At Ga. Logistics Summit, An Industry Seeks Younger Workers

KENNESAW, Ga. | May 17, 2017

About 2,000 people in the transportation industry are at the Georgia World Congress Center this week for the Georgia Logistics Summit

In Georgia, logistics is a big industry, led by United Parcel Service, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and the Norfolk Southern Railway. The state also is a route along major trucking corridors.

However, the industry has a problem: an aging workforce.

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