The U.S. government’s minimum-wage enforcers plan to zero in on the warehouse and logistics industry, amplifying scrutiny of a sector criticized during the pandemic for its labor practices.
February 8, 2022Josh Eidelson
Business, Logistics, Top 50 
Trucks enter and exit the Port of Los Angeles. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg News)
XPO Logistics Port Truckers Seek to Unionize
Trucks enter and exit the Port of Los Angeles. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg News)Up to 250 XPO Logistics Inc. truckers who haul goods at Southern California ports and railyards are petitioning to unionize, hoping to convince federal authorities they’re really employees and not contractors as XPO claims.
January 19, 2022 Government, Business 
A rideshare car displays Lyft and Uber stickers in downtown Los Angeles. (Richard Vogel/Associated Press)
Group of Uber, Lyft Drivers Ask California Court to Scrap Ballot Measure
A rideshare car displays Lyft and Uber stickers in downtown Los Angeles. (Richard Vogel/Associated Press)A group of ride-hail and delivery drivers are suing to invalidate the California ballot measure approved in November that declared them independent contractors, the latest volley in the state’s yearslong struggle over whether gig workers are employees.
January 12, 2021 Government, Business, Technology, Safety 
Tesla vehicles are parked at the company's assembly plant in Fremont, Calif., on May 11. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Tesla Reopens California Plant, Says It Has Alameda County’s Approval
Tesla vehicles are parked at the company's assembly plant in Fremont, Calif., on May 11. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)Tesla Inc. told employees that a California county health official has now signed off on safety measures the company took last week at its car plant as it restarted production in defiance of the area’s shutdown order.
May 18, 2020 Business, Technology, Logistics 
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Tesla Readies Production Boost, Hints of Return to Hiring Mode
Jasper Juine/Bloomberg NewsTesla Inc. is poised to increase production at its California car plant and is back in hiring mode, according to an internal e-mail sent days after the company wrapped up a record quarter of deliveries.
July 10, 2019 Government, Business, Logistics 
Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island. (Julie Jacobson/AP)
Employees at Amazon’s New NYC Warehouse Launch Union Push
Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island. (Julie Jacobson/AP)A committee of employees at Amazon.com’s recently opened Staten Island fulfillment center is going public with a unionization campaign, a fresh challenge to the e-commerce giant in a city where it plans to build a major new campus.
December 12, 2018