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Amazon Threatened Workers Over Union Vote, Labor Officials Find
U.S. labor board prosecutors plan to accuse Amazon.com Inc. of threatening staff that if they unionized it could propose paying them minimum wage and of punishing an employee for seeking a paid Juneteenth holiday.
An Amazon truck drives past an Amazon Labor Union (ALU) rally in the Staten Island borough of New York. Photo: Bloomberg.
Amazon May Be Proof That Delivery Drones Aren’t Practical
Delivery drones bearing your dinner or prescription have yet to take to the skies over any major city or even suburb. Why is that?
A drone releases a package before landing. Photo: Paul Kagame/ flickr.
Biden Invokes Emergency Powers to Try to Ease Formula Shortage
President Biden invoked emergency powers under the Defense Production Act to try and boost production of baby formula, while ordering the use of government planes for imports to alleviate shortages.
A can of Similac infant formula. Photo: Creative Commons.
Three Steps to Building Sustainable Supply Chains
With the expansion of global trade and evolution of omnichannel retail, supply chains have become increasingly critical, complicated and challenging, spotlighting the impact of globalization and fulfillment of commerce on the environment.
An online shopper opens a package. Photo: Mikhail Nilov/ Canva.
Consider Transloading to Offset Supply Chain Delays
With dozens of ships waiting to be unloaded, major ports are experiencing bottlenecks that are creating massive delays across the industry. One option to help alleviate these issues is transloading cargo to trucks, instead of shipping it to its destination in its original container.
How the Returns Industry Can Reduce the Impact of Supply Chain Disruptions
Port Automation Is Hot-Button Issue in West Coast Labor Talks
While all parties have expressed confidence that an agreement will be reached between dockworkers and employers without disruption, they conceded there will be “difficult” issues. Among these are certain to be the wrangle over automation.
Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, speaks at an industry conference. Photo: International Transport Forum.
Eight Steps Toward Greener Trucking
To make the transportation industry more sustainable, carriers and fleets need to increase efficiency within their processes.
Tesla and Sony’s Problems Show Shanghai’s Big Restart is Faltering
The official line coming out of Covid-hit Shanghai is that business is returning to usual despite the ongoing lockdown, yet hundreds of manufacturers in the city aren’t operating at anywhere near to full capacity, if they’re up and running again at all.
Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images.
Shanghai Supply Chain Crisis Makes a Case for AI
The closure of supply chain operations in China is yet another blow to an already fragile global supply chain. More will follow.
An aerial view of the Port of Shanghai in Shanghai, China. Photo: Getty.
Supply Chain Professionals Can Lead on Green Freight
Companies need to take a proactive approach to addressing the environmental and social impacts caused by shipments moving through their global supply chains.
How Companies Can Make a Difference in Reducing Trucking’s Carbon Footprint
Companies are zeroing in on trucking operations as an important means of achieving sustainable supply chains.
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