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The New South Wales government’s refusal to enforce basic accessibility standards for new homes is “salt in the wound” for people with disabilities and will force more than 1 million Australians to continue living in ill-suited dwellings, advocates say. Australia’s building ministers finalised the new national construc... | Labor Activism |
MoneyWatch August 18, 2022 / 1:55 PM / CBS/AP Hundreds of Google employees are petitioning the company to extend its abortion health care benefits to contract workers and to strengthen privacy protections for Google users searching for abortion information online. Google parent company Alphabet had pledged to pay trave... | Labor Activism |
Published July 10, 2022 3:45PM article Sign with logo at the headquarters of car-sharing technology company Uber in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco, California, with red vehicle visible in the background parked on Market Street, October 13, 2017. (Photo by Smith C As Uber aggressively pushed in... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden excoriated "MAGA Republicans" and the extreme right on Monday, pitching personal Labor Day appeals to swing-state union members who he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November."The middle class built America," Biden told a workers' gathering at park grounds in Milwaukee. ... | Labor Activism |
A CSX freight train crosses the Potomac River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia October 16, 2012. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Unions and freight railroads said on Monday they have struck contract deals covering 15,000 workers after U.S... | Labor Activism |
A cup of Starbucks coffee sits on a table in a cafe.Joel Boh | ReutersNew York City is suing Starbucks over allegations that the company wrongfully terminated a barista and union organizer.The city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection said the case marks its first lawsuit for a violation of New York City's "j... | Labor Activism |
At the pandemic's outset, many labor experts doubted that a professional work culture long defined by commutes and cubicles was ready to truly embrace remote employment. That's changed. The next revolution on the job? According to Nobel Prize-winning MIT economist Esther Duflo, it should be about the long hours synonym... | Labor Activism |
The lawsuit was filed late Sunday in Texas by two workers who said they were terminated from Tesla’s gigafactory plant in Sparks, Nevada, in June.A sign marks the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nev., on Oct. 13, 2018.John Locher / AP fileJune 21, 2022, 2:43 PM UTCFormer Tesla employees have filed a lawsui... | Labor Activism |
Politics September 12, 2022 / 9:12 PM / CBS News The Biden administration has been working to avert a possible railroad work stoppage that could begin late Friday and cost the U.S. economy at least $2 billion daily in lost productivity, potentially sparking yet another supply chain crisis.President Joe Biden has person... | Labor Activism |
Several weeks after Starbucks workers in Ithaca, New York voted to unionize, the company announced with just a week’s notice that their store on College Avenue, one of three in Ithaca, would be shut down. Starbucks claimed the decision to close was unrelated to unionization and was due to a problem with the grease trap... | Labor Activism |
MoneyWatch August 22, 2022 / 5:59 PM / MoneyWatch Unions rise again: Labor collectives vs. Amazon Unions rise again: Labor collectives vs. Amazon 04:58 With workers around the U.S. moving to unionize at a rate not seen in decades, employees at a GE plant in Alabama are the latest to file for union representation.Manufa... | Labor Activism |
When the Senate unveiled its reconciliation package in August, service providers for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) were stunned to see additional funding for the Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) program was excluded — even despite the fact that HCBS funding was proposed... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.He said the tentative deal “will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruption of our economy.”The Democratic president be... | Labor Activism |
MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a three-day strike Monday, complaining of low salaries and understaffing worsened by the strains of the coronavirus pandemic.Some 15,000 nurses at seven health care systems in the Minneapolis and Duluth areas walked out. The affected hospitals said they recruited ... | Labor Activism |
The number of American workers who quit their jobs during the pandemic—over a fifth of the workforce—may constitute one of the largest American labor movements in recent history. Workers demanded higher pay and better conditions, spurred by rising inflation and the pandemic realization that employers expected them to r... | Labor Activism |
The employees at U.S. Brick in Mooresville, Indiana, have had enough of the Teamsters union. They made that clear with a union “disaffection” petition, signed by more than two-thirds of the workforce. The National Labor Relations Act gives workers the right to request a union decertification election to remove a union ... | Labor Activism |
The protests that have swept Iran since the death a week ago of a young woman in the custody of the morality police have expressed a pent-up determination to create real change in the Islamic Republic.Mahsa Amini was detained for an alleged infraction of edicts that require the full covering of women’s hair with a hija... | Labor Activism |
