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Commodity price spikes slow logistics warehousing activity but don’t stop it

If first-quarter data points are any indication, the U.S. industrial real estate market has moved beyond the “firing on all cylinders” stage to another white-hot plateau. Tenants and lessees occupied 109.1 million square feet more space than they vacated, an all-time quarterly record, roughly double the long-term average and nearly 67% higher from the first quarter of 2020, according to data from Colliers International (NASDAQ:CIGI), a real estate services and investment management company. 

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FedEx Ground warehouse shooting shocks normally stable system

Fatal shooting at warehouse

Violence in the warehouse is rare, which could reflect the success of stakeholders in keeping it that way. Just as rare, it seems, is public discourse surrounding the issue. Few people want to discuss it on or off the record. The Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC), the leading trade group for warehouse executives, hasn’t published anything on workplace violence since 2002. Then, Barry Brandman, president and CEO of Fair Lawn, New Jersey-based Danbee Investigations, which marks its...

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The struggle to organize warehouse labor

The effort by the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store union to organize 5,800 workers at Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse is being seen as a defining moment for the organized labor movement. The union has pushed the world’s most powerful company to the limit, earning plaudits from supporters and observers for its cohesion and determination. It even won the support of President Joe Biden, who in a near-unprecedented step for a sitting U.S. president defended the...

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GSCW chat recap: ProLogistix’s Devine on warehouse labor issues

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 2 focuses on the military, aerospace and manufacturing.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Is there enough warehouse labor to go around?

DETAILS: E-commerce fulfillment warehouses have never been in more demand. But is there enough labor to adequately staff these facilities? What will it cost retailers and manufacturers to ensure that orders get out the door as fast as possible?

SPEAKER: Brian Devine, senior vice president at...

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Will there be bidding wars for warehouse labor?

It is a near-certainty the 2020 peak holiday shipping cycle will break all records for volumes. The seasonal shopping frenzy will no doubt converge with elevated e-commerce traffic as shoppers concerned about COVID-19 continue to restrict their in-store buying.

What is far from certain is the availability of warehouse and distribution center labor to handle all the goods, and what it will cost warehouse operators to bring labor under their roofs for the holidays.

The pandemic has scrambled the...

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