Shipping

Western Growers Seeks Shipper Input to Enhance Walmart’s Supplier Quality Excellence Program

Western Growers recently met with Walmart leadership to discuss Walmart’s Supplier Quality Excellence Program (SQEP). Walmart’s team is interested in learning more about how they can improve the quality of pallets that are entering the system before they make it to suppliers. They are also open to hearing more about the dispute resolution process for SQEP fines and how the process might be revisited or better communicated.

Michelle Rivera Dec 06 2022 in Shipping

Congress Acts to Avert Rail Strike

This week, President Biden officially called on Congress to pass legislation adopting a tentative labor agreement between railroads and the workers without any modifications or delay.

Tracey Chow Dec 01 2022 in Shipping

Transportation Update: What to Expect in the Coming Months

Today’s transportation market continues to influence how shippers go to market with their freight. During the last quarter of 2022, it is likely there will be some normal cyclical uptick in the spot market. This will be caused by some reduction in active capacity as drivers take time off for the end of year holidays.

Bryan Nickerson Nov 28 2022 in Shipping

Western Growers Asks Gov. Newsom to Pause on Enforcement of AB 5

Western Growers is among more than 70 organizations who are asking California Governor Gavin Newsom to provide a short-term pause in enforcement of AB 5 via Executive Order in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court declining late last month to consider a challenge to the law brought by the California Trucking Association.

In a letter to Newsom, the organizations ask for the pause as well as calling for labor and industry to come to the table to negotiate a path forward to preserve small business trucking in the state and prevent further disruptions to the supply chain.