Berkshire Grey survey finds executives bullish on automation to offset labor shortage
Front-line Amazon workers learned this week that the marketplace is investing $1 billion for pay hikes over the next year.
Snowplow drivers across the country have been flocking to higher-paying private sector jobs in recent years, according to a survey of transportation officials.
Company has made more than 300,000 jobs available in past couple months
New legislative package also increases tip transparency, access to restrooms
Average wage will be $20.37 per hour
The top-paying fleets continued to increase driver pay in the first quarter, with some now paying as much as 65 cents per mile in an effort to retain high-performing drivers.
Job growth fell well short of expectations in February, as the economy added the fewest workers to payrolls since 2017. Hiring slumped in several industries during the month, but trucking employment increased for the ninth consecutive month.
Apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn Technology Group, which assembles Apple’s iPhone product in China, announced on Saturday that it has raised over $213 million for what it described as a “mega-development” in India.
The U.S economy added over 300,000 jobs in December, marking the best monthly performance since February and capping the strongest year of hiring since 2015. The strength in job growth in December did not translate to the transportation and logistics sector, however, which was weighed down by job losses among parcel companies.
