Senators demand emergency session over looming 37 percent health benefit hike for NJ public workers
New Jersey Senate Republicans are demanding an emergency legislative session to address a proposed 37% spike in public employee health premiums, warning of widespread consequences for taxpayers, municipalities, and school budgets if…
With backing from business lobby, Japan PM calls for workers’ pay hikes
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan must spread the momentum of wage growth across the country to conquer rising inflation as annual labour negotiations wrap up next month, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on…
After Aeromar’s grounding, Mexico’s aviation workers see turbulent horizon
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – After Mexican regional carrier Aeromar shuttered its operations last week, workers in the country’s aviation sector are bracing for more turbulence as financial, legislative and…
Starbucks eludes U.S. agency’s bid to shield pro-union workers from firings
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A federal judge in Detroit on Thursday dealt a blow to a U.S. labor agency by drastically narrowing his recent order that had barred Starbucks Corp from…
Monmouth County Doctor Admits Harboring Undocumented Workers from India
NEWARK, N.J. – A Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor pleaded guilty today to harboring two undocumented women from India and failing to pay taxes on their wages, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger…
Balfour Beatty’s engineering workers to stage strikes in March
(Reuters) – More than 100 engineering workers at Balfour Beatty will stage three 48-hour strikes in March over pay disputes, British trade union RMT said on Saturday. The decision comes after the…
Construction workers don’t ‘look like the neighborhoods they work in’, Transportation Sec claims
Harold Hutchison on February 13, 2023 NEW YORK, NY – Pete Buttigieg, who caught flak for criticizing Long Island New York City’s highway construction projects of the twentieth century is back again…
Home invaders posing as Con-Ed workers handcuff, blindfold 58-year-old woman
NEW YORK, NY – A 58-year-old woman was handcuffed and blindfolded by two male suspects posing as Con-Edison employees on Monday. According to detectives with the New York City Police Department’s 67th…
Shoplifters assault workers in two separate incidents in Brooklyn
NEW YORK, NY – Police in Brooklyn are asking the public to assist in identifying two suspects wanted for two separate assaults. In both cases, the suspects, when confronted by employees over…
Polistina Statement on Temporary Workers Bill
Sen. Vince Polistina voted in support of the "Temp Workers Bill of Rights" today, affirming his support for the principle of equal pay for equal work and ensuring that all workers are…
Amazon workers in Barcelona strike over warehouse closure
MADRID (Reuters) – Workers at an Amazon logistics centre on the outskirts of Barcelona protested on Thursday on the second day of an indefinite strike sparked by the company’s plans to shut…
JetBlue’s 3,000 ground workers vote against union representation
(Reuters) – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said on Wednesday about 3,000 JetBlue ground workers have voted against union representation. “This campaign has been long and difficult, especially with the…
Cost of living crisis tests striking French workers
By Layli Foroudi and Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – French railway worker Franck Viger-Brunet says he and his comrades have to count carefully the costs of going on strike to force President…
Amazon illegally threatened NYC workers ahead of union votes, judge finds
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc illegally threatened to withhold raises and benefits from workers at two New York City warehouses if they voted to unionize, a judge with the National…
UK passing $23 billion pension reform bill to workers, unions tell London court
LONDON (Reuters) – Two British trade unions challenging changes to public sector pensions told a London court on Tuesday that the government was unlawfully passing the 19-billion-pound ($23 billion) cost of discriminatory…
Boeing to hire 10,000 workers in 2023 as it ramps up production
By Valerie Insinna and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing expects to hire 10,000 workers in 2023 as it recovers from the pandemic and increases jetliner production, but will trim some support…
Chipotle to hire 15,000 workers across North America
(Reuters) – Burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc said on Thursday it was looking to hire 15,000 new full and part-time restaurant workers across North America for its busiest time of the…
Bank of America to give stock awards to rank-and-file workers
(Reuters) – Bank of America Corp will give stock awards to most of its global workforce for a sixth consecutive year, the company said in a memo to staff on Tuesday. The…
Russian tycoon tells Kremlin: Tolerate, don’t punish dissident remote workers
By Andrew Osborn and Alexander Marrow LONDON (Reuters) – One of Russia’s richest tycoons called on the authorities on Monday to tolerate rather than punish hundreds of thousands of workers who have…
CNH Industrial union workers end strike at two U.S. plants with deal
(Reuters) – Members of two local unions at CNH Industrial NV factories in Wisconsin and Iowa reached an agreement over a new labor contract on Saturday, ending a strike that has been…
Amazon Cited By OSHA Based On SDNY Referrals For Serious Violations That Exposed Workers To Safety Hazards
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Douglas L. Parker, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, announced that earlier today the United…
U.S. probing worker’s death at Devon-Nabors oil rig in N. Dakota
(Reuters) -The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said on Monday it is investigating the death of a Badger Consulting worker last week at an oil rig in North Dakota owned…
Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley Postal Workers Agree to Repay Fraudulently Obtained Unemployment Assistance Benefits
PHILADELPHIA, PA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jaire Chance, 27, of Philadelphia, has agreed to a consent judgment of $100,399, and Robert Day, 42, of Center Valley, Lehigh…
U.S. targets non-compete clauses that block workers from better jobs
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust law, proposed a rule that would ban companies from requiring workers to sign noncompete provisions as well as some…
CNH Industrial’s striking Wisconsin workers to vote down offer: union
By Bianca Flowers (Reuters) – Union members at a CNH Industrial plant in Wisconsin are expected to vote against ratifying the latest contract offer from the construction and agriculture equipment maker, possibly…
Audi workers in Mexico extend strike deadline to Jan. 11
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Worker representatives at German automaker Audi’s Mexico plant have extended a strike deadline to Jan. 11 from Jan. 1 as they aim to reach an agreement with the…
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