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As Amazon Pushes Forward With Robots, Workers Find New Roles

Nissa Scott started working at the cavernous Amazon warehouse in southern New Jersey late last year, stacking plastic bins the size of small ottomans. It was not, she says, the most stimulating activity. And lifting the bins, which often weigh 25 pounds each, was also tiring over 10-hour shifts.

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Levi's Aims to Make Life Better for Garment Workers

It's 11 a.m. on a Tuesday, and a section of Linea 1 has left their stations to form a ring on the factory floor. As their supervisor stands in the center, the workers toss a ball of blue yarn back and forth across the circle, each holding on to a segment of string to create an elaborate cat's cradle. As they pass the ball, they take turns making promises, telling each other the things they plan to say and do later. One says she'll spend more time with her family. Another says he'll speak up when he feels he's been treated unfairly.

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China Snaps Up America's Cheap Robot Labor

"Made in America" will soon grace the labels of T-shirts produced by a Chinese company in Little Rock.

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What the DACA Phaseout Means for Workers and Employers

Christopher Plascencia won a promotion last month to personal banker at Wells Fargo & Co.; now he's worried the career advancement might become a hollow gain.

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Amazon Is Seeking a Home for Its $5Bn Second Headquarters

Amazon.com is scouting North American cities for a second company headquarters, where it plans to hire as many as 50,000 full-time workers, the tech giant announced.

Opinion: Using Automation to Combat the Impending Labor Shortage

Carriers and third-party logistics operators have warned for years of an impending driver shortage, and now it is becoming clearer that this is a symptom of a much broader labor shortage facing the logistics industry that will impact drivers, dispatchers, and warehouse and dock workers.

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A Third of Firms Don't Comply With Slavery Law, Survey Finds

One third of businesses have failed to complete a modern slavery statement despite being required by law to do so, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS).

As The Gig Economy Grows, So Does Its Downside

Futurists extol the virtues of the gig economy - a world of contract workers who call their own hours and enjoy a degree of independence not available to full-timers. But there's a downside to that scenario as well.

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Recruiting a New Generation of Supply-Chain Talent

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European Court Limits Employers' Right to Monitor Workers

Europe's human rights court this week limited the ability of companies to read employees' email, overturning an earlier ruling that seemed to give them broad leeway in monitoring workplace communications.

Half of the U.K.'s Food Industry Might Bail Because of Brexit

Nearly half of businesses operating in Britain's food supply chain say European Union workers are thinking about leaving because of uncertainty around Brexit, a recent industry survey showed.

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Manufacturing Is One Bright Spot As U.S. Payrolls Miss Forecast

The U.S. economy added fewer employees than expected in August, the jobless rate rose and wages rose less than forecast, in a break from otherwise solid progress in the labor market.

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