Amazon has hired 3,700 workers in the Inland Empire to meet demand caused by the Coronavirus outbreak. Jobs filled include full- and part-time picking, packing, shipping and delivery of goods, according to published reports. About 1,900 of the positions are in San Bernardino County, the other 1,800 in Riverside County. …
Read More »Grocery workers to get pay hike, more benefits
Workers at Ralphs and Food 4 Less will receive a $2-per-hour increase in pay and added benefits for at least the next three weeks, according to an agreement reached between both chains’ parent company and the United Food & Commercial Workers Union. The pact, announced Wednesday, includes emergency paid leave …
Read More »Ontario’s annual Cruisin’ Reunion revs up
Registration has begun for the 2020 Cruisin’ Reunion, the annual classic car show that takes up 22 blocks of downtown Ontario along Euclid Avenue. The event, hosted by the Greater Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau, is held every year on the third weekend of September. It attracts about 1,000 classic …
Read More »ONT to reduce operations
Ontario International Airport is reducing its operations and services in April. Passenger flights at ONT will be reduced by one-third – from 66 daily departures in March to 46 this month – because of a decline in commercial air travel brought on by the Coronavirus, according to a statement on …
Read More »Macy’s to furlough all workers
Macy’s Inc., the venerable department store chain that closed all of its stores March 18 in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, is furloughing its workers. The move, announced Monday, applies to the company’s Bloomingdales and Bluemercury brands, according to a statement on the the company’s website. It comes after other …
Read More »Third party logistics business opens another IE facility
A third-party logistics company has opened a warehouse-distribution facility in Jurupa Valley. Weber Logistics announced the opening of the 353,361-square-foot operation earlier this month, according to a statement. It’s the company’s fifth facility in the Inland Empire and 12th in California. The exact location was not disclosed. The Santa Fe …
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