HR & Labor Management

U.S. Truckers Plan Anti-Vaccine Convoy to Washington

February 8, 2022

A group of American truckers are seeking to import a Canadian movement to protest against vaccine mandates, with thousands of members on social media pledging to bring the demonstration to Washington, D.C.

Predictability, Not Flexibility, Will Combat the ‘Big Quit’

February 8, 2022

Tony Gray, SCB Contributor

Wage increases will help retain workers, but foundational labor standards such as shift duration and scheduling practices will have greater impact.

U.S. Labor, Supply ‘Nightmare’ Seen Extending Into Second Half

February 7, 2022

Bloomberg

The helter-skelter playing out on U.S. factory floors from labor and supply shortages, transportation bottlenecks and the coronavirus looks likely to persist into the second half of the year.

Biden Order Will Aim to Raise Wages for Infrastructure Jobs

February 4, 2022

Bloomberg

President Biden will require large federal infrastructure projects to use project labor agreements, a collective bargaining measure the administration says will tilt the rules toward companies with higher-paid workers.

VIDEO

Watch: Are Businesses Living Up to ESG Requirements?

February 3, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A review of how good a job companies are doing in adhering to their promises in the areas of environmental, social and governance (ESG), with two attorneys from Crowell & Moring LLP.

VIDEO

Watch: Time for a Fresh Commitment to ESG

February 1, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Amy Brachio, global business consulting leader with EY, explains why companies must move forward now with policies to ensure compliance with environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements.

Trucker Protest Strands Beef Shipments at U.S.-Canada Border

February 1, 2022

Bloomberg

Protesters who are rallying against vaccine mandates are holding up shipments of Canadian beef to the U.S.

Nestle to Pay Cocoa Farmers Cash Incentives to Fight Child Labor

January 31, 2022

Bloomberg

Nestle SA will offer cocoa farmers and their families in the Ivory Coast cash incentives that aim to reduce child labor, as the chocolate industry faces growing scrutiny over the problem.

Truckers Protesting Vaccine Rule Stay Put in Canada’s Capital

January 30, 2022

Bloomberg

Raucous protests in Canada’s capital continued Sunday over trucker vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 health restrictions, but the crowd thinned from its height a day earlier after drawing military and political rebukes for poor behavior.