Shipping containers are seen at a terminal inside the Port of Oakland as truck drivers continue protesting against California's new law known as AB5, in Oakland, California, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJuly 21 (Reuters) - Truckers protesting California'... | Labor Activism |
Unions in New South Wales will declare the beginning of a six-month campaign to remove Dominic Perrottet’s coalition from government, releasing the results of a survey suggesting voters believe hospitals, ambulance services and public transport are deteriorating.The Unions NSW secretary, Mark Morey, will tell the state... | Labor Activism |
MoMo Productions/Getty ImagesJust under half of moms of young children currently work full time, and nearly 30% are not employed.Childcare policies under the Build Back Better plan could lead to full-time jobs for over a million moms.Although the move could help address the labor shortage, it stands little chance of be... | Labor Activism |
A contestant on the second season of Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” reality series is suing the streamer and the show’s producers, charging them with a string of labor-law violations, including fostering “inhumane working conditions” and paying cast members less than minimum wage.The lawsuit, filed by Jeremy Hartwell, alleg... | Labor Activism |
The US’s third-largest railroad union rejected a deal with employers Monday, renewing the possibility of a strike that could cripple the economy. Both sides will return to the bargaining table before that happens.Over half of track maintenance workers represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Divis... | Labor Activism |
Uber and Amazon Flex drivers protest the fuel price serge and demand more money outside an Amazon warehouse in Redondo Beach, California, U.S., March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - After weeks of lobbying the White House on how gig workers should be treated, the rideshare, delive... | Labor Activism |
Of the various right-wing arguments deployed against the social programs of America’s New Deal and Great Society eras, among the most common was that such programs simply didn’t work. Poverty, according to this line of thinking, is not a straightforward by-product of market forces but something whose causes are more di... | Labor Activism |
The Port of Oakland – one of the country’s largest and a key hub for global commerce – has been brought to a standstill by a group of truck drivers angered over a state labor law that could upend their business model.
The protest, which entered its second day on Tuesday, escalated to a near complete shutdown of the por... | Labor Activism |
Independent truck drivers gather to delay the entry of trucks at a container terminal at the Port of Oakland, during a protest against California's law known as AB5, in Oakland, California, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLOS ANGELES, July 20 (Reuters) - Protesti... | Labor Activism |
truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse facility on the Staten Island borough of New York, April 1, 2022.Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez (AP)It’s no secret that Amazon has been less than friendly to its workers who are trying to unionize. And given the way Amazon has wormed its way into the workings of just about everything... | Labor Activism |
As students plan a return to the classroom, gearing up with new notebooks and cool backpacks, some schools could still be trying to find their teachers.The labor shortage hit schools especially hard last year and now some states are warning that hundreds of teaching positions for this fall remain unfilled.In Nevada, of... | Labor Activism |
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case that union supporters fear could end up diminishing the power of workers to go on strike against their employers.The case, Glacier Northwest Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, revolves around a 2017 labor dispute involving unionized drivers at a concrete co... | Labor Activism |
After Kotaku released reports that Nintendo was experiencing an uproar among contract employees, Doug Bowser reportedly called allegations of anti-union activity “troubling” in an internal memo.Photo: Michael Loccisano (Getty Images)Unlike its poster boy Mario, Nintendo cannot seem to jump high enough to clear accusati... | Labor Activism |
Heather Goodall, a 50-year-old Amazon worker, began pushing for a union at her Amazon warehouse just outside Albany, New York, largely because she was alarmed about safety problems – items often fell off the warehouse’s 27-ft-high racks, she said.“We’ve had packers who had items fall on them. Several complained about c... | Labor Activism |
Korean and Latino workers at a Korean restaurant in Los Angeles ratified their first union contract, marking a breakthrough for workers, advocates say.The win last month makes Genwa, an upscale Korean barbecue chain that’s been cited for multiple labor law violations, the first privately owned Korean restaurant to be u... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.He said the tentative deal “will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruption of our economy.” The agreement is “an important... | Labor Activism |
U.S. Updated on: September 15, 2022 / 10:32 AM / CBS News CBS News Live CBS News Live Live President Biden announced early Thursday morning that days of negotiations at the U.S. Department of Labor to avert a national rail strike, with potentially major implications for the economy, had yielded a deal. In a statement, ... | Labor Activism |
