Forward Air Inc. said on Wednesday it has entered into a 3-year partnership to be the primary provider of expedited ground transportation services for DHL Global Forwarding. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Forward Air is based in Greeneville, Tenn.
The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled a hearing on accusations that FedEx Ground violated federal labor laws.
The hearing before an administrative law judge in Philadelphia will hear accusations that the company discouraged drivers from forming a union.
The company is also accused of discriminating against drivers who filed charges or testified against them.
Read MoreUPS Inc. and its pilots union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, which, if approved, would end a stalemate that dragged on for more than three years and included the pilots’ threat of a strike, the union said Friday.
The union said in a statement that the agreement would run through 2011 and must be ratified by the nearly 2,500 pilots at the Atlanta-based company.
Terms of the new contract include an hourly pay raise of 17.7 percent for top captains with at least 12 years of service and higher health care premiums paid by all pilots, according to a person who has seen the agreement but spoke on condition of anonymity because neither side has been authorized to release details.
Read MoreThe Independent Pilots Association (IPA) and UPS Airlines today announced a tentative agreement on a new labor contract.
The agreement provides for wage and pension improvements and a variety of changes to work rules. It also enables the company to reward its pilots in a responsible manner, maintaining the flexibility needed to serve customers and expand the business while remaining competitive.
Specific details of the accord will not be disclosed before the IPA presents the tentative contract to all UPS pilots. The contract must be ratified by a majority of UPS’s 2,700 pilots. According to the IPA, a vote by the pilots probably will be completed by mid-September.
Read MoreUPS today announced it had been awarded a three-year contract by the US Postal Service (USPS) to provide domestic air transportation of primarily First Class and Priority Mail.
Under the agreement, UPS initially will provide airlift of First Class and Priority Mail volume each week to and from 98 cities.
The contract, which includes an option for one two-year extension, expands an existing relationship between UPS and the USPS under which the company provides airlift for mail transportation between 16 cities. The contract will take effect on July 1.
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