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Mexico’s Telmex offers union sweetened pension plan for new hires

By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Telmex, the Mexican telecommunications firm controlled by the family of tycoon Carlos Slim, on Wednesday sent union workers a new offer that included improvements to retirement…

August 31, 2022

Exclusive-Cuba seeks more electricity supply from Turkish powerships

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba, mired in an energy crisis that has brought frequent blackouts, is negotiating with a Turkish company to have it double the megawatts it currently produces…

August 31, 2022

Group of EU countries agree on boost to offshore wind power capacity

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Eight European Union countries bordering the Baltic Sea have agreed to increase offshore wind power generation capacity sevenfold by 2030 to decrease dependency on Russian energy, Denmark’s prime minister…

August 30, 2022

Starbucks union claims company closed two cafes in retaliation

By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) -The union representing Starbucks Corp employees at about 200 of its cafes said on Tuesday the coffee chain closed two locations in retaliation for organizing activities…

August 23, 2022

Teachers Union President Defends School District That Will Lay Off White Teachers First

Teachers Union President Defends School District That Will Lay Off White Teachers First Reagan Reese on August 23, 2022 American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten defended a contract between Minneapolis…

August 25, 2022

Jersey City Armed Carjacker Who Robbed Couple Waiting for Food Delivery Charged

by NJ Attorney General Matt Platkin’s Office TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced first-degree carjacking, robbery, and conspiracy charges against a Hudson County man who allegedly stole a…

August 19, 2022

Airline unions launch campaign against stock buybacks

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) – Before U.S. airlines resume share buybacks, they should invest in their workers and fix their operational issues, aviation unions said on Thursday while launching a…

August 18, 2022

Police Investigating Murder of 51-Year-Old in Jersey City

JERSEY CITY, NJ – One person has been charged for the murder of a 51-year-old Bayonne man in Jersey City last weekend. According to a press release issued this week: The Hudson…

August 19, 2022

Union at Volkswagen in Mexico to hold new contract vote Aug. 31

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The union at Volkswagen’s main Mexico factory will hold a new vote on Aug. 31 to ask workers if they approve a recently negotiated deal with management for…

August 17, 2022

Estonia to remove Soviet memorials in Russian-speaking city

VILNIUS – Estonia will remove all public Soviet memorials in its majority Russian-speaking city of Narva, the government said on Tuesday, citing rising tensions in the city and accusing Russia of trying…

August 16, 2022

Starbucks seeks to pause union elections at U.S. cafes, claims misconduct

By Hilary Russ NEW YORK -Starbucks Corp on Monday accused the federal labor board overseeing union elections at its U.S. cafes of misconduct and asked for elections to be suspended nationwide pending…

August 15, 2022

Volkswagen Mexico workers reject union’s 9% raise deal, as inflation climbs

By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY – Workers at Volkswagen AG’s main Mexico factory have rejected their own union’s deal with management for a 9% pay raise, setting the stage for further…

August 9, 2022

Exclusive-Stellantis Mexico unit okays independent union; U.S. trade probe to end

By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY – A Mexican unit of carmaker Stellantis expects to resolve a complaint from Washington in several days, it said after it agreed to recognize an independent…

August 8, 2022

Mexican union urges U.S. labor complaint at BBB auto-parts plant

By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY -A Mexican union on Tuesday said it will request a U.S. labor complaint over alleged worker rights violations at a BBB Industries auto-parts plant in northern…

August 2, 2022

SAS lands deal with pilots’ unions, ending 15-day strike

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jamie Freed COPENHAGEN/STOCKHOLM -SAS and pilot unions have reached a wage deal, the Scandinavian airline confirmed on Tuesday, ending a 15-day strike over a new collective bargaining agreement…

July 19, 2022

Uniontown Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Materials Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Uniontown, PA, pleaded guilty on July 12 in federal court to a charge of Production of a Visual Depiction of a Minor Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct,…

July 14, 2022

Atlantic City Man Admits Escape and Wire Fraud

CAMDEN, N.J. – An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man today admitted escaping from federal custody and engaging in a scheme to defraud women over telephone dating services, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger…

July 11, 2022

Kinecta Federal Credit Union Helps Students Succeed and Invites the Community to Join its 13th Annual Backpack Drive

Backpacks filled with school supplies will be distributed to nonprofit community and school partners in New York ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 6, 2022 — As part of its commitment to support families and children,…

July 7, 2022

Jersey City Man Charged for Assaulting Women and Children at Public Swimming Pool

UNION CITY, NJ – A Jersey City man has been charged for assaulting women and children at a public pool in Union City. According to police, on Sunday, members of the Hudson…

July 7, 2022

Western Union and MercadoLibre team up to send digital remittances to Mexico

By Noe Torres MEXICO CITY – U.S.-based money transfer firm Western Union Co, announced an agreement Wednesday with South American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre to send digital remittances to Mexico, which have become…

July 6, 2022

Pelosi takes communion at papal Mass, defying some U.S. bishops

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY -Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives who is banned from communion in her home city of San Francisco because she supports abortion rights,…

June 29, 2022

Apple ready to bargain with its first U.S. store to unionize: source

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Apple Inc accepts the outcome of a vote by Maryland store workers to become its first U.S. employees to join a union and is ready to bargain with…

June 24, 2022

Qantas to cut domestic capacity amid high fuel prices, staffing issues

By Jamie Freed SYDNEY -Australia’s Qantas Airways said on Friday that it would cut domestic capacity through March 2023 as it grappled with the higher fuel prices and staffing issues at airports…

June 23, 2022

Mexican telecom firm Telmex and union reach contract agreement to raise salary 4.5% for some workers: govt

MEXICO CITY – Telmex, the Mexican telecommunications firm controlled by the family of tycoon Carlos Slim, reached a contract agreement with its union to raise salaries up to 4.5% for some workers,…

June 22, 2022

New York’s Teachers Union President Received Hefty Raise While Students Fled Public Schools

New York’s Teachers Union President Received Hefty Raise While Students Fled Public Schools Reagan Reese on June 22, 2022 The president of the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) received a substantial…