are the reason for the layoffs. "Caterpillar notified a portion of its Victoria, Texas, workforce that it is...

The United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) continues to take a toll on its  Mexico-based facilities. GM announced October 7 it was temporarily laying off 415 workers at its plant in the Mexican city of Ramos Arizpe, around 200 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border...