EditorialTasha Almanza operates a forklift at FutureStitch, a company that makes designer socks and employs formerly incarcerated women, in Oceanside, Calif., on Feb. 8, 2023. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times)
EditorialA worker drives a forklift past shipping containers at the Port of New Orleans in Louisiana, Jan. 10, 2023. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times)
EditorialA worker drives a forklift past shipping containers at the Port of New Orleans in Louisiana, Jan. 10, 2023. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times)
EditorialAdela Castillo, whose finances have been overwhelmed by a $15,000 loan she took out to buy a forklift as the value of the peso continues to fall, at her construction materials business in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 17, 2022. (Sebastián López Brach/The New York Times)
EditorialA forklift moves inventory through a warehouse operated by Pro Group Logistics in Sparks, Nev., Jan. 13, 2022. (Emily Najera/The New York Times)
EditorialA worker for ResMed, a maker of the CPAP machines, at its facility in Lithia Spring, Ga. on Nov. 23, 2021. (Dustin Chambers/The New York Times)