America Has a Massive Truck Driver Shortage
Here’s why few want an $80,000 job. America has a massive shortage of truck drivers. Joyce Brenny, head of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, increased driver pay 15 percent this year to try […]
Category Archives: IWLA Government Affiairs Council
Fly-in Recap: IWLA Takes Washington 2018
April 25 & 26 IWLA members from across the United States gathered in Washington, D.C. for the 2018 Spring Legislative Fly-in. This event gives attendees a crucial update about critical […]
Main Street Employers on Tax Overhaul
New Survey Highlights Importance of Guidance in Making Pass-Through Provisions Successful The Parity for Main Street Employers (PMSE) coalition released a new survey highlighting the pass-through business community’s initial reaction […]
Babin Introduces Legislation to Improve Hours-of-Service Regulations
U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX-36), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced H.R. 5417 The Responsible and Effective Standards for Truckers (REST) Act, legislation that would modernize […]
Parity for Main Street Employers
Main Street Employers on Tax Overhaul New Survey Highlights Importance of Guidance in Making Pass-Through Provisions Successful The Parity for Main Street Employers (PMSE) coalition released a new survey highlighting […]
Committee Approves Legislation to Provide Joint Employer Clarity to Workers & Employers
WASHINGTON — The Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today approved the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441). The bill clarifies what constitutes a “joint employer” to […]
IWLA Opposes Pennsylvania’s New Warehouse Services Tax Increase
The Governor of Pennsylvania has proposed an end to the sales and use tax exemption on warehouse services as part of his 2017-2018 budget proposal. This unleashed 6 percent tax […]
2017 IWLA CONVENTION PREVIEW: Case Studies on Shaping Regulations & Labor Law
There is strength in numbers: One 2017 IWLA Convention breakout session focuses on how IWLA works with other associations, coalitions and, its own members to influence regulatory policy in Washington, […]
Comedian Will Durst Livens Up the IWLA-PAC Fundraising Dinner
Will Durst worked in a warehouse in Milwaukee in his early years as a struggling comedian. “I’ve had to take all kinds of odd jobs when starting out in comedy,” […]
Has Your Company Completed the Warehouse Economic Impact Study?
The Warehouse Advocacy Fund (WAF) of the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) has commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) to conduct a study of our industry’s economic impact, both direct and indirect, […]
