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…
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 said on Tuesday, in a boon to…
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. Officers from the Lycoming Regional Police Department…
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 in negotiations with major automakers, according to…
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 going without pay, and job sites 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 against white workers. The proposed class action…
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 10.9% of its total workforce. Getir will…
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 would allow striking workers to collect unemployment,…
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, I met a recent Ivy League graduate…
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 Tuesday that it will be voting to…
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, fuelling concerns the country’s exports could be…
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 off staff, while others have struggled with…
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 benefits? Some people do both, and not…
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 industry’s creative minds to turn to sometimes…
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 an iron forge called Catoctin Furnace founded…
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 at its Ohio plant to be covered…
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 scene has turned himself in to authorities,…
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 to dismiss one of several lawsuits claiming…
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 six migrant workers outside of a Walmart…
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 workers following their rejection of a proposed…
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 for workers at Detroit Three automakers’ joint…
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 and killed two firefighters. In June of…
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 largest steelmakers in the U.S. and 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 individual fleeing in a red SUV with…
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 published on Tuesday. The chip industry’s workforce…
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 president met with President Joe Biden after…
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