A worker sorts out parcels in the outbound dock at Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty ImagesAmazon is raising its hourly wages for its warehouse and delivery workers, the company announced Wednesday... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that the United States is rallying its allies against forced labor as it begins implementing an import ban on goods from China’s Xinjiang region, where Washington says Beijing is committing genocide.U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday began e... | Labor Activism |
Something isn't loading properly. Please check back later. Economy Now playing Amazon workers celebrate first labor union John General/CNN Now playing Billionaire investor: Powell would 'say he made a mistake' with inflation CNN Now playing Companies want workers back in office. Workers aren't so sure CNN Now playing '... | Labor Activism |
CNN — You probably associate Labor Day with sales, family barbecues and the unofficial end of summer. For most Americans, the long weekend is a much-needed opportunity to reconnect with friends and family and provides a last hurrah before the start of fall. But Monday’s holiday holds a much deeper meaning, rooted in ... | Labor Activism |
Jamelle BouieSept. 13, 2022Credit...Boston Globe / Getty ImagesAs a nation, the United States is committed to a creed of free market capitalism. But this belies a heritage of egalitarianism and economic equality in American political thought. Among the oldest and most potent strains of American thinking about democracy... | Labor Activism |
HOUSTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said a 10-month lockout of workers at an Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) refinery in Texas was an "unlawful" effort to remove the United Steelworkers union (USW) representing the workers, according to a complaint issued on Monday.The NLRB asked an admin... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON — On July 12, a dozen unions representing 115,000 freight railroad workers voted to strike over pay and labor conditions, a move that would disrupt supply chains and imperil travel, since Amtrak shares track with freight carriers in much of the country.In stepped President Biden, once known as “Amtrak Joe” f... | Labor Activism |
Fox News has reportedly paid a roughly $15 million settlement to former host Melissa Francis, who filed a complaint with New York state’s labor board accusing the media company of paying her less than her male colleagues. The Washington Post reported that Fox News agreed to the settlement, citing documents the newspape... | Labor Activism |
On the ClockOn the Clock is Motherboard's reporting on the organized labor movement, gig work, automation, and the future of work.Last week, AlumaSafway, a Canadian scaffolding company, sent workers a memo demanding they accept "voluntary" overtime shifts or face termination, a hiring ban, legal action, and possible fi... | Labor Activism |
Whenever Noah McCool pitches his co-workers at their Apple store in Nashville, Tenn., on why they should form a union, he focuses on the money. He tells them how much the average Apple store has brought in per worker historically — in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, he says — and then notes that many of the store... | Labor Activism |
U.S. August 22, 2022 / 11:20 AM / CBS/AP Full interview: Miguel Cardona on "Face the Nation" Full interview: Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" 10:11 Teachers for Columbus City Schools, Ohio's largest school district, have voted to go on strike and will be walking picket li... | Labor Activism |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Minneapolis teachers union defended a controversial policy regarding race-based layoffs after fierce backlash, arguing that the criticism is being ginned up by the "right wing."The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and Minneapolis public schools agreed to a plan that all... | Labor Activism |
With a big win in California, REI's new union is going coast-to-coast.Anthony Behar/SIPA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Some people hike from coast to coast. Others unionize. In Berkeley, California, trailblazing workers at Recreational Equip... | Labor Activism |
InequalityEssential WorkersAfter Amazon workers in Germany began striking, the company expanded eastward, where looser labor laws brought record productivity.Posted 2 hours ago POZNAN, Poland — The first full-day strike at an Amazon warehouse was on May 14, 2013. Seven hundred workers in all picketed outside three faci... | Labor Activism |
Starbucks management is reportedly planning to deny new paid leave benefits to unionized workers, another wrinkle in the company's aggressive and unlawful campaign to stamp out organizing momentum nationwide.According to an internal memo obtained by More Perfect Union, Starbucks is set to announce Monday that it is end... | Labor Activism |
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.Leah Millis | ReutersSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wearing a mask that read "Cancel student debt," called on the labor movement on Wednesday to join him in his fight to get President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in federal student loan debt per borrower.During t... | Labor Activism |
Farm workers clear out hosing which was used to irrigate an okra field on July 13, 2022 near Coachella, California.Mario Tama/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the fertile plains of Washington State’s Yakima Valley, maximum summer temperat... | Labor Activism |
The Facts Inside Our Reporter’s Notebook The top four public labor unions in the U.S. lost more than 200,000 members since the Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that government employees could not be forced to pay a union to keep their job, a new report shows that.
