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…
Owner of Farm Labor Company Sentenced to 118 Months in Prison for Leading a Multi-State Conspiracy Involving Forced Labor of Mexican Farm Workers
Tampa, FL – Bladimir Moreno, 55, was sentenced for leading a federal racketeering and forced labor conspiracy that victimized Mexican H-2A agricultural workers in the United States between 2015 and 2017. U.S.…
U.N. urges Taliban to reverse ban on female foreign aid workers
KABUL (Reuters) -A senior U.N. official has urged Afghanistan’s Taliban administration to reverse a ban on female humanitarian workers that charities fear will worsen winter hardships. The administration on Saturday ordered all…
Three emergency services workers killed while demining Ukraine’s Kherson
(Reuters) – Three Ukrainian emergency services workers were killed on Saturday when a mine exploded while they were demining parts of the Kherson region, said the emergency service of another region, in…
IRS delays $600 income reporting rule for U.S. gig workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Friday it would delay a new rule requiring more extensive reporting by gig workers and others who are paid through third party…
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…
Audi union in Mexico sets Jan. 1 strike deadline as workers eye higher pay
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Worker representatives at automaker Audi’s Mexico plant have set a Jan. 1 deadline to reach an agreement with the company over pay raises without launching a strike, the…
Twitter must notify laid-off workers of pending lawsuit, judge rules
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Twitter Inc must notify the thousands of workers who were laid off after its acquisition by Elon Musk of a proposed class action accusing the company of…
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…
Lakewood community calls for county worker’s job after more than four-year-old skit mocking Jews surfaces
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Nearly five years ago, an Ocean County road department worker hosted a skit mocking the Lakewood Jewish community inside the garage at the Plumsted garage of the Ocean County…
Ontario education workers accept labour contract with province
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) -Education workers in Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, have voted to accept a labour deal with the provincial government, union representatives said Monday. The vote comes…
Hundreds Of University Of California Faculty Stop Teaching In Solidarity With Striking Workers
Hundreds Of University Of California Faculty Stop Teaching In Solidarity With Striking Workers Alexa Schwerha on November 29, 2022 Hundreds of faculty members throughout the University of California system pledged to stop…
Chevron Australia finds nearly half its workers have suffered workplace bullying
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Chevron Corp on Tuesday said nearly half its workers in Australia had been bullied in the past five years and nearly a third had experienced sexual harassment, with women…
Zara workers in Spain start protests to demand higher pay
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) – Dozens of Zara shop assistants protested in Madrid on Thursday outside the global fashion giant’s largest store to demand higher pay, and some workers in its…
UK university staff, Scottish teachers, postal workers begin walkouts
LONDON (Reuters) – Postal workers, teachers and university staff across Britain went on strike on Thursday to demand better pay, with warnings that there will be more industrial action and widespread disruption…
Singapore’s gig workers to get work injury, pension coverage
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore will extend work injury insurance and pension coverage to food delivery and ride-hailing workers under proposed legislative changes that it aims to implement as early…
Apple Workers’ Unionization Bid Fails
Apple Workers’ Unionization Bid Fails John Hugh DeMastri on November 23, 2022 Workers at a St. Louis Apple store abandoned their unionization bid Wednesday amid allegations from The International Association of Machinists…
Workers to decide whether to unionize Ohio GM-LG battery joint venture
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Workers next month will decide whether to unionize at a General Motors-LG Energy battery cell manufacturing joint venture in Ohio, a U.S. government agency said. The National…
Egypt to provide 5,000 farm workers to Greece in seasonal scheme
ATHENS (Reuters) – Egypt will provide 5,000 seasonal workers to help meet the growing needs of Greece’s agricultural sector under a pilot scheme agreed by the two countries on Tuesday. Greece’s foreign…
Workers at BP refinery will not help with restart unless wage demands met -union
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Workers at BP’s Rotterdam refinery, which is currently offline, will not help restart operations unless their wage demands are met, union leaders said on Monday. The company said on Saturday…
North Jersey go-go bar workers busted in undercover sting
SECAUCUS, NJ – Three people were arrested during an undercover police operation at Aj’s go-go bar in Secaucus this week. According to police, the three arrests were made after undercover police officers…
Foxconn hires over 100,000 workers for COVID-hit Chinese plant – Yicai
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple supplier Foxconn has hit a hiring target of 100,000 new workers for its Zhengzhou plant in China, financial news outlet Yicai reported on Thursday, a milestone that could…
Restaurant Owners Plead Guilty To Harboring Undocumented Workers
Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Ge Tang (41, St. Augustine) and Yanshen Huang (36, St. Johns) have pleaded guilty to harboring undocumented aliens for commercial advantage…
Chile’s Escondida mine workers announce strike amid labor demands
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Workers of Chile’s Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper mine, decided to go on strike on November 21 and 23 due to labor demands, its No. 1 union said on…
University of California academic workers go on strike
By Mike Blake and Daniel Trotta SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Thousands of academic workers went on strike at University of California campuses throughout the state on Monday, forming picket lines, affecting classes…
Athens Man Who Fired at Repo Workers and Fled Arrest Sentenced to Maximum Prison Term
ATHENS, Ga. – An Athens resident with a violent criminal history who shot at two people attempting to repossess a vehicle and then led police on a high-speed chase was sentenced to…
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