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Apr 19 2024
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VW Workers in Tennessee Vote for Union, a Labor Milestone
In a landmark victory for organized labor, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Automobile Workers union, becoming the first nonunion auto plant in a Southern state to do so. In a statement late Friday, the company said that the union had won 2,628 votes, with 985 opposed, in a three-day election. Two earlier bids by the U.A.W. to organize the
New York Times (News)Apr 19 2024
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UAW: Tennessee workers at VW plant vote yes
Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga overwhelming voted to join the United Auto Workers, giving the union a key victory in the historically anti-union South. By 10:09 p.m. ET more than half the 4,300 eligible workers had voted to join the union, according to the UAW posted count. The final results have yet to posted by the National Labor Review Board, but throughout the night the union had been
The TennesseanApr 23 2024
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Biden rule grants overtime pay to 4 million US workers
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a rule extending mandatory overtime pay to an estimated 4 million salaried workers, going even further than an Obama-era rule that was struck down in court.
The U.S. Department of Labor rule will require employers to pay overtime premiums to workers who earn a salary of less than $1,128 per week, or about $58,600 per
ReutersApr 26 2024
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U.N. suspends investigations of several UNRWA workers accused of Hamas links
An internal investigation into the 12 U.N. relief workers in Gaza who Israel alleged were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack has cleared one person, “as no evidence was provided by Israel to support the allegations,” said Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for U.N. Secretary General António Guterres. Investigations into an additional three cases have been suspended because of insufficient
Washington PostApr 23 2024
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Nearly 800 Heathrow workers to strike in May, union says
April 23 (Reuters) - Nearly 800 workers at Heathrow Airport will strike next month after the company laid out plans to outsource hundreds of roles in an effort to cut costs, a British labour union said on Tuesday. The workers will strike from May 7 to May 13, Unite said in a statement, adding that the country's busiest airport did not enter into negotiations with the union about alternatives
ReutersApr 19 2024
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Bomber targets Japanese workers in Pakistan; all survive
KARACHI, Pakistan — A suicide bomber targeted a van carrying Japanese nationals in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. The Japanese nationals escaped unharmed but officials later said one bystander was killed. Initially, police said the van was heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese nationals worked when it came under attack, local police chief Arshad Awan
San Jose Mercury NewsApr 26 2024
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Foxtrot Workers Demand Back Pay After Company's Sudden Closure
PILSEN — Former Foxtrot employees rallied Friday morning outside the company’s Pilsen food commissary, demanding 60 days of back pay after this week’s sudden closure of Foxtrot and Dom’s stores. Workers said parent company Outfox Hospitality should have given employees 60 days’ notice of the closures. The abrupt shutdown Tuesday of all 35 stores in Chicago and other U.S. cities left them with
Block Club ChicagoApr 26 2024
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Food Delivery Apps Defend Workers Against 'Dangerous' Migrant Accusations
Food delivery companies are pushing back against claims by Republican senators that they are allowing illegal immigrant drivers to profit off their business models and off legal citizens.
On Wednesday, Senators Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee), Mike Braun (Indiana) and Ted Budd (North Carolina) sent letters to DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats as part of a probe demanding to know whether
NewsweekApr 26 2024
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Laid-off Foxtrot workers demanding 60 days of severance pay
Former workers of the now-defunct Foxtrot Market want the company held accountable, and are demanding 60 days of severance pay after they were laid off without warning when the grocery store chain abruptly closed all its stores this week. Arise Chicago, a workers' rights organization, said Friday that they have filed charges with the Illinois Department of Labor on the former Foxtrot employees
CBS News (Online)Apr 29 2024
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Workers say Meow Wolf layoffs betray values, allege corporate disarray
When interactive entertainment company Meow Wolf announced this month that it would lay off 165 employees, including 50 in Denver, many of those affected had already learned about it through social media. That’s not uncommon in 2024, as tens of thousands of layoffs in technology, news media, gaming and other industries have rocked the job landscape since the start of the year, with official
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