Deere to move cab production to Mexico amid tight U.S. labor market
(Reuters) – Agriculture equipment maker Deere & Co said on Friday it would move the company’s cab production from its Waterloo, Iowa plant to Mexico …
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TSA Labor Union President Pleads Guilty to Fraud Scheme to Misappropriate Union Funds
BOSTON – The president of a local union representing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to engaging in …
U.S. productivity tumbles in first quarter; labor costs surge
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 …
Mexico accepts U.S. request for labor probe into Panasonic
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Brothers From Chicago Charged in Labor Trafficking Conspiracy
CHICAGO — Two brothers from Chicago have been arrested on a labor trafficking charge for allegedly forcing undocumented Mexican immigrants to work in the construction …
Corrado calls on Murphy Dept. Of Labor Comish to resign after offices remain closed
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has declared an end to the COVID-19 pandemic and lifted all COVID-19 public health mandates, but the …
Amazon’s 2nd union vote in New York set for late April – U.S. labor board
– Amazon.com Inc workers at the company’s “LDJ5” warehouse in Staten Island, New York will vote in person starting on April 25 on whether to …
Interim Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on labor unions
– Starbucks’ longtime former Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz will return temporarily after current CEO Kevin Johnson said on Wednesday that he will retire from …
Elon Musk Gives Biden’s Labor Secretary Tour Of Tesla Factory
Elon Musk Gives Biden’s Labor Secretary Tour Of Tesla Factory Thomas Catenacci on March 14, 2022 Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave Secretary of Labor Marty …
New Jersey’s Labor Commissioner Impeachment for Pandemic Fiasco, Unemployment Woes, Office Closures
TRENTON, NJ – Weeks after Governor Phil Murphy met with his peers at the National Governor’s Association’s annual convention, signaling an end to the pandemic …
Former Illinois State Senator Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Receiving Salary and Benefits From Labor Union
CHICAGO — Former Illinois State Sen. THOMAS E. CULLERTON pleaded guilty today to a federal embezzlement charge and admitted fraudulently receiving salary and benefits from …
Baltimore CBP Seizes $2.5 Million in Palm Oil Shipments Under Forced Labor Finding
BALTIMORE – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized four shipments of palm oil in Baltimore since February 11 due to information indicating that …
Rare bipartisan vote in Trenton signals unity against Phil Murphy’s Labor Department prolonged closures
TRENTON, NJ – Democrats in Trenton finally joined Republicans against New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s extended pandemic shutdown of state labor officers. On Thursday, Republican …
Who can fix the price tags? U.S. businesses hit by labor shortages, inflation
By Ann Saphir – In the U.S. Midwest one retailer planned to raise prices but did not have enough floor staff to physically change the …
Baseball-MLB sets Monday deadline as labor talks continue
By Rory Carroll – Major League Baseball will cancel games if a labor agreement being negotiated with its players is not finalized by Monday, a …
If NJ Labor Department office don’t reopen and workers don’t show up for work, they shouldn’t get paid, Testa says
From the desk of Senator Michael Testa TRENTON, NJ – In an effort to put teeth into the repeated calls from thousands of New Jersey’s …
Chinese ex-diplomat’s forced labor conviction overturned by U.S. appeals court
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a former Chinese diplomat and head of U.S. operations …
ISS supports Apple shareholder proposal on forced labor
By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK – Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) urged Apple Inc investors to vote for a resolution demanding greater transparency …
Burlington County Couple Charged with Forced Labor and Other Crimes
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Burlington County, New Jersey, couple was charged today with forced labor and other crimes involving two undocumented individuals, U.S. Attorney Philip …
Former Postal Worker Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Department Of Labor Of $732,000 In Disability Payments
Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that George Utley (56, Oklahoma City, OK) has pleaded guilty to receiving stolen government property …
Brazil’s Supreme Court annuls billion-dollar labor dispute against Petrobras
– Brazil’s Supreme Court annulled on Monday a previous court decision that would have required state-run oil company Petrobras to pay billions of dollar in …
Kellogg’s labor strike to eat into margins as supply woes mount
By Mehr Bedi – A nearly three-month long labor strike at Kellogg’s U.S. cereal plants is expected to dent profit margins already under pressure from …
Biden Loosens Trump Tariffs On Solar Panels Despite Labor Unions’ Pleas
President Joe Biden loosened tariffs placed on solar panel imports by the Trump administration Friday, paving the way for Chinese companies to produce more panels …
U.S. worker productivity rebounds in fourth quarter; labor costs tepid
WASHINGTON – U.S. worker productivity rebounded more than expected in the fourth quarter, curbing labor costs growth, but the coronavirus pandemic has distorted the data …
Autonomous vehicles need stricter rules -U.S. safety group, labor unions
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – U.S. labor unions and a consumer safety advocate on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to add more safeguards to ensure …