There are 7 article(s) tagged XPO Logistics:

• August 2020

  • New DHL campus among 5 projects receiving tax incentives; issue delays XPO application

     XPO Logistics agreed to temporarily pull its application for tax incentives after U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen wrote to EDGE asking that deliberations be delayed because of controversy over previous XPO operations in Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey August 20, 2020

  • Yeti cooler warehouse among 6 new projects totaling 587 jobs, $184M in investments

    DHL proposes to build a 975,000-square-foot warehouse and fill it with Yeti coolers and other Yeti products. And a California company proposes to move its headquarters to Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey August 15, 2020

• May 2019

  • FedEx Supply Chain steps in to operate Cummins distribution center

    Cummins Inc. said it's working to transition employees of its regional distribution center in Memphis from the current operator, XPO Logistics, to FedEx Supply Chain.

    By Wayne Risher May 22, 2019

• February 2019

  • XPO guarantees jobs to workers displaced by warehouse closing

    XPO Logistics Inc. said Monday it's guaranteeing jobs at other XPO warehouses for all workers being displaced by the scheduled April 15 closing of a Memphis facility operated for Verizon.

    By Wayne Risher February 26, 2019

  • XPO to close Memphis warehouse at center of pregnancy discrimination allegations

    XPO Logistics Inc. plans to close a Memphis warehouse it operates for Verizon in June, affecting 400 employees. Union officials say the closure is in retaliation for exposing sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination at the facility.

    By Kate Crawford February 14, 2019

• October 2018

  • Times’ story examining pregnant worker treatment draws bead on XPO Memphis facility

    XPO Logistics, employer of 4,000 warehouse and distribution workers in greater Memphis, is under fire again, the centerpiece of a New York Times story about treatment of pregnant workers in U.S. workplaces.

    By Wayne Risher October 24, 2018

  • Community activists, elected officials rally for XPO Memphis workers

    A coalition of community activists marched Monday in solidarity with workers at a Memphis XPO Logistics facility that’s the focus on a union organizing campaign.

    By Wayne Risher October 02, 2018