Labor unions
Key freight rail union BMWED extends deadline for strike that threatens U.S. economic system
A GE AC4400CW diesel-electrical locomotive in Union Pacific livery, is observed ahead of a possible strike if there is no offer with the rail employee unions, as a Metrolink commuter prepare (appropriate) arrives at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, September 15, 2022. Bing Guan | Reuters The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Staff Division, […]
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5 key personal finance issues this midterm election season — and what they mean for your wallet
As Americans head to the polls, several key personal finance issues are weighing on voters’ minds and wallets. This week, the Federal Reserve enacted its fourth consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate increase to fight inflation, triggering further stock market losses. Meanwhile, recession fears are growing, with 84% of Americans worrying how a prolonged economic […]
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Renewed risk of rail strike has offer chain administrators ramping up contingency programs
An aerial view of delivery containers and freight railway trains in advance of a feasible strike if there is no deal with the rail employee unions, at the BNSF Los Angeles Intermodal Facility rail yard in Los Angeles, California, September 15, 2022. Bing Guan | Reuters Logistics managers are dusting off their plans for a […]
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Is the Uber, Lyft and gig financial state battle above staff nearing its close video game?
The Uber application application with a map of New York City is found on an Apple Apple iphone cellular cellular phone in this photograph illustration Warsaw, Poland on 21 September, 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Photographs In some approaches, Uber and Lyft are again to square a person. With federal regulators established to tighten […]
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How a person GM automobile plant’s UAW union workforce is discovering to make EVs
UAW Neighborhood 5960 member Kimberly Fuhr inspects a Chevrolet Bolt EV for the duration of vehicle creation on Thursday, May possibly 6, 2021, at the Common Motors Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township, Michigan. Steve Fecht for Chevrolet In 2015, Marland “Lanny” Brown acquired how to construct an all-electric powered motor vehicle. A member of […]
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A new wave of Uk port labor strikes starts, with ‘massive impact’ for Xmas offer chain
A putting dockworker on a picket line exterior the Port of Liverpool in the course of a strike in Liverpool, Uk, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Dockers at Britains fourth-most significant container port voted unanimously to reject their companies most up-to-date fork out offer you — and stroll off the career for two months in […]
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How electric vehicle manufacturing could shrink the Midwestern job market
The race to build electric vehicles in the U.S. is heating up as fresh rounds of investment come out of Washington. Workers at the former heart of the auto industry fear being left behind. “When we look carefully at what goes on on the factory floor, it won’t be less workers,” Keith Cooley, former head […]
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Amazon workers at warehouse near Albany file petition for union election
Workers and supporters hold signs after filing a petition requesting an election to form a union outside the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional office in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon workers at a warehouse in upstate New York have filed […]
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Amazon workers walk out over pay, safety concerns at major California air hub
An Amazon-branded Boeing 767 freighter, nicknamed Amazon One, flies over Lake Washington during the Seattle Seafair Air Show on Aug. 5, 2016 in Seattle. Getty Images Amazon workers at the company’s largest air hub in California walked off the job earlier this week to demand higher pay and safety improvements. The work stoppage on Monday […]
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Unions are forming at Starbucks, Apple and Google. Here’s why workers are organizing now
For decades, union membership has been on the decline. Yet in the last few months, workers have been organizing at a pace this country hasn’t seen since the Great Depression. Amazon has captured headlines for union drives at its warehouses, including a successful effort on New York’s Staten Island. But activity is picking up elsewhere […]
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