The 48-hour strike, which is to end on the morning of March 25, has largely paralyzed cargo handling at major ports including Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven

Amazon said the cuts would fall mostly in its cloud services, advertising and Twitch live-streaming units.

With cargo volumes in steep decline, a showdown that ties up the flow of goods is likely to push more business to other gateways.

Craig Henry, U.S. industry manager of intralogistics with Siemens, discusses the continuing labor shortage, inflationary pressures and the need to invest smartly in technologies.

Easter in the U.K. and Europe is a four-day holiday, including Good Friday and Easter Monday, making it a popular time for air travel.

Companies have for decades looked to India, home to about 40% of so-called global capability centers that provide tech, engineering and I.T. support,

Why do some companies get so much more value from their supply chain and logistics deployments over time, while others see their value degrade?

Labor groups opposed the measure, saying it robbed them of rights like sick leave. The firms say the proposition protects other benefits such as flexibility.

In fact, Gartner found that the companies behind the 10 largest layoffs in tech talent now employ over 150,000 more people than at the beginning of 2020.

The pullback came as the broader U.S. economy added 311,000 jobs, driven by growth in service sectors, as consumer spending shifts.