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…
German public sector workers agree to wage deal with employers
BERLIN (Reuters) – German public sector workers have agreed on a wage deal with employers, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and the Verdi union said on Saturday, ending a dispute that has disrupted…
Canada’s striking federal workers call on Trudeau to speed up contract talks
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – A union representing some 155,000 striking Canadian public workers called on Saturday for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to speed up negotiations over a deal for higher…
Man who attacked LIRR workers with knife banned from line for two years in plea deal
QUEENS, NY – Taijuan Corse, 32, pleaded guilty today to attempted assault for attacking Long Island Rail Road workers with a knife, causing minor injuries to two workers during an incident last…
Malaysia probes cases of migrant workers left jobless, without passports
By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has launched an investigation to uncover how hundreds of migrant workers arrived from South Asia without jobs, despite having paid steep…
Soccer-Eight healthcare workers face trial over Maradona’s death – reports
(Reuters) – Eight healthcare workers will go on trial over the death of Diego Maradona after being charged with “homicide by negligence”, Argentine media reported on Wednesday. The footballing great, who led…
Airbus to give 5%-7.4% pay hike to workers in Spain, union says
MADRID (Reuters) – Aircraft maker Airbus agreed with Spanish labour unions to raise its workers’ salaries by between 5% and 7.4% this year on top of a 1,000 euro ($1,094) bonus that…
Canada public workers to strike over pay dispute
By Ismail Shakil (Reuters) – A union representing some 155,000 public sector workers in Canada called for a strike starting on Wednesday after failing to reach a new wage deal with the…
Dozens raped as migrant workers expelled from Angola to Congo
By Sonia Rolley KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese women and children have been raped and subjected to other abuses during a mass expulsion of migrant workers from Angola to Democratic Republic of Congo,…
EXCLUSIVE: University Pays Diversity Org $219K To Develop Antiracist, Bias Trainings For Healthcare Workers
EXCLUSIVE: University Pays Diversity Org $219K To Develop Antiracist, Bias Trainings For Healthcare Workers Alexa Schwerha on April 10, 2023 The University of Minnesota (UMN) paid Diversity Science $219,633 to “design and…
‘We Can Help You’: Pro-Lifers Call For Abortion Workers To Leave The Abortion Industry
‘We Can Help You’: Pro-Lifers Call For Abortion Workers To Leave The Abortion Industry Kate Anderson on April 3, 2023 Pro-life advocates kicked off a campaign encouraging abortion workers to leave the…
Two JFK airport workers dead after being trapped under rubble
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Two workers died at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Monday after being trapped under construction rubble, authorities said, adding the incident…
Walmart faces second U.S. lawsuit this week over treatment of workers
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Walmart Inc was sued on Thursday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency’s second lawsuit this week accusing the largest U.S. retailer of discrimination…
Bed Bath and Beyond to layoff 1,300 workers in New Jersey
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – On Friday, a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice showed Bed Bath & Beyond Inc was laying off about 1,300 employees at four locations in New Jersey.…
Biden HHS Secretary Unable To Say How Many Gov’t Workers Actually Show Up To Work In Federal Buildings
Biden HHS Secretary Unable To Say How Many Gov’t Workers Actually Show Up To Work In Federal Buildings Harold Hutchison on March 22, 2023 Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra…
Police searching for serial groper targeting female workers at Staten Island Mall
NEW YORK, NY – Police in New York City are investigating a man accused of groping at least two women on different occasions inside changing rooms at the Staten Island Mall. Today,…
Los Angeles schools to reopen after three-day workers’ strike
By Jorge Garcia LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – School will be back in session on Friday for 420,000 Los Angeles students after a three-day strike by education workers disrupted classes and social services…
Union workers can’t sue under Illinois biometric law, court rules
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Illinois’ top court on Thursday said U.S. labor law bars unionized workers from suing their employers for violations of the state’s biometric privacy law, which can expose…
Brooklyn man threatened to shoot workers at Lakewood Supermarket, police report
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged for making terroristic threats at the Evergreen Supermarket located on River Avenue early Tuesday morning. According to Lakewood Police Department Captain Greg…
Los Angeles school workers to stage three-day strike
(Reuters) – Ten of thousands of unionized workers in Los Angeles public schools are planning to strike next week after contract negotiations reached an impasse, a move that would likely shut down…
Nissan workers in Tennessee to decide whether to form small union
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Technicians at Nissan Motor Co’s Smyrna plant in Tennessee will vote on Thursday whether to join a union, potentially providing a path to unionize thousands more production…
United Auto Workers challenger holds narrow lead in race for union president
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Union challenger Shawn Fain is narrowly leading United Auto Workers (UAW) President Ray Curry in a runoff election, a court-appointed monitor said on Monday, but the…
LINDA MCMAHON: Here’s One Commonsense Reform To Put American Workers First
LINDA MCMAHON: Here’s One Commonsense Reform To Put American Workers First Linda McMahon on March 3, 2023 America First is not a slogan. It is a call to action to restore and…
Nissan and Mexican workers agree to 9% raise at Morelos plant, union says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Labor representatives at a Nissan Motor Co Ltd plant in the central Mexican state of Morelos have reached an agreement with the Japanese carmaker to hike pay 9%…
Caterpillar workers to vote on tentative labor agreement – union
By Bianca Flowers (Reuters) – Caterpillar Inc workers are scheduled to vote on a tentative agreement with the construction and mining equipment maker on March 12, the United Auto Workers union told…
Tennessee meat plant workers reach $1.2 million settlement over 2018 raid
(Reuters) – Latino workers at a Tennessee meat processing plant have reached a $1.2 million settlement in a lawsuit over a 2018 immigration raid in which they were “targeted by federal agents”…
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