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Low unemployment is great for everyone, right? (Not so much in logistics…)

NC State SCRC

The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that in May 2017, unemployment rates in seven states were at their lowest levels since the state unemployment data series began in January 1976. percent), Mississippi (4.9 There is an estimated shortage of 50,000 truck drivers at any given time in the US supply chain network.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 29 – February 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

FedEx partners with HBCUs to increase the pipeline of Black supply chain professionals. US crackdown on forced China labor risks supply chain snarls. The US has enacted new labor laws that could cause supply chain snarls. So after nearly forty years, I say thanks for the memories.