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Food companies have announced over 1,500 job cuts in recent weeks across the country.

Companies across the U.S. and Mexico announced more than 8,790 freight-related job cuts in recent weeks.

Volvo Cars has announced layoffs at facilities in Sweden and the U.S. amid a “challenging period,” officials said.

Another round of layoffs, closures and furloughs has hit workers and companies tied to the freight industry in the U.S. and Germany.

BNSF has laid off a number of workers as it restructures its technology operations.

Penske Logistics plans to lay off 337 warehouse and other workers in Missouri due to the loss of a contract.

Kingsley Trucking ceased operations on Thursday after a Canadian court placed the 46-year-old carrier into receivership.

Mack Trucks will eliminate up to 450 jobs at facilities in Pennsylvania and Maryland due to tariffs and economic uncertainty.

A family-owned and -operated Florida trucking company has announced it will close after 44 years in business.

General Motors is temporarily laying off hundreds of workers at plants in Detroit and Ingersoll, Ontario.

Illinois-based LTI Trucking Services notified its 250 drivers Wednesday that the company was closing immediately.

The freight and transportation industry saw another big round of layoffs at the end of the first-quarter.

A UPS modernization project will require its Portland, Oregon, package hub to temporarily close for more than a year, putting some jobs at risk.

Roughly 1,400 U.S. and Canadian steelworkers have been laid off due to tariffs, company officials said.

Geodis Logistics is closing a distribution center in New Jersey and DHL is eliminating 8,000 jobs in Germany.

American Freight said it will lay off 19 executives after its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November.

Supply chain firms in the U.S. have laid off more than 5,235 workers since the beginning of October.

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Boeing is scaling back production plans for the 767 and next-gen 777-X freighters, which could create a shortage of widebody cargo aircraft later this decade.

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