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TrueBlue, Inc. (NYSE: TBI) is a provider of specialized workforce solutions whose news flow reflects both its operational performance and its focus on technology-enabled staffing. As a human resources consulting and staffing company, TrueBlue issues regular updates on financial results, strategic initiatives, board composition, and developments across its brands, including PeopleReady, PeopleScout, Staff Management | SMX, Centerline, SIMOS, and Healthcare Staffing Professionals.
News about TrueBlue often includes quarterly earnings announcements, where the company reports revenue by segment—PeopleReady, PeopleManagement, and PeopleSolutions—along with metrics such as segment profit and Adjusted EBITDA. These releases provide insight into trends in industrial staffing, on-site workforce management, and recruitment process outsourcing, as well as the performance of acquired operations like Healthcare Staffing Professionals.
Another major theme in TrueBlue’s news is its digital transformation. The company highlights enhancements to its JobStack staffing app, including an AI-enabled bill rate feature that delivers personalized, data-driven bill rates, and ReadyMatch™ technology that evaluates data on worker experience, availability, and reliability to identify best-fit workers. Awards coverage, such as Globee Awards recognition for JobStack as Business Product of the Year, underscores TrueBlue’s emphasis on proprietary, digitally enabled platforms.
Corporate governance and shareholder engagement also feature prominently. Recent press releases and related SEC filings describe the appointment of new independent directors, board refreshment efforts, and responses to communications from significant shareholders such as EHS Management, LLC, which has announced its intent to nominate director candidates. These items provide context on strategic direction, oversight, and capital allocation debates.
Brand-level news spans topics such as leadership changes at PeopleReady, recognition of Centerline as a Top Company for Women to Work in Transportation, and initiatives aimed at advancing careers in trucking and other sectors. Investors and observers who follow TBI news can track how TrueBlue’s strategy, technology investments, and governance evolve over time and how these factors relate to its role in connecting people and work.
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) appointed Mike Kruszewski as President of PeopleReady On-Demand on February 26, 2026. He will lead strategy, sales, and operations for the business and build on a territory-based operating model.
Mr. Kruszewski joined PeopleReady in November 2025, brings 25+ years of sales and operations leadership, and is credited with strengthening commercial execution and expanding sales capacity in priority markets.
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) will participate in Truist Securities’ inaugural Human Capital Virtual Conference on March 12, 2026. CEO Taryn Owen and CFO Carl Schweihs will host virtual investor meetings throughout the day. Investors can request meetings via their Truist sales representative.
TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI) reported Q4 2025 revenue of $418 million, up 8% year-over-year, and full-year revenue of $1.6 billion, up 3% year-over-year. Q4 net loss was $32 million (loss per diluted share $1.05), and adjusted EBITDA was $2 million.
The quarter included an $18 million non-cash impairment and $14 million of revenue from the January 2025 HSP acquisition. Period-end liquidity totaled $92 million including $25 million cash and $68 million borrowing availability.
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) will release fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings after the market close on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Management will host a webcast at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET the same day. A presentation and audio replay will be available on the company website for six months.
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) announced that its Staff Management | SMX, SIMOS Solutions, and Centerline Drivers brands won ClearlyRated Best of Staffing 2026 awards for customer-validated service excellence.
Staff Management | SMX earned the Platinum Award for the 11th consecutive year; SIMOS Solutions and Centerline Drivers earned their first Gold Awards after five consecutive years of Best of Staffing recognition. The awards reflect sustained customer satisfaction and service consistency across the company's specialized workforce brands.
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) announced that President and CEO Taryn Owen was named to Staffing Industry Analysts’ Staffing 100 North America list on January 20, 2026. The recognition cites Owen’s leadership advancing TrueBlue’s strategy, including strengthening field sales execution, expanding into high-growth end markets such as energy and transportation, and establishing an entry into healthcare staffing through the acquisition of Healthcare Staffing Professionals. The company also highlighted continued investment in its digital ecosystem, including a new proprietary version of PeopleReady’s JobStack app. The award is presented as validation of momentum behind TrueBlue’s growth and operational initiatives.
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) responded to nominations from EHS Management and said it is executing a disciplined plan to return to sustainable, profitable growth through cost streamlining, technology enhancements, and focus on skilled end markets.
The company highlighted recent Board refreshment that added William Greenblatt and William Seward, noted two existing directors will step down at or before the 2026 Annual Meeting, and said its largest shareholder endorsed the changes. TrueBlue said it engaged with EHS and interviewed candidates, including Eric Su, but views EHS’s proxy contest as costly and disruptive. Shareholders are not required to take action now; the Board will present director election recommendations in the definitive proxy statement.
EHS Management on Jan 8, 2026 announced three director nominees for TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) and outlined persistent board skill gaps in staffing operations, digital product leadership, and capital allocation. EHS nominated Wayne Larkin (staffing veteran), David Fleischman (digital/product leader), and Eric H. Su (founder of EHS Investments and major shareholder). EHS said TrueBlue did not consult on its recent director additions and intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and WHITE proxy card to solicit votes at the 2026 annual meeting. EHS reported beneficial ownership of 190,131 shares by EHS Azure and 535,073 shares by Eric H. Su.
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) announced on December 10, 2025 that its PeopleReady business has launched an AI-enabled bill rate feature inside the JobStack staffing app.
The tool delivers instant, personalized bill rates by combining job details, location, current market pay conditions, and historical fill performance to help customers make faster, more data-driven staffing decisions. JobStack continues to use PeopleReady’s AI-powered ReadyMatch™ to identify best-fit workers and leverages local staffing teams across all 50 states for deployment.
Other JobStack capabilities include access to a nationwide E-Verified W-2 workforce, Instant Accept for pre-qualified shift acceptance, exclusive invites for top-rated workers, worker development pathways, and coordinated multi-location jobsite management.
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) announced the appointment of William Greenblatt and William Seward to its Board of Directors, effective January 5, 2026, with the Board approving the appointments on December 1, 2025. Greenblatt is a background‑screening industry pioneer and founder of Sterling Infosystems; Seward is a logistics and operations executive and current EVP & COO of Vestis, a $2.2 billion supplier. The company said the appointments follow an extensive search with an independent recruiter and shareholder input.
Two current directors are expected to step down at or before the 2026 Annual Meeting; after that meeting the Board is expected to total nine directors, eight of whom will be independent. Barclays and Sidley Austin are serving as financial and legal advisors, respectively.