New Jersey Celebrates Labor Day As Many State Workers Without Contracts
TRENTON, NJ – As the United States observes Labor Day, a holiday dedicated to honoring and recognizing the American labor movement, several unions in New …
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Canada to change how it counts foreign students, workers amid housing crunch
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will change how it counts non-permanent residents, the main statistics agency said on Thursday, after an economist said the current methodology …
US West Coast port workers ratify contract agreement
(Reuters) -U.S. dockworkers ratified a six-year contract that improved pay and benefits for 22,000 employees at 29 ports stretching from California to Washington State, the …
Australian gig workers to get right to negotiate minimum pay, conditions
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian gig workers will be able to negotiate for minimum pay and conditions under a new law to be …
China extends tax breaks for foreign workers until 2027
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will extend preferential tax policies for foreign nationals working in the country through to the end of 2027, the finance ministry …
Man Arrested for Pointing Rifle at PennDOT Workers
OLD LYCOMING TWP, PA – Dwight Mosteller was arrested on Friday for brandishing a firearm at PennDOT workers on the 100 block of Sholder Rd. …
Major Auto Union Authorizes Strike For 150,000 Workers
Major Auto Union Authorizes Strike For 150,000 Workers Will Kessler on August 25, 2023 The United Auto Workers (UAW) union authorized a strike on Friday …
Chinese Workers Haven’t Been Paid For Months As Real Estate Market Crumbles
Chinese Workers Haven’t Been Paid For Months As Real Estate Market Crumbles Will Kessler on August 23, 2023 Workers for a major Chinese developer are …
Lawsuit says Gannett discriminates against white workers to meet diversity goals
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, is facing a lawsuit claiming its efforts to diversify newsrooms led to discrimination …
Food delivery startup Getir to cut 11% of workers in global restructuring
LONDON (Reuters) – Turkish grocery delivery firm Getir announced a global restructuring on Tuesday, saying it plans to cut 2,500 jobs across five countries, or …
California Lawmakers Push Bill To Give Striking Workers Unemployment Benefits
California Lawmakers Push Bill To Give Striking Workers Unemployment Benefits Will Kessler on August 21, 2023 California lawmakers are planning to introduce a bill that …
DEROY MURDOCK: Our Upside-Down Immigration System Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Illegals While Booting Skilled Workers
DEROY MURDOCK: Our Upside-Down Immigration System Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Illegals While Booting Skilled Workers Deroy Murdock on August 20, 2023 Last month, …
Major Auto Union Announces Plans To Vote For Strike Authorization Of 150,000 Workers
Major Auto Union Announces Plans To Vote For Strike Authorization Of 150,000 Workers Will Kessler on August 15, 2023 One of America’s largest unions announced …
Australia regulator allows union to ballot workers for strike at Chevron LNG platform
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s labour regulator cleared the way for strike action at Chevron’s Wheatstone platform if workers vote in favour of such a step, …
Left-Wing Groups Are Scrambling For Cash, Laying Off Workers In Droves
Left-Wing Groups Are Scrambling For Cash, Laying Off Workers In Droves Jason Cohen on August 11, 2023 Numerous left-wing groups have cut spending and laid …
Column-How a higher retirement age would hurt low-income US workers
By Mark Miller (Reuters) – Should you keep working as you get older, or retire and claim Social Security when you first become eligible for …
Vancouver movie workers get creative with side hustles amid Hollywood shutdown
By Sarah Berman VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Twin strikes by Hollywood actors and writers have put the damper on Vancouver’s summer of movie magic, forcing the …
DNA of enslaved iron workers illuminates African American history
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Not far from Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland, lies the remnants of …
GM JV battery firm rejects including Ohio workers under national agreement
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – A General Motors LG Energy Solution battery joint venture on Wednesday said it does not see any path for workers …
North Carolina driver who hit migrant workers surrendered, police say
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) -A North Carolina man who ran an SUV into six migrant workers in a Walmart parking lot and then fled the …
X, Musk seek dismissal of lawsuit over ex-Twitter workers’ severance pay
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – X Corp, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, and owner Elon Musk have asked a Delaware federal judge …
North Carolina police search for motorist who struck six migrant workers
(Reuters) – Police in southern North Carolina were on Monday searching for the driver of an SUV who they say appeared to have intentionally struck …
Canada’s O’Regan considers binding agreement to end dock workers strike
(Reuters) – Canadian Labor Minister Seamus O’Regan said on Saturday he could impose a new collective agreement or a final binding agreement on striking dock …
UAW wins Democratic senators’ support for joint venture battery workers
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of the Senate’s Democrats are backing the United Auto Workers’ push for higher wages and benefits …
Electric Car Fires Pose Serious Risk To Shipping Industry, NYC Ports and Workers
