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3 logistics companies ordered to pay $840K for underpaying workers

The Department of Labor has ordered three cross-border logistics companies in the San Diego area to pay $840,000 in back wages and fines to warehouse and transportation workers.

The wages were recovered from Ruffo de Alba Forwarders LP, SAI Logistics Experts Inc. and Moving Technologies of America Inc. for 32 Mexican nationals, some paid as little as $2.77 an hour, according to a news release.

“Companies along the U.S. southern border that mistakenly believe they can exploit Mexican nationals by...

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Logistics companies ordered to pay warehouse workers $1M in back pay

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In an effort to combat wage theft affecting foreign workers, the Department of Labor has recovered...

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Amazon bumps pay for warehouse, delivery workers

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It’s been a tumultuous couple months for Amazon’s logistics network as it contends with unionization efforts, an overbuild of warehouse space and an OSHA investigation into working conditions.

The heat is on. But the e-commerce giant just took a step to smooth over its relationship with front-line workers.

On Wednesday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that beginning in October, warehouse workers and delivery drivers will see their average starting pay rise from $18 to over $19 an hour. The...

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Feds investigating Amazon warehouses in New York, Chicago, Orlando

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It’s no secret that a sizable chunk of Amazon warehouse workers are unhappy with workplace conditions. 

Chances are you’ve heard the stories of workers being forced to meet strict productivity standards and even urinate in bottles because they don’t have time to use the restroom on the job. Federal investigators have heard them too.

Monday morning, federal prosecutors from the Department of Labor and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York launched an investigation into...

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Warehouse workers weigh in on automation in the workplace

Breaking down Harvard Business Review's research, which asked warehouse workers and supervisors how they feel about automation

Automation is here to stay, whether warehouse workers like it or not. As of 2019, the market for warehouse automation –– devices that can pick, sort and simplify other tasks for human workers –– was worth around $15 billion, and that could double by 2026.

Conventional wisdom holds that a new wave of robots will render the U.S.’s 1.5 million warehouse and storage employees obsolete, tipping the scales in favor of employers who could theoretically replace their workers with a snap of their fingers.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/warehouse-workers-weigh-in-on-automation-in-the-workplace

For warehouse operators, e-commerce ‘is the biggest problem in the world’

Warehouse employment is booming, but not enough to keep up with employment needs as labor-intensive e-commerce warehousing continues to ramp up. In the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) August jobs report, warehouse employment rose by more than 20,000 and the sector (which also includes storage) was employing more than it did pre-pandemic.

By the end of 2020, the warehouse sector had about 90,000 more jobs than when the pandemic began. After the sector added about 55,200 jobs from June through...

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Logistics giant NFI Industries adding 5,000 jobs

Supply chain solutions provider NFI Industries is hiring 5,000 people before the end of 2020 to speed holiday shipments and meet the pandemic-induced demand for goods to manage life at home and work under the same roof.

Other evidence: Per-mile freight rates are rising along with tender rejections. Fleets ordered 52,000 new trailers in September, the third-highest order month on record.

Some of the new NFI jobs are seasonal. Others are full-time positions. The company wants experienced and novice...

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