The Commonwealth Foundation released the report, which found... | Labor Activism |
POZNAN, Poland — The first full-day strike at an Amazon warehouse was on May 14, 2013. Seven hundred workers in all picketed outside three facilities in Germany, the company’s biggest market outside the US. Carrying banners reading “Today we fight for RESPECT,” they demanded higher wages, more permanent rather than sho... | Labor Activism |
Kaja Sokola was a shy teen from Wroclaw, Poland, when she received news that changed her life: modeling agents saw her photo during an open casting call, and they wanted her to walk at a show in Warsaw.Sokola had done one or two walks in a dress or skirt, but the show was mostly underwear. She was 14.“Being a 14-year-o... | Labor Activism |
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A railroad strike or lockout could cost the U.S. economy $2 billion per day in output, threaten supplies of food and fuel, and stoke already red-hot inflation, according to an industry report released on Thursday.President Joe Biden this summer appointed a presidential emergency board (PEB) to b... | Labor Activism |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nationwide worker efforts to form unions in various sectors have made their way to a Los Angeles area topless bar where a group of exotic dancers have filed paperwork attempting to unionize.On Thursday, the majority of the 30 strippers employed at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar... | Labor Activism |
The Queensland government should introduce free nursing and midwifery degrees to combat critical staff shortages, the state’s Greens have said.The party said their ‘nursebacker’ plan would attract nurses to the public health system and retain workers experiencing burnout and exhaustion.The proposal comes after the Vict... | Labor Activism |
U.S. September 13, 2022 / 12:34 AM / AP Seattle Public Schools said late Monday it had reached a tentative agreement with the union for teachers who went on strike last week over issues like pay and classroom support.Earlier Monday the district had cancelled classes Tuesday, the fifth school day that students have miss... | Labor Activism |
Western Australia’s multibillion-dollar mining industry has failed to protect women from predatory sexual behaviour, an inquiry has found.A committee chaired by the Liberal MP Libby Mettam delivered its findings on Thursday after almost a year of investigations, launched after a number of women came forward to police d... | Labor Activism |
A cargo ship is seen at the port of Oakland as independent truck driver continue protesting against California's new law known as AB5, in Oakland, California, U.S., July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJuly 23 (Reuters) - Independent truckers who have been protesting ... | Labor Activism |
The Department of Labor has estimated that thousands of workers have already lost access to retraining assistance and other federal resources after a decades-old program aimed at helping those who lose their jobs to globalization and trade expired this month.The program lapsed July 1 and Congress does not appear to hav... | Labor Activism |
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball agreed to pay minor-leaguers $185 million to settle a federal lawsuit that has progressed through the courts for eight years without reaching a trial.The settlement, announced May 10, was filed Friday with the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, where Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. ... | Labor Activism |
Grassroots Northern Territory Labor members passed a string of motions on the weekend calling for a ban on fracking in the Beetaloo Basin and an end to gas industry subsidies, putting themselves at odds with both the territory and federal Labor governments.The previous federal Coalition government helped speed up gas e... | Labor Activism |
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday blocked a Republican request to force railroad workers and companies to accept the recommendations of a nonpartisan panel to avoid a strike that would impact millions of Americans. Sanders stood up on the floor to block the speedy approval of the resolution — introduced by Sen... | Labor Activism |
The Columbus Education Association teachers union ratified a deal with Columbus City Schools in Ohio on Sunday that paved the way for students and teachers to return to classrooms. The teachers union approved the three-year agreement with approximately 71% voting in favor of ratifying, ending a strike that disrupted th... | Labor Activism |
Trains in Britain all but ground to a halt Saturday as coordinated strikes by rail workers added to a week of turmoil caused by soaring energy prices and unfunded tax cuts that roiled financial markets.
