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Biden Order Will Aim to Raise Wages for Infrastructure Jobs

President Biden will require large federal infrastructure projects to use project labor agreements, a collective bargaining measure the administration says will tilt the rules toward companies with higher-paid workers.

A contractor supervises as milling machines remove asphalt from a runway. Photo: Bloomberg.

Bipartisan Ocean Shipping Overhaul Introduced in U.S. Senate

The first major update of U.S. international ocean-shipping laws in more than two decades has been introduced in the Senate, a significant step toward passage after passing the House with bipartisan support in December.

Photo courtesy of the Port of Los Angeles.

Amazon Raises Prime Membership Amid Supply Chain Bottlenecks

Amazon.com Inc. is raising the annual fee for its Prime subscription service in the U.S. by $20 to $139, the first such increase since 2018.

A truck drives through an Amazon delivery station in Kearny, New Jersey. Photo: Bloomberg.

Biden’s Electric Vehicle Plan Faces Jam From Cultural Divide

President Joe Biden wants electric vehicles to account for 50% of new car sales by 2030. But to meet that target he may have to sell the cars to a skeptical demographic: Donald Trump voters.

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Vaccine Protest Snarls Canada-U.S. Border Crossing for Fifth Day

Two lanes of traffic have reopened at one of Canada’s busiest border crossings five days after a group of vehicles blocked the highway to protest vaccine mandates for truckers.

Demonstrators gather as rows of trucks sit parked during a protest against vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario. Photo: Bloomberg.

UPS CEO Solves E-Commerce Puzzle With Profit That Wows Investors

United Parcel Service Inc.’s CEO Carol Tome seems to have cracked the e-commerce conundrum.

An employee loads packages into a shipping container at a United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) Worldport facility in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo: Bloomberg.

Trucker Protest Strands Beef Shipments at U.S.-Canada Border

Protesters who are rallying against vaccine mandates are holding up shipments of Canadian beef to the U.S.

Commercial trucks and passenger vehicles drive across Ambassador Bridge on the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ontario. The bridge connects Windsor to Detroit and facilitates over 30% of all Canada-U.S. road trade. Photo: Bloomberg.

Counting Down to the Next Supply Chain Shock

What impacted supply chain dynamics in 2021, and what's coming next?

Truckers Protesting Vaccine Rule Stay Put in Canada’s Capital

Raucous protests in Canada’s capital continued Sunday over trucker vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 health restrictions, but the crowd thinned from its height a day earlier after drawing military and political rebukes for poor behavior.

Demonstrators gather as rows of trucks sit parked during a protest near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Photo: Bloomberg.

Five Success Factors for Human–Robot Collaboration in the Distribution Center

The key to implementing this new workforce of humans and robots is determining how work should be managed between humans and machines to garner the most success.

A warehouse worker puts items in a tote on an autonomous mobile robot (AMR). Photo by Lucas Systems.

Covid Cases for U.S. West Coast Dockworkers Top All of 2021’s

About 1,700 dockworkers at West Coast ports have tested positive for COVID-19 in January, stretching capacity at the U.S.’s busiest gateway for shipping containers.

A truck stops at the Port of Long Beach. Photo: Bloomberg.

Retail’s Latest Challenge Is a ‘Problematic’ Number of Returns

U.S. retailers are facing more returns than usual, adding stress to an industry already grappling with increasing labor costs and supply chain issues.

A customer repackages an item for return. Photo: Getty Images.

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

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