NEWARK, NJ – This year, Port Newark became fully aware of the dangers of shipping cars with lithium-ion batteries when a container ship caught fire …
Steel Workers Slam Biden Admin For Clearing The Way For Taxpayers To Subsidize Chinese Steel
Steel Workers Slam Biden Admin For Clearing The Way For Taxpayers To Subsidize Chinese Steel Peter Machera on July 26, 2023 A group of the …
Smoke Shop Workers Forced into Back Room at Gunpoint During Armed Robbery
NEW YORK CITY, NY – As part of an ongoing investigation, the New York City Police Department seeks information regarding an incident that involved an …
U.S. will be short 67,000 chip workers by 2030, industry group says
By Max A. Cherney (Reuters) – The U.S. semiconductor industry faces a shortfall of roughly 67,000 workers by 2030, according to an industry association study …
Trump, Biden campaigns spar over support of UAW workers, EV mandates
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Thursday urged the United Auto Workers union to back his campaign, a day after the union’s …
Tesla’s Shanghai factory workers welcome bonus increase after record deliveries
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Several workers at Tesla’s Shanghai plant, its biggest manufacturing hub globally by output, said they had been awarded a large increase in …
Deli Workers Face Strangulation Charges Following Food Dispute
QUEENS, NY – On Friday, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Saber Abuhamra and Jorge Hernandez were each indicted and arraigned on a charge …
Tesla starts to lay off some workers at China factory – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Electric car maker Tesla Inc is laying off some battery production workers at its Shanghai plant, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people …
Trump Admin Tracked Chinese Tech Workers At Suspected Spy Bases In Cuba: REPORT
Trump Admin Tracked Chinese Tech Workers At Suspected Spy Bases In Cuba: REPORT Micaela Burrow on June 21, 2023 The Trump administration was aware of …
Analysis-Smaller aerospace suppliers scramble for titanium, workers in shadow of travel boom
By Allison Lampert and Aditi Shah PARIS/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Standing at a small booth among a row of other Japanese aerospace suppliers at the …
‘Great Resignation’ continues as quarter of workers look to change jobs – PwC
By Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI (Reuters) – A quarter of workers surveyed by PwC expect to change jobs in the next 12 months, up from 19% …
Tech Mahindra sub must face claims of bias against non-South Asian workers
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit by a white former employee of Indian IT services company Tech …
Australia’s central bank owes underpaid workers over $770,000
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank will pay out just over A$1 million in back pay after an internal review found on Wednesday the bank …
Phil Murphy finally ends COVID-19 vaccine requirement for healthcare workers
TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy has signed Executive Order (EO) No. 332, in response to recent changes in federal regulations regarding COVID-19 vaccines. This order …
New York City To Raise Minimum Wage For Delivery App Workers
New York City To Raise Minimum Wage For Delivery App Workers Will Kessler on June 12, 2023 Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced …
US asks Mexico to review alleged denial of workers’ rights at garment facility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has asked Mexico to review whether workers at a denim garment factory in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes are …
Westpac to layoff 300 workers in business and retail unit, says trade union
(Reuters) – Australian lender Westpac Banking Corp will cut around 300 jobs in its consumer and business banking segments at a time of strong profit …
Bronx woman bribed postal workers in New Jersey
EAST ORANGE, NJ- A Bronx woman pleaded guilty today to her involvement in a scheme aimed at bribing mail carriers to steal postal arrow keys. …
Somerset County workers brought indoors due to smoke condition
SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ – In response to the deteriorating air quality caused by the escalating wildfire smoke originating from Canada, Somerset County has taken proactive …
Construction Worker’s Mistake Leads to $50K Scratch-Off Win
BALTIMORE, MD- A man from Montgomery County recently shared with lottery officials how his usual precision surprisingly played no role in his incredible stroke of …
LINDA MCMAHON: Gretchen Whitmer Is Selling Workers A Lemon
LINDA MCMAHON: Gretchen Whitmer Is Selling Workers A Lemon Linda McMahon on June 4, 2023 If there were a law that forced everyone to buy …
NYPD says delivery workers being targeted in citywide robbery pattern
NEW YORK, NY – A series of robberies targeting delivery workers in the 10th, Midtown North, and 6th Precincts have prompted the New York City …
University To Hand Out A’s To Students Thanks To Striking Grad Workers
University To Hand Out A’s To Students Thanks To Striking Grad Workers Alexa Schwerha on May 19, 2023 University of Michigan departments will give students …
Russia goes after remote workers with tighter income tax draft law
(Reuters) – Russia’s finance ministry on Thursday outlined proposals to tax people working remotely from abroad for Russian companies at the standard income tax rate …
Output slows at Stellantis plant in Italy as workers strike over conditions
By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – Vehicle production has been slowed at a Stellantis plant in southern Italy in the past few days due to …
Ukraine farms lose workers to war, complicating a tough harvest
By Elizabeth Piper and Pavel Polityuk KYSHCHENTSI, Ukraine (Reuters) – Dutchman Kees Huizinga has faced many challenges in the two decades he has spent as …