XPO is an American transportation company that conducts

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. The company's headquarters are located in

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, U.S.

History

The company was initially called ''Express-1 Expedited Solutions'' before being renamed to ''XPO Logistics'' in September 2011. In June 2012, XPO listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. In April 2015, XPO purchased European transport company Norbert Dentressangle at a cost of billion, including acquired debt. In June 2016, XPO was included in the ''Fortune 500'' list of the largest U.S. corporations based on revenue. In 2019, XPO was the first global logistics company to join the

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(MIT) Industrial Liaison Program, a partnership organization that pairs MIT resources with corporations worldwide to solve global business challenges. The company spun off its logistics segment to a separate company named GXO Logistics in August 2021. This was followed by XPO Logistics spinning off its brokerage and other services segment to a separate company named ''RXO Inc.'' in November 2022. , XPO produces new and remanufactured trailers at a factory in

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. The company has conducted logistics operations for the Evian Golf Championship and the Paris Marathon. In 2019, XPO Logistics released a mobile game simulating freight operations for the Tour de France.

Conditions for female employees

A 2018 article by The New York Times profiled experiences of several female employees working at a

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warehouse operated by XPO. The warehouse is described as windowless and, lacking air-conditioning, sometimes temperatures surpass . According to a police report and XPO employees, a worker died of cardiac arrest on the warehouse floor in 2017 and other workers were told to continue working. There have been several cases of miscarriage in pregnant works at the warehouse, which the article attributes to management's refusal to allow pregnant workers to avoid the most strenuous jobs. XPO spokesperson Erin Kurtz stated that the claims were unsubstantiated and filled with inaccuracies.

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History

Conditions for female employees

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