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Buttigieg Calls on Congress to Pass Rail Safety Bill

Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently pressed Congress to pass legislation that would strengthen rail safety policies.

January 25, 2024

Work-Related Deaths Rise in 2022, BLS Report Finds

The number of job-related deaths rose 5.7% in 2022 compared with 2021, with workers in broadly defined transportation-related jobs accounting for the largest share of fatalities.

January 25, 2024

Canadian Court Says Trudeau Overreached Curbing 2022 Protests

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of emergency legislation to quell the 2022 “freedom convoy” protests in Ottawa and at border crossings was unjustified, the Federal Court of Canada ruled.

January 24, 2024

US House Advances Bill to Protect Moving Privacy

Legislation intended to protect people’s personal information was easily approved by the U.S. House of Representatives this month.

January 23, 2024

Amazon Fined in France for Employee Monitoring in Warehouses

France’s privacy watchdog said Jan. 23 that it hit Amazon’s warehouse unit with a $35 million fine for using an “excessively intrusive system” to monitor worker performance and activity.

January 23, 2024

Red Sea Chaos Starting to Impair Profits Across Industries

With the Red Sea crisis roiling shipments of everything from cars to energy, it’s a matter of time before soaring costs and supply chain strains show up in companies’ earnings reports.

January 23, 2024

DOT Panel Examines Maintenance Language in Lease Agreements

A U.S. Department of Transportation leasing task force has begun examining maintenance provisions in lease-purchase agreements.

January 23, 2024

Red Sea Attacks Disrupt Food Trade, Risk Higher Grocery Costs

Chaos in the Red Sea is starting to disrupt shipments of produce from coffee to fruit — and threatening to halt a slowdown in food inflation that brought some relief to strained consumers.

January 19, 2024

FMCSA Leader Robin Hutcheson Is Leaving Agency

Robin Hutcheson will step down as leader of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Jan. 26, the agency said Jan. 19.

January 19, 2024