Michaels is closing one of its two California distribution centers and laying off hundreds of workers, a WARN Act notification reveals.

Safeway workers are striking at the same time as contract negotiations between workers and King Soopers are coming to a head. The union is negotiating with King Soopers and parent Kroger after a strike in February. That strike lasted almost two weeks before a deal was reached to pause the labor action for 100 days. That pause expired last month.

Transportation-related issues in the New York City area played a role in the distributor’s decision to exit its contract with the grocer and shutter a distribution center it built to serve the chain.

Eight workers of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were killed in an ambush, blamed on Hamas militants. The attack occurred as the bus carrying the workers was en route to an aid center in southern Gaza.

Kohl’s is permanently closing its E-commerce distribution center in Monroe, Ohio, later this year in a move that will impact hundreds of employees.

Trade union members are broadly backing plans by Amazon to build a 3.2-million-square-foot distribution center on Route 5S, while urging developers to use local union workers during construction.