Labour Management
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Ford cutting jobs at Oakville plant
Company says jobs going thanks to slowing sales
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Amazon Prime Day used as protest platform
Protests focus on wages, working conditions in distribution centres
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JDA wins Walmart scheduling contract
Scheduling system has been deployed to more than 1.1 million staff across approximately 4,600 stores
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Bombardier laying off more than 500 in Thunder bay
Half of the 1,100 workers at its railway car plant will be let go according to a federal government source
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Amazon workers in Minnesota plan Prime Day strike
Workers at Amazon’s nonunion facilities in Minnesota began publicly complaining last year about harsh working conditions, increasing workloads, safety and limited advancement opportunities
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Automation the solution to labour shortage: survey
As DCs grow, augmenting workers with technology is the best way to introduce automation in the warehouse new survey reports
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Logistics costs up over 11 percent in 2018
Annual State of Logistics Report finds costs increasing and technology striving to keep pace
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Tentative agreement forestalls West Coast strike
Deal was reached after all-night bargaining, as picket signs were being set up
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Talks went on through the night in ports dispute
Federal mediator imposed a news blackout as the latest round of negotiations got underway Wednesday
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Port workers still on the job in B.C., despite lockout, union says
Union boss says if they wanted to close B.C.’s ports that would have been done when their strike notice expired on Monday