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Europe’s Thirst for Cheap Labor Fuels a Boom in Disposable Workers

As dusk settled over the rambling countryside in Pardubice, Czech Republic, a group of haggard workers emerged from a dank three-story concrete dormitory and jammed into buses. The evening shift was about to begin at two nearby factories owned by Foxconn and Panasonic.

Transportation Industry Sustainability Is 'Triple Win' for Customers, Drivers & Company

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Opinion: Artificial Intelligence Still Isn't a Game Changer

Not much time passes these days between so-called major advancements in artificial intelligence. Yet researchers are not much closer than they were decades ago to the big goal: actually replicating human intelligence. That’s the most surprising revelation by a team of eminent scholars who just released the first in what is meant to be a series of annual reports on the state of AI.

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From Nepal to Nigeria, U.K. Aid Aims to Save 500,000 People From Slavery

Hundreds of thousands of people who have survived modern slavery or risk becoming enslaved in nations including Bangladesh, Nepal and Nigeria will receive support through a 40m pound ($54m) aid package, the British government said last week.

Disappearances Are Rising in the Pacific

The U.K.-based charity Human Rights at Sea has published its latest investigative report into the increasing number of deaths and disappearances of crew and fisheries observers in the Pacific Ocean.

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Cobalt Producer to Tackle Child Labor Concerns With Supply Probe

Chinese cobalt refiner Yantai Cash Industrial Co. will demand suppliers show that their raw materials aren’t produced with child labor after the London Metal Exchange set a deadline for companies that ship to its warehouses to spell out efforts to combat the problem.

Coca Cola, Wal-Mart Among Global Firms Joining Forces for Women's Equality

Britain’s Oxford University has teamed up with nine of the world’s biggest companies, including Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola, to increase women’s financial clout by sharing success stories.

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Opinion: Truck Drivers Like Me Will Soon Be Replaced by Automation. You're Next.

I’ve been driving big trucks since shortly after my 21st birthday in 1980 and I always figured I’d be able to stay on the road until retirement. Now I’m not so sure. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Daimler, Tesla, Uber, Ford and Toyota are all investing billions of dollars in driverless vehicles.

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How the Talent Gap Is Disrupting the Supply Chain

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Supply Chain Academia Meets the Real World

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Lawmakers Push for U.S. Ban on Slave-Made Goods to Sharpen Its Bite

A law banning slave-made goods from entering the United States has failed, lawmakers and advocates said, as they push border authorities to step up inspections of suspicious shipments.

Ford Tests Exoskeletons for Assembly Line Workers

Once the purview of science fiction, exoskeletons are slowly working their way into real life. These aids are now being used on manufacturing assembly lines.

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

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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