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…
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 their latest quarterly performance bonuses. The workers…
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 of strangulation in the first degree and…
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 familiar with the matter. It was not…
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 employees representing two Chinese tech giants entering…
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 Paris Airshow, Yoko Konno is excited at…
‘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% last year, as they are increasingly left…
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 Mahindra Ltd’s U.S. subsidiary, alleging that the…
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 had systematically underpaid more than a thousand…
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 lifts the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health…
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 on Sunday that the city will implement…
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 being denied the right to freedom of…
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 growth amid rising interest rates and soaring…
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. The keys were used to unlock mail…
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 measures to ensure the well-being of its…
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 luck. While purchasing a scratch-off ticket a…
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 their cars from one dealership, do you…
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 Police Department to seek public assistance. The…
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 A’s after striking graduate workers failed to…
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 even if they lose their tax residency,…
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 strikes by employees protesting over working conditions,…
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 a farmer in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion has…
Free Dunkin coffee for Greater Philadelphia healthcare workers
Philadelphia, PA – Dunkin’ has announced that it will celebrate National Nurses Day by offering a free medium hot or iced coffee to nurses at participating Dunkin’ locations throughout the Greater Philadelphia…
Auto workers union, Sanders blast GM for wages at US battery plant
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Auto Workers (UAW) union President Shawn Fain and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday criticized a General Motors joint venture battery plant for paying workers…
Battery startup Sparkz strikes partnership with auto workers union
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California-based battery manufacturer startup Sparkz Inc said Tuesday it had agreed to a partnership with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union as it finalizes plans to…
‘Worried’ Weapons Makers Scrambling To Find Workers To Meet Ukraine-Fueled Demand
‘Worried’ Weapons Makers Scrambling To Find Workers To Meet Ukraine-Fueled Demand Trevor Schakohl on April 24, 2023 U.S. and European weapons manufacturing companies are struggling to hire enough staff to keep up…
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