The digital-focused operator is buying Shopify’s logistics business, including the Deliverr technology platform and dozens of warehouses and sorting centers.
Achieving a balance between fleet safety and efficiency is a complex and challenging task. This challenge is complicated by labor shortages, the demand for faster delivery times, narrow delivery windows, and new safety regulations.
Trucking companies and congressional critics argued the rules, estimated to cost about $2,500 to $8,300 per vehicle, were too expensive, and came amid driver shortages and supply-chain woes.
The courier faces the possibility of a union strike of its 330,000 workers as the company negotiates to replace a five-year labor contract that expires on July 31.
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