Tag: Automation
Union risks future of East Coast ports
In September, Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, representing maritime workers at East Coast and Gulf ports, addressed members in a letter....
Dockworkers’ union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to...
DETROIT (AP) – Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend...
Robots will eliminate jobs but create new ones too
Unions are understandably worried about job losses that will come as manufacturers turn to technology to curb costs and improve production and efficiency.
There’s no...
Creative Conners develops technology that takes center stage
PBN MANUFACTURING AWARDS 2020 | Product Innovation & Design: Creative Conners Inc.
IF YOU’VE SEEN recent plays or concerts involving set pieces as an integral...
Opinion: Employers can’t retrain the U.S. workforce by themselves
Regardless of industry, today’s workers are bound by a common anxiety: their jobs will one day be performed by robots. While the threat is more imminent...
Report: 46.1% of average share of tasks in Providence metro susceptible...
PROVIDENCE – A new report from the Brookings Institution released Thursday states that 46.1 percent of the average share of tasks in the Providence-Warwick-Fall...
Talking tech
Do you foresee cybersecurity breaches having an increasingly negative impact on your business in the next 5-10 years?
Yes 50%
No 50%
Do you expect technological advances...