Delivery Facility News Today

About a year after opening in Austin, The Kroger Co. will be closing its delivery facility and laying off workers.

A West Humboldt Park resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the opening of an Amazon facility in her neighborhood until the company goes through a public approval process. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court Tuesday by attorney Ramsin Canon on behalf of resident Maura Madden, alleges Amazon’s planned delivery facility at 1260 N. Kostner Ave. was improperly classified under ...

>> amazon under fire accused of not paying overtime during prime week. >> tracee, good morning. tracee: amazon employees at delivery facility in chicago said that the company did not pay them overtime during prime week, the mega sale just a few days ago, many of them recently part of the nearly formed dch1 amazonian united group fighting for rights for workers, they did file complaint with the illinois department of labor and they said in facebook post, quote, no excuse for wage theft and such r...

Package here at the fedex facility in the south of the city of austin. i also want to tell you that just about 2 miles from where im standing right now, and im at the scene of sunday nights tripwire explosion about 2 miles from here, investigators are at yet another facility. this time, a private delivery facility in the sun valley suburb of austin and what they are confirming their according to the sun valley police department is a link between that delivery service and some packages. we dont k...

>> on the scale of one to ten, how big of a deal are these gas prices to you? ill start with you, baxter. >> its one of many prices. its the straw on the camels back. economic adversity forces us all to manage our lives and businesses a little better. for example, many of our deliveries are in the chicago area. but our ten locations are in the suburbs. so, were investing in opening a new design and delivery facility in the city for more efficient low-cost service. >> yeah, hard times often cause...