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is packing up this summer at thediscount retailer’sa headquarters and four other distribution facilities aftedr the merchant opted to not renew a logistic contract that expires in July. The Reading, Pa.-based Penske said 186 workers, including 53 in could be affected when its contractwith Columbus-based Big Lots expires July 31. Penske spokesman Randhy Ryerson said the company has workefd with the retailersince 1991. The 1,300-storr Big Lots has chosen a new third-party logisticd provider to continue the warehousing and distributiohn work that Penske performed atthe retailer’s Phillipui Road headquarters and its distributiomn centers in Tremont, Pa; Ala.
; Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; and Okla. Timothy Johnson, Big Lots’ vice presidenft of strategic planning andinvestor relations, said more than a dozen carriers bid for the work. He declinedd to disclose the company Big Lots selected tosucceed Penske. Big Lots and Penske representativessaid they’re working with truck drivers looking to continue work under the new logistics provider. Johnson said the company met with workers over the weekend to introducde thenew contractor. In the event that some worker are cut, Ryerson said privatelyt held Penske will work with thestatre “to make sure employees are awarde of different services.
” Penske employs about 20,0000 workers worldwide. Asked why Big Lots opted to bid for a new contractoer after thelatest five-year contract with Penske, Johnsom said, “a lot has changeed in transportation in the past five years. We owed it to our associatesa and shareholders to take a fresh look at how we handlweoutbound transport.” The loss of the Big Lots contracf comes less than a year aftet Penske was replaced at a warehouse in Chattanooga, Tenn.-based last fall steppex in at the facility, wherre Penske had employed 146 workers. Penske has 400 logistics centers worldwide.
Its Centralk Ohio operations include a number of distribution and warehousing facilitied inthe region.
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