All but one of the six retailers included in the survey — including Costco, Walmart Canada and Pattison Food Group — received a failing grade. 

According to the union, the company issued a lockout notice on June 4, four days before negotiations were scheduled to end.

The deal — which includes a 3% wage increase — will be backdated to take effect on January 1, 2024, and runs through the end of 2027.

The 2025 Global Rights Index, released by the largest trade union federation in the world, noted workers’ rights and democracy around the world are often under attack.

The FLA identified a troubling lack of supply chain transparency for farms, slaughterhouses and tanneries, with low visibility into working conditions and product traceability.

Supply chain leaders interested in implementing AI agents should start with clearly defined, limited-scope projects addressing specific pain points.

The strike began on May 22 in the port city of Bandar Abbas, and has since spread across the country as it's gained support from prominent critics of the Iranian government.

Federal agents claimed that workers had up to 70% of their salaries withheld, were made to pay their employers a deposit, and had their passports withheld.

The labor challenges confronting warehouses today are about more than simply finding and paying more bodies to do the work, says Dwight Klappich, vice president and fellow with Gartner.

Even the most sophisticated generative AI system requires human guidance to function reliably and deliver tangible benefits.