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Uber Freight's matching model cuts empty miles and draws a Teamsters brief

A better load board is a margin story for shippers and a labor story for everyone else.

James WhitakerTechnology Editor
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Earth viewed from orbit at night with city lights

CHICAGO — A better load board is a margin story for shippers and a labor story for everyone else.

The union filing argues the model shifts dwell time and unpaid waiting onto drivers. Uber says the same algorithm raised loaded miles. Both can be true in the same week.

James Whitaker

Technology Editor

Reports on semiconductors, cloud infrastructure, and the industrial politics of AI.