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The 81-year-old TV director and writer has been formally charged in raping an aspiring actress in Munich nearly 25 years ago.

Next Level Process Mining: PAF appoints Dr. Alexander Seeliger as Chief Scientist Share Article The Process Analytics Factory (PAF), a leading Process Mining provider based in Darmstadt, Germany, has appointed Dr. Alexander Seeliger as Chief Scientist. In this role, Dr. Seeliger will lead the Research & Innovation division at PAF in the future. His tasks include the evaluation of complementary technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), RPA and Machine Learning (ML) and their integration...

January 28, 2021 466 Views RS Components (RS), a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, has placed sustainability as a priority in a €65 million expansion of its distribution centre (DC) in Bad Hersfeld, Germany. The installation of a major solar energy system on the roof of the new 9,000 m² building, which is due for completion in August 2021, is capable of generating 750 kWh of photovoltaic (PV) capacity daily to convert solar radiation directly into electricity, providing energy to the...

A perfect storm for European distribution January 20, 2021 // By Nick Flaherty Nick Flaherty talks to Pete Malpas and Andy Keenan at RS Components about the challenges of Covid-19 and Brexit The last year has been challenging for the distribution industry across Europe keeping supplies flowing during with the Covid-19 pandemic. The last few weeks have added on Brexit with the UK leaving the EU and lorries held up at Dover and Calais.   “We are very focussed on the...

Hundreds of workers have laid off work on six Amazon sites in Germany. The action would last until Christmas Eve. In the meantime, the e-commerce company continues to guarantee the delivery of parcels.   Accepting collective agreements The strikes broke out at the sites of Werne, Leipzig, Rheinberg, Koblenz and Bad Hersfeld (2), reports Frankfurter Allgemeine. According to trade union Verdi, some 1,700 employees of the e-commerce giant are involved. The actions will continue until Christmas E...

While workers picketed at the entrance of an Amazon warehouse in Wroclaw, Poland, on December 15, supporters blocked two entry points for trucks delivering and picking up packages, stopping 80 trucks from loading and unloading for several hours. Photo: Amazon Workers International On November 5 Amazon workers at a warehouse in Wroclaw, Poland (Amazon WRO1) stopped work to demand that they receive the same 2,000 zloty ($530) bonuses that recruitment agencies are paying to new workers. In the fo...

A Dedicated Grassroots Troublemaker Christian Krähling, Amazon worker and activist, wrote this song for the Chicago Amazon workers at DCH1 warehouse. They won a fight for equal Paid Time Off (PTO) in March 2020, during a pandemic. Christian passed away on December 10, 2020. Amazon Workers International, an international network of militant Amazon workers, wrote this beautiful obituary, pledging to continue the common project: On 10th December our comrade and irreplaceable friend, Christian K...