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Finally, Weary Seafarers Are Coming Ashore for Covid Vaccines

Ports around the U.S. are rolling out vaccines for seafarers, extending a lifeline to thousands of mostly foreign workers who’ve spent the pandemic isolated aboard ships ensuring goods kept trading across a battered global economy.

Crew transfer at Tanjong Pagar Terminal in Singapore. Photo: Bloomberg.

Instacart Bets on Robots Over People for the Future of Grocery

Instacart Inc. has an audacious plan to replace its army of gig shoppers with robots — part of a long-term strategy to cut costs and put its relationship with supermarket chains on a sustainable footing.

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Extending ESG Best Practices Into the Supply Chain: A Review of Leading Organization Approaches

Supply chain stakeholders are becoming increasingly invested in environmental, social and corporate governance strategies.

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The Transportation Industry Is Becoming More Gender-Diverse

As women resume their careers, great opportunities can be found in industries traditionally filled by a predominantly male labor pool.

Amazon Warehouse Workers Push for Changes at Annual Meeting

The spasm of worker activism that has roiled Amazon in recent months arrived at the company’s annual meeting on Wednesday.

An employee packs a box at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S. Blocks Uniqlo Shirts on Xinjiang Forced-Labor Concerns

The blockage of Uniqlo’s cotton men’s shirts, which happened at the Port of Los Angeles, was revealed in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection document.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer stands next to a line of trucks entering from Mexico at the Otay Mesa Cargo Port of Entry in San Diego, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Forklift Driving Becomes a Desk Job in Phantom-Mitsubishi Deal

The software fits a need that has become acute during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A driver operates a forklift remotely. Photo: Bloomberg.

Four Things Every Employer Should Know About Supply Chain Law

Supply chain laws regulate all aspects of the enterprise, and ultimately ensure the safety of your employees and operations.

The Slavery Footprint app, created by Made in a Free World, generates estimates of an individual's reliance on slave labor from data on trafficked humans and labor-abuse rates at manufacturers and suppliers. Photo: Bloomberg.

Amazon Work Rules Govern Tweets, Body Odor of Contract Drivers

The thousands of people driving those ubiquitous Amazon-branded blue vans aren’t employed by the Seattle leviathan. They work for small, independent businesses with contracts to transport packages for Amazon. But that hasn’t stopped the company from dictating the state of their fingernails — and a whole lot more.

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Now Hiring? How to Handle an Influx of Applicants

Follow these three steps.

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World’s Biggest Brands Adopt Checklist to Rescue Stuck Seafarers

Unilever Plc and other big retail brands are among consumer giants adopting a toolkit to audit their shipping supply chains in an effort to help bring seafarers stuck on commercial vessels back home and eliminate human rights risks.

Container ships are moored near the Port of Nansha in Guangzhou, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

Reskilling and Retraining in the Wake of COVID-19

Heading into 2020, manufacturing organizations knew they would have to combat the persistent skills gap, which was already afflicting the industry.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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