Digit drew a crowd, even here, in a convention center full of robot aficionados.A humanoid warehouse worker, Digit walked upright on goatlike legs and grabbed bins off a shelf with […]
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Back to news homeWhy Amazon’s Delivery Network Is Vulnerable to Labor Strife
Is there a more familiar sign of corporate dominance than the Amazon delivery van?As recently as four years ago, the blue-gray vehicle with the smiley arrow was a relative novelty […]
Strains Emerge Inside the Union That Beat Amazon
One year after its surprise victory at a Staten Island warehouse, the only union in the country representing Amazon workers has endured a series of setbacks and conflicts that have […]
How a Texas Border City Is Shaping the Future of Global Trade
The teeming warehouses carved into the desert surrounding Laredo, Texas, attest to an explosion of trade between the United States and Mexico.On a recent morning, 55-gallon drums full of chemicals […]
‘No Jobs Available’: The Feast or Famine Careers of America’s Port Drivers.
Consumer demand has cooled, leaving fewer containers to pick up on the West Coast. For Marshawn Jackson, a truck driver paid by the delivery, that means a hard scrabble to […]
Reno Is Booming. Some Workers Feel Left Behind.
Companies are flocking to the Nevada city, but the rising cost of housing, gas and groceries is making daily life a struggle for many who work there. Read More
Red-Hot Warehouse Market Tested as Consumer Spending Slows
Other industry observers also remain encouraged by the long-term trends buoying warehouses, especially in coastal markets, like Southern California, that are substantially built-out; highly populated, inland transit hubs such as […]
As Inventory Piles Up, Liquidation Warehouses Are Busy
PITTSTON, Pa. — Once upon a time, when parents were scrambling to occupy their children during pandemic lockdowns, bicycles were hard to find. But today, in a giant warehouse in […]
Why Union Efforts at Starbucks Have Spread Further Than at Amazon
Roughly six weeks after successful union votes at two Buffalo-area Starbucks stores in December, workers had filed paperwork to hold union elections in at least 20 other Starbucks locations nationwide.By […]
Amazon Fires Senior Managers Tied to Unionized Staten Island Warehouse
After Amazon employees at a massive warehouse on Staten Island scored an upset union victory last month, it turned the union’s leaders into celebrities, sent shock waves through the broader […]