BOSTON – The president of a local union representing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to engaging in a fraud scheme to defraud …
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WASHINGTON – U.S. worker productivity fell at its steepest pace since 1947 in the first quarter, while growth in unit labor costs accelerated, the government confirmed on Thursday, signs that …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Economy Ministry has accepted a U.S. request to probe alleged labor abuses at a Panasonic auto parts plant in the northern border city of Reynosa, it …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The Biden administration to a group of California-based flight attendants who won a lower court ruling that found Virgin America failed to abide by the …
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National Labor Organization Employee Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling More Than $270,000 from Union
by DOJ PressWASHINGTON – Donnell Owens, a former employee of the American Federation of Government Employees, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for an …
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Former Postal Worker Sentenced For Defrauding Department Of Labor Of $732,000 In Disability Payments
by DOJ PressOcala, Florida – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced George Utley (56, Oklahoma City) to 30 months in federal prison for receiving stolen government property, specifically, …
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RICHMOND, Va. – A federal jury today convicted three members of a Midlothian, Virginia household on charges pertaining to forced labor. Zahida Aman, 80, was convicted of conspiracy to commit …
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RICHMOND, Va. – An Emporia man pleaded guilty today to embezzlement and theft of labor union assets. According to court documents, from April 2013 through April 2019, Anthony Jordan, 55, …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has asked a court to order the reinstatement of seven former Starbucks Corp employees in Memphis, Tennessee who …
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LOS ANGELES – The union representing some 22,000 West Coast port workers will sit down for its first meeting of new contract talks with employers on Tuesday, according to a …
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By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – When Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese was only 12 years old, he says, he helped to organise a rent strike that kept his mother’s public …
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By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell this week laid out a hoped-for evolution of the U.S. job market that included a rising labor participation rate that …
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Shasta County Couple Sentenced for Conspiring to Subject Mother and Her Two Daughters to Forced Labor
by DOJ PressNery A. Martinez Vasquez, 54, and Maura N. Martinez, 54, both of Shasta Lake, California, were both sentenced today for conspiring to subject three victims to forced labor, a crime …
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By Christopher Walljasper CHICAGO – Rail backlogs in the United States are delaying shipment of grains as well as processed flour and corn syrup, contributing to the national problem of …
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By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO – Canadians nearing retirement outnumbered those entering the workforce by a record margin in 2021, census data released on Wednesday showed, raising fears the country’s …
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Candidate Drops Out Of Race After Going Into Labor During Convention Sebastian Hughes on April 26, 2022 A woman running for the Minnesota state Senate was forced to drop out …
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By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO – A regional director for the U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Friday ordered a union election for a group of workers at an Activision …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp on Friday defeated a union-backed organizing group’s challenge to a settlement with a U.S. labor agency over claims that the company helped franchisees …
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Big Tech Giant That Lobbied Against Slave Labor Ban Commits To A ‘Racial Equity’ Audit Harry Wilmerding on April 21, 2022 Apple confirmed Wednesday that it will conduct a racial …
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By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES – The Port of Los Angeles, the nation’s busiest, on Tuesday reported record first-quarter volume as anxiety builds ahead of the July 1 expiration of …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The top lawyer at the agency that enforces U.S. labor laws said on Thursday she will ask the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to prohibit …
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Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy Involving the Forced Labor of Mexican Agricultural H-2A Workers
by DOJ PressTampa, FL — A woman in Florida pleaded guilty today to a federal racketeering conspiracy that victimized Mexican agricultural workers admitted into the United States under the H-2A temporary visa program. …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. labor force is not increasing fast enough to help with the Fed’s immediate battle with inflation, St. Louis Fed president James Bullard said Thursday, discounting the …
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Lawrence Ray Convicted Of Racketeering, Violent Assault, Extortion, Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor, Tax Evasion, And Money Laundering
by DOJ PressDamian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction in federal court of LAWRENCE RAY, a/k/a “Lawrence Grecco,” for racketeering conspiracy, a …
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(Reuters) – Three U.S. House Democrats including the chair of the Oversight Committee on Friday asked Amazon.com to turn over documents detailing Amazon’s labor practices especially during severe weather. “We …