EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is pushing for a policy of risk reduction towards China. Friedrich Florin | Afp | Getty Images BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — European diplomats have already begun key negotiations over who will take key posts in the European Union after elections next month. From June 6th to 9th, voters…
“If the workers in Chattanooga get a great contract, a big raise, better health benefits and then do the same at Mercedes, there will be a lot more good chances of getting good contracts in a short period of time,” said Madeline Janis, co-executive director of Jobs to Move America, a group committed to creating…
In a landmark victory for organized labor, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee voted overwhelmingly to join the United Automobile Workers union, becoming the first non-union auto plant in a Southern state to do so. The company said in a statement late Friday that the union won 2,628 votes to 985 against in a…
Last fall, the United Automobile Workers union won major wage increases at Detroit automakers, and the impact quickly spread to nonunion auto plants throughout the South. Afterwards, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, Nissan, Hyundai and Tesla increased wages for their own hourly workers in the United States, none of whom are unionized. On production lines in Alabama,…
A spirited President Joe Biden delivered a fiery, partisan State of the Union address Thursday, fitting for an election year with enormous stakes in a divided nation. “Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy here at home been under such attack as they are today,” Biden said at the start…
In her rebuttal to President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night, Sen. Katie Britt, Republican of Alabama, told a story about a Mexican woman who was a victim of sex trafficking at age 12 and blamed it on the current administration. “President Biden’s border policies are a disgrace,” she said. The story, while…
President Biden delivered a spirited speech that at times clashed with Republicans and addressed concerns about his age. Source link 2024-03-08 13:35:45 www.nytimes.com
Starbucks and the union that represents employees at about 400 of its U.S. stores said Tuesday they are beginning discussions on a “basic framework” to help the company reach collective bargaining agreements with unionized workers and resolve litigation between them to be included on both sides. The union hailed the development as a major shift…
Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Trader Joe’s is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s harsh dismissal of the grocery chain’s lawsuit alleging trademark infringement by an employee union in the sale of goods on its website. The appeal, filed Thursday, comes nearly a month after the judge accused…
