Tesla accused in lawsuit of cheating California workers out of wages
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Tesla is facing a new proposed class action lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of a slew of wage law violations against factory and warehouse workers in California,…
Apple’s Australian workers go on Christmas strike demanding better wages, work terms
(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s workers in Australia initiated a strike Friday afternoon, demanding better working conditions and wages, a workers’ union said, a move that might dent sales of the tech giant…
Japan govt revises up fiscal 2023 growth forecast on higher capex, wages
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government revised up on Thursday its growth forecast for the next fiscal year on prospects for higher business expenditure and substantial wage hikes that are…
Ex-BOJ Nakaso sees Japan lagging in exiting stimulus due to weak economy, wages
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is continuing large-scale monetary stimulus as the economy has not fully recovered from COVID-induced slump and as wage growth has lagged behind price hikes, former…
Home Health Care Agency Settles Fraud Claims for $1.26 Million and Agrees to Pay $2 Million in Wages and Benefits to Underpaid Aides
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, announced today a settlement agreement with a Brooklyn-based licensed home care service…
Liberal NYC Arts School Will Withhold Wages From Striking Workers
Liberal NYC Arts School Will Withhold Wages From Striking Workers Alexa Schwerha on December 6, 2022 The New School (TNS), a left-leaning arts school in New York City, will begin withholding wages…
BOJ’s Kuroda gets meagre pay bump even as he stresses need for higher wages
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda will receive a meagre 0.4% pay rise in 2022 after two years of cuts, the central bank said on Friday, even as he…
S.African civil servants plan protests to pressure govt over wages
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African civil servants will march to the National Treasury in the administrative capital Pretoria and in the country’s other eight provinces next Tuesday to pressure the government over…
Australia wages jump 1.0% in Q3, biggest gain in a decade
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian wages boasted the largest rise in a decade last quarter as a super-tight labour market finally made itself felt, though pay still lags far behind inflation…
Euro zone wages finally rising but inflation expectations muted, ECB VP says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone wage growth may finally be picking up but longer-term inflation expectations are still anchored around the European Central Bank’s 2% target, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos…
UK recruiters plan record pay rises but real wages lag inflation, survey shows
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British employers are planning the biggest pay hikes in a decade to fill roles but real-term wages will still grow more slowly than inflation, a survey…
ORTIZ: American Wages Are Nosediving Under Biden — Voters Can Turn Things Around On Election Day
ORTIZ: American Wages Are Nosediving Under Biden — Voters Can Turn Things Around On Election Day Alfredo Ortiz on November 4, 2022 A new Congress is needed to put an end to…
SHEFFIELD: Biden Has Mastered The Art Of Cutting American Wages
SHEFFIELD: Biden Has Mastered The Art Of Cutting American Wages Carrie Sheffield on October 7, 2022 Call him the wage cutter. Under President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats’ watch, today’s latest…
BOJ to host third workshop on Japan’s price trends in November, focus on wages
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Friday it will host the third session of its workshop series to analyse the country’s price moves during the pandemic on Nov.…
Wages Took Their Worst Hit In 25 Years: REPORT
Wages Took Their Worst Hit In 25 Years: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on October 6, 2022 More than half of Americans saw their wages fail to keep up with inflation between…
Japan real wages fall for 5th month in August as weak yen fuels inflation
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s real wages fell in August for a fifth straight month, government data showed on Friday, as a plunge in the yen lifted consumer prices at the fastest pace…
S.Africa’s rail and port workers to strike this week over wages – unions
(Reuters) – Workers at South Africa’s state-owned logistics firm Transnet will go on strike starting this Thursday over a wage dispute, two labour unions said, in a move that could halt the…
Japan July real wages continue to slide as rising consumer prices weigh
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s real wages extended their slide to a fourth straight month in July, government data showed on Tuesday, as the biggest jump in consumer prices in more than seven…
Japan PM says govt panel on inflation and wages to meet Friday
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese government panel tasked with tackling rising prices and wage issues will meet on Friday and consider additional policy measures that should be taken, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida…
Column-U.S. corporate profit boom reveals more about inflation threat than wages: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – While the Federal Reserve and other central banks obsess over avoiding a 1970s style ‘wage-price’ spiral, U.S. GDP data last week showed that the risk…
In Argentina, mass protests demand higher wages, lower inflation
By Maria Belen Liotti BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Thousands of frustrated Argentines clogged downtown Buenos Aires on Wednesday in raucous street protests, demanding government action to boost salaries and unemployment benefits battered…
SHEFFIELD: American Wages Are Being Crushed And Beltway Elites Couldn’t Care Less
SHEFFIELD: American Wages Are Being Crushed And Beltway Elites Couldn’t Care Less Carrie Sheffield on August 10, 2022 There’s a deep disconnect between regular people and Beltway elites who are far removed…
BOJ new board member says exit from easy policy will become focus if wages rise
TOKYO – The Bank of Japan’s new board member Naoki Tamura said on Monday an exit from the central bank’s ultra-easy monetary policy will become a focus of discussion once wages begin…
Japan May real wages post biggest drop in nearly 2 years on inflation
TOKYO – Japan’s real wages extended a decline in May to post the biggest year-on-year drop in nearly two years, government data showed on Tuesday, as consumer inflation hovering near a seven-year-high…
Striking Paris airport worker wants his wages to soar
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS – Three times a week, Loris Foreman, a ground handling agent at Paris’ main international airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, drives to his workplace, coffee in hand, before sunrise.…
Volkswagen to cut working hours, wages in Brazil as parts shortage deepens
SAO PAULO – Volkswagen AG is set to cut working hours and wages at its Sao Bernardo do Campo factory in Brazil as it grapples with a lack of auto parts and…
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