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Max Garland

@maxgarlandtypes

@supplychaindive senior reporter. Formerly @memphisnews. Marissa's husband. Advocate for senior dogs and pro wrestling. Contact me: [email protected]

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Here’s our coverage of what FedEx has been building up weeks of investor anticipation for. FedEx Express, Ground and Freight are getting a lot more familiar with each other.

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Shifts in Amazon's plans have affected locations in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee and California, per local news reports. Many of these adjustments surfaced following the company’s acknowledgement that it overbuilt its warehouse footprint in April. supplychaindive.com/news/amazon-ca…

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Walmart envisions drone-AV delivery duos, while UPS eyes a cardboard box alternative in our latest edition of Patent Pending supplychaindive.com/news/patent-pe…

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My account was hacked yesterday, so apologies if it cluttered the timeline with NFT spam the past 24 hours. Back to your regularly scheduled supply chain programming. Update your password, get 2-step verification, etc.

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Thousands of FedEx Ground contractors are forming an alliance pushing for higher pay to hedge against inflation ahead of Black Friday. If the company rejects their requests? "Let’s hope to goodness that FedEx Ground does not push it to that point." supplychaindive.com/news/fedex-gro…

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LaserShip and OnTrac’s agreement to merge last year opened the door for an alternative to FedEx and UPS’s cross-country parcel delivery capabilities. “They dominate 100% of packages moving over 800 miles,” CCO Josh Dinneen said of FedEx and UPS.

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I know you've heard me talk C-Store Dive all week, but there's another one you need to know about Manufacturing Dive -- coming later this year. We're hiring for a reporter. DM if you know of qualified candidates: jobs.lever.co/industrydive/1…

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It takes thousands of contractors to deliver the country's FedEx packages. Now many of them are embroiled in a fight with FedEx Ground over compensation, just in time for peak delivery season. Follow Max Garland for ongoing coverage of this saga.

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. Shipt is facing separate lawsuits from the attorneys general for Minnesota and Washington, D.C., alleging the company misclassified its workers as independent contractors and violated several worker protections. #grocery #delivery #lawsuit buff.ly/3TQtrEC

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NEW: FedEx Freight enacts employee furloughs in some U.S. markets as it faces volume decline transportdive.com/news/fedex-fre…

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I spoke to twenty students last night for an FT program on journalism. And like I expected, almost no one knew what B2B media was. Most J Schools do a serious disservice to their students by not teaching that this opportunity exists. You can do amazing reporting in niches.

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.UPS spokesperson on FAA's (now lifted) ground stop: "UPS has resumed flights as the FAA has reopened air space. At this time, there is minimal impact to deliveries scheduled for today."

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FedEx is advising customers to shift their volumes away from UPS to avoid disruptions from a possible strike this summer. Volumes onboarded by March 31 will be included in capacity planning, per an email sent to FedEx customers. supplychaindive.com/news/fedex-tel…