Only about 11% of train services were expected to operate across the U.K. Saturday, according to Network Rail. Unions... | Labor Activism |
A Tesla logo is seen in Los Angeles, California U.S. January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSAN FRANCISCO, July 5 (Reuters) - Two laid-off Tesla (TSLA.O) workers filed an emergency motion on Tuesday to stop the electric car maker for allegedly seeking sep... | Labor Activism |
As a UPS driver of two years standing, Matt Leichenger of Brooklyn, New York, makes 100 to 150 stops a day, delivering anywhere from 150 to more than 300 packages.It is a tough job at the best of times, but in summer, a typical driver is moving hundreds of pounds of cargo and organizing packages in the back of their br... | Labor Activism |
Workers at Film Forum announced their intention to unionize in April — today's election made it official. Updated, June 17:
Workers at the nonprofit cinema Film Forum in New York City voted unanimously for unionizing in an election held Friday. The union, affiliated with Technical, Office, and Professional Union Local... | Labor Activism |
A Chipotle Mexican Grill sign is seen in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesA Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Lansing, Michigan, became the chain's first location to vote to unionize.Workers at the store voted 11 to three in favor of unionizing un... | Labor Activism |
A sign is posted in front of a McDonald's restaurant on April 28, 2022 in San Leandro, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesThe head of McDonald's U.S. on Wednesday publicly criticized a landmark California bill that would give the state more control over pay for fast-food workers, saying it unfairly targets big ch... | Labor Activism |
Oct 18 (Reuters) - The union seeking to organize an Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) warehouse in upstate New York was losing the election on Tuesday with 300 votes against and 143 votes in favor, with the remaining piles of valid and challenged ballots to count unlikely to tip the result.At ALB1, the retailer's fulfillment cen... | Labor Activism |
The National Labor Relations Board says Starbucks is violating U.S. labor law by withholding pay hikes and other benefits from stores that have voted to unionize.
The labor board’s Seattle office filed the complaint late Wednesday against Starbucks. The complaint is based on charges filed by Workers United, the union t... | Labor Activism |
A US judge has ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven employees at a cafe in Memphis, Tennessee who were allegedly fired for supporting a union campaign, as the coffee chain struggles to halt pending nationwide union elections.Sheryl Lipman, the district judge in the city, said the US National Labor Relations Board had p... | Labor Activism |
A Starbucks location in Havertown, Pa., Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Starbucks says it wants to start contract negotiations next month at 238 U.S. stores that have voted to unionize. The Seattle coffee giant said Monday, Sept. 26 it sent letters to stores in 36 states and the District of Columbia offering a three-week wind... | Labor Activism |
McDonald's franchisees unhappy with changes being made to ownership terms are expressing a lack of confidence in the company's CEO and U.S. president, according to a new survey of owners that was viewed by CNBC.The National Owners Association, an independent franchisee advocacy group for McDonald's owners, recently pol... | Labor Activism |
The labor group behind the first-ever U.S. union at Amazon has thrown its support behind organizing campaigns at two additional warehouses.Amazon Labor Union, the worker-led union behind the victory at an Amazon warehouse in New York City in April, reached agreements to provide organizing and financial assistance for w... | Labor Activism |
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) workers rejected organizing a New York state warehouse by a nearly two-to-one margin on Tuesday, handing another defeat to the fledgling labor union that had aimed to build momentum in its cross-country campaign.At ALB1, the retailer's fulfillment center in Castleton-on-Hudson... | Labor Activism |
Freight railway workers have complained about being constantly on-call practically every day of the week as well as being penalized for taking time off to go to a doctor or dentist appointment.Photo: STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP (Getty Images)Apparently, all it took for unionized freight rail workers to finally force their com... | Labor Activism |
Nearly 60% of Lufthansa flights have been cancelled today. (Photo by Sean Gallup)Getty Images Flying in Europe these days is not for the faint of heart. Three weeks ago, a pilot strike pushed SAS, the flag carrier for Denmark, Sweden and Norway, to file for bankruptcy in the U.S.. By the next morning, SAS had canceled ... | Labor Activism |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Chicago November 3, 2009. REUTERS/John Gress/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, Sept 13 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday made contingency plans aiming to ensure delive... | Labor Activism |
NEW YORK, Oct 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The road ahead could get even rougher for the champions of the gig economy. President Joe Biden’s administration is seeking to turn some independent contractors into employees. Workers are already scarce, and inflation is squeezing consumers. Higher costs threaten long-awaited... | Labor Activism |
Apple discovered that Suyin Electronics, one of its Chinese-based suppliers, relied on child labor on multiple occasions, but still took three years to fully cut ties, The Information reported on Thursday. Ten former members of Apple's supplier responsibility team told The Information the company has refused or has bee... | Labor Activism |
