Trump fires Labor Commissioner Who Once Overestimated Job Report by 818,000
President Donald Trump on Friday removed Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Dr. Erika McEntarfer from her post, citing what he claims was politically motivated manipulation of federal employment figures ahead of…
U.S. backs flight attendants in California labor law fight
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 state’s meal…
National Labor Organization Employee Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling More Than $270,000 from Union
WASHINGTON – Donnell Owens, a former employee of the American Federation of Government Employees, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for an embezzlement scheme…
Former Postal Worker Sentenced For Defrauding Department Of Labor Of $732,000 In Disability Payments
Ocala, 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, Department of…
Jury Convicts Midlothian Family Members of Conspiracy to Commit Forced Labor
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 forced labor,…
Former Labor Union Secretary-Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
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, worked as…
U.S. labor board says Starbucks unlawfully fired seven for union efforts
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 it said…
U.S. West Coast port labor talks to begin on Tuesday
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 news release…
Australia’s Albanese banks on working class brand to restore Labor to power
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 housing property…
U.S. labor market has yet to get Powell’s memo
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 would pave…
Shasta County Couple Sentenced for Conspiring to Subject Mother and Her Two Daughters to Forced Labor
Nery 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 to which…
Labor issues, idle trains leave U.S. grain and food stranded -shippers
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 inflation, food…
Graying of Canada’s workforce threatens to worsen labor crunch
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 labor shortage…
Candidate Drops Out Of Race After Going Into Labor During Convention
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 of the…
U.S. labor board judge orders union vote at Activision studio
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 Blizzard-owned studio…
McDonald’s beats back challenge to settlement with U.S. labor agency
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 across the…
Big Tech Giant That Lobbied Against Slave Labor Ban Commits To A ‘Racial Equity’ Audit
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 equity audit…
Busiest U.S. port sees record volume ahead of high-stakes labor talks
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 the labor…
U.S. labor board official wants to end mandatory anti-union meetings
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 businesses from…
Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy Involving the Forced Labor of Mexican Agricultural H-2A Workers
Tampa, 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. Assistant Attorney…
Bullard: Improvement in labor force not happening fast enough to ease inflation
(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 hope that…
Lawrence Ray Convicted Of Racketeering, Violent Assault, Extortion, Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor, Tax Evasion, And Money Laundering
Damian 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 violent crime…
Three U.S. House Democrats seek documents from Amazon on labor practices
(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 are concerned…
Biden’s Labor Department Nominee Just Had His Nomination Blocked Thanks To 3 Democrats
Biden’s Labor Department Nominee Just Had His Nomination Blocked Thanks To 3 Democrats Sebastian Hughes on March 31, 2022 Three Democratic senators joined Republicans on Wednesday to kill the nomination of David…
Illegal alien faces 50-year prison term after admitting multi-million-dollar conspiracy to harbor other illegals for labor
SAVANNAH, GA – An illegal alien has admitted to a scheme in which he and his co-conspirators fraudulently employed other illegals to work for a tree service, and then aided in the…
Analysis-Impermanence nation: Canada’s growing reliance on temporary residents to meet labor needs
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO – Canada is increasingly relying on temporary residents to meet its labor force needs, according to a Reuters analysis of official data, but this phenomenon makes workers…
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