Category: workers
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California health care workers get a pay bump to $18-$23 an hour under new minimum wage law
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Some of California’s lowest-paid health care workers will receive a pay raise on Wednesday under State Law Gradually increase their wages to at least $25 per hour. Workers at independent rural health care facilities will start making at least $18 an hour, while others at hospitals with at least 10,000…
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Casual workers hardest hit by company layoffs in 2024
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A new study revealing labor market trends in Kenya revealed that one in four companies laid off permanent employees this year, and only one in 10 companies added new permanent jobs. Meanwhile, while only 13% of companies have hired new casual workers this year, nearly half of companies (42%) have…
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Starmer hints at employer national insurance rise but pledges to keep tax promises for workers
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Sir Keir Starmer has left the door open to increase employers’ National Insurance contributions, despite Labour’s election pledge not to increase taxes on workers. The Prime Minister stressed that “difficult” decisions will have to be made in the next budget, but stressed the Labor Party’s commitment to its promises in…
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Hundreds of Hilton hotel workers walk off the job in Seattle By Reuters
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(Reuters) – More than 100 workers at the Hilton Hotel in Seattle have quit their jobs to demand higher wages, fair hiring and workloads and a reversal of coronavirus-era cutbacks, the United Here union said on Saturday. “The week-long strikes by 374 workers at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport…
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Rayner’s employment rights overhaul to grant 9m workers the right to sue employers
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Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is set to give an additional 9 million UK workers the right to sue their employers for unfair dismissal from day one of their jobs, as part of a sweeping reform of workers’ rights. Currently, employees must remain with the company for two years before…
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Tetley tea owner takes legal action against striking workers over trespass claims
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Tata Consumer Products, owner of Tetley Tea, has initiated legal action against the striking factory workers, accusing them of trespassing during an ongoing dispute over wages. The company applied for an injunction for trespassing after workers entered Tetley’s Teesside production site in County Durham, breaching picketing rules and engaging in…
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Tesla managers in Germany visit the homes of sick workers
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Managers at Tesla’s Grünheide factory in Germany Visit homes of workers on sick leave – but don’t expect them to bring you chicken soup and orange juice. The manager of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg sent managers to check on about 30 sick employees, according to the German news outlet Handelsblatt.…
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Starbucks CEO Niccol says committed to “engage constructively” with workers union By Reuters
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Starbucks Inc.’s (NASDAQ: ) new CEO Brian Niccol said in a letter Tuesday that he “deeply respects” the coffee chain’s workers’ right to choose to be represented by a union and is committed to “engaging constructively.” Starbucks continues its contract negotiations with the union this week. This will be Niccol’s…
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Boeing makes final offer of 30% wage increase to striking workers By Reuters
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(Reuters) – Boeing Co raised its wage proposal for thousands of striking workers on Monday, offering a 30 percent overall pay increase over four years in what it called its “best and final” offer as the strike continues. The U.S. aircraft maker also offered to reinstate a performance bonus, improve…
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Rayner clashes with business secretary over reforms to workers’ rights
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Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is at odds with Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds over plans to give workers full employment rights from day one on the job, as concerns grow among businesses about the impact of the proposed reforms. The dispute centres on how probationary periods will work under the…
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Boeing strike could drag on as workers push for higher wages, union leader says By Reuters
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SEATTLE (Reuters) – The strike at Boeing Co. “could go on for a while” as workers feel confident they can get bigger pay raises and better pensions, union leader John Holden said in an interview with National Public Radio on Saturday. More than 30,000 members of the International Association of…
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Boeing strike could drag on as workers push for higher wages, union leader says By Reuters
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SEATTLE (Reuters) – The strike at Boeing Co. “could go on for a while” as workers feel confident they can get bigger pay raises and better pensions, union leader John Holden said in an interview with National Public Radio on Saturday. More than 30,000 members of the International Association of…
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Boeing US factory workers on strike after 96% vote for walkout By Reuters
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By Joe Brock and David Shepherdson SEATTLE (Reuters) – Workers at a Boeing Co. plant on the U.S. West Coast went on strike early on Friday after 96 percent of them voted to walk out, halting production of the company’s best-selling jetliner as it grapples with chronic production delays and…
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Boeing labor deal angers many union workers ahead of vote, official says By Reuters
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Written by Alison Lambert (Reuters) – A temporary labor contract agreed between Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) and one of its largest labor unions has angered many workers who had hoped for higher wage increases and better pensions, an official who negotiated the deal said on Monday. The International Association of Machinists…
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Two million self-employed workers face pension crisis, warns IFS
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned that nearly two million self-employed workers in the UK face an imminent pension crisis due to insufficient savings. The latest report reveals that only 500,000 self-employed people earning more than £10,000 a year contribute to a pension, leaving 1.8 million people with no…
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Acting US labor secretary encourages Boeing and workers to reach ‘fair contract’ By Reuters
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Written by Alison Lambert NEW YORK (Reuters) – Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su on Wednesday encouraged Boeing Co. and more than 30,000 workers at the planemaker’s plant to close the gap in negotiations and reach a fair contract as a Sept. 12 vote on a new deal approaches. Boeing…
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Acting US labor secretary encourages Boeing and workers to reach ‘fair contract’ By Reuters
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Written by Alison Lambert NEW YORK (Reuters) – Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su on Wednesday encouraged Boeing Co. and more than 30,000 workers at the planemaker’s plant to close the gap in negotiations and reach a fair contract as a Sept. 12 vote on a new deal approaches. Boeing…
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Communications Workers of America withdraws from mediation with AT&T By Reuters
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(Reuters) – The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union said in a statement on Monday it has informed AT&T Inc (NYSE:ATN) and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service that it will no longer be part of the mediation. “The company was using the mediation process as another stalling tactic,” said…