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has revealed what he believes Australia’s greatest economic opportunity is while speaking at the Albanese Government's Jobs and Skills Summit on Thursday.Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has declared there is "probably no greater economic opportunity" for Australia than reforming the ch... | Labor Activism |
More women will be awarded health and medical research grants under a push by the Albanese Government to help drive gender equality in the sector. Labor announced on Wednesday that from next year the National Health and Medical Research Council will be tasked with providing an equal number of its senior investigator gr... | Labor Activism |
MoneyWatch Updated on: October 5, 2022 / 6:13 AM / CBS News Employees say Amazon put health at risk after S.I. warehouse fire Employees say Amazon put health at risk after S.I. warehouse fire 01:55 A still-unrecognized labor union for an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York said early Wednesday that 50 workers a... | Labor Activism |
The percentage of Americans at private companies who belong to unions has been falling for decades, with a mere 6% of U.S. private-sector employees covered by a union. But a handful of conspicuous wins by labor activists at companies like Starbucks, Chipotle, and Trader Joe’s have some claiming that unions are ripe for... | Labor Activism |
Recent unionization drives at Starbucks and Amazon have lifted morale in the US labor movement, but organizers have yet to transform election victories into material change.Moreover, some union backers such as Will Westlake have paid a price for their activism.Formerly a Starbucks barista in Buffalo, New York, where th... | Labor Activism |
President Biden announced the agreement after negotiations brokered by the labor secretary lasted deep into the night.Credit...Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated PressSept. 15, 2022Updated 9:17 a.m. ETWASHINGTON — Freight rail companies and unions representing tens of thousands of workers reached a tentative agreement to ... | Labor Activism |
SummaryBill to block enforcement of some NDAs passes unanimouslyComes after ban on forced arbitration of harassment claims(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate has passed a bill with bipartisan support that would limit the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in cases involving workplace sexual harassment and assault.T... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden excoriated "MAGA Republicans" and the extreme right on Monday, pitching personal Labor Day appeals to swing-state union members who he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November."The middle class built America," Biden told a workers' gathering at park grounds in Milwaukee. ... | Labor Activism |
Starting in 2023, employers in California with more than 15 workers will have to disclose salary ranges on their job listings, according to a new law states.Signed by California governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday (Sept. 27), the law not only mandates pay transparency during job hunts but also on the job. All employers in... | Labor Activism |
An aerial view shows the Tesla Fremont Factory in Fremont, California on February 10, 2022.Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty ImagesTesla violated workers' rights when it told employees they couldn't wear shirts with pro-union insignia at the factory, The National Labor Relations Board ruled in a decision out Monday.The NLRB i... | Labor Activism |
MoneyWatch August 4, 2022 / 2:52 PM / MoneyWatch Climate change boosts risk of extreme weather Climate change elevating risk of dangerous weather 04:31 When UPS truck driver Dwight started working for the shipping giant in 1998, he complained to his manager about the heat on the job, which was unbearable during long su... | Labor Activism |
Mackenzie Clifton, the Nintendo worker who filed a labor complaint earlier this year against the gaming giant, is stepping forward by name for the first time in an interview with Axios.Why it matters: The veteran game tester alleges Nintendo and contracting firm Aston Carter had them fired in February because they aske... | Labor Activism |
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Chief executives at S&P 500 companies made 324 times more than the median workers at their companies in 2021 on average, according to an annual report from the U.S.’ largest labor union AFL-CIO released Monday morning, as the gap between compensation of top executives and workers continues to widen. Apple CEO T... | Labor Activism |
Sept 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor is expected to unveil a proposed rule in coming weeks that would make it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors, potentially upending the gig economy and other industries that rely heavily on contract labor.The line between when a worker is cons... | Labor Activism |
President Joe Biden, a pro-union president, on Labor Day kicks off the unofficial start of the fall campaign season ahead of the midterm elections with two cross-country stops in battleground states.Biden, in what the White House says are official events, will deliver remarks "celebrating Labor Day and the dignity of A... | Labor Activism |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An assistant professor of business at the University of Connecticut has been awarded $736,000 after charging in a 2011 whistleblower lawsuit that he had been fired for complaining about mismanagement at the school.Luke Weinstein will get $736,000 plus attorneys' fees and expe... | Labor Activism |
US Markets Loading... H M S Premium An Amazon employee handles packages. THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Amazon is raising starting pay for its 750,000 US warehouse workers to an average $19 an hour. The amount of in... | Labor Activism |
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