Thursday, June 28, 2018

Amazon Drives Deeper Into Package Delivery

"...Amazon says it has to build out its own services simply to handle the surging number of online orders that UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service can’t. More than $4 of every $10 spent online in the U.S. is on Amazon.com, and the number of its deliveries topped more than a billion last year, according to analyst estimates..."    


This Article is From: www.wsj.com
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Saturday, June 23, 2018

Job Losses, Relocations Could Result from Reorganization Plan

"...The Trump administration’s blueprint for reorganizing a host of federal agencies and programs, released Thursday, contains no specific projections on the impact of federal employees working in them, although if carried out the plans could result in the loss of many federal jobs and the relocation of others. The “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century” document..."    


This Article is From: www.fedweek.com
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

UPS, Teamsters May Be Headed Toward America’s Biggest Labor Strike in Decades

"...the nation’s largest strike in decades. On Tuesday, the union announced members voted more than 90% in favor of going on strike...One proposal on the negotiating table is to create a two-tier wage system that would take part-time workers who earn $15 an hour and make them full-time at the same wage. Existing full-time drivers now earn an average of $36 an hour, or roughly $75,000 a year. The Teamsters are divided on this proposal, which makes it harder to reach a deal and avoid a strike..."    


This Article is From: ktla.com
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