• US Volkswagen workers file for union election to join United Auto Workers

    Tennessee plant is currently the only Volkswagen plant globally without union representation, according to the UAW Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, filed a petition to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) on Monday after a supermajority of workers at the plant signed union authorization cards.It is the first union election filing for the union since it launched a massive campaign aimed at organizing 150,000 workers at non-unionized auto plants in the US in the wake of securing...

  • Opinion: Elder care workers will always be essential. Will they always be underpaid? Send in the robots

    Few workers draw more sympathy and appreciation than the caregivers who tend to the daily needs of elderly people unable to cope by themselves. Working in homes or institutions, they help them eat, dress and bathe. The job is physically strenuous, emotionally demanding and essential to an aging population. But the pay is low — a median hourly $17.19 for nursing assistants. Not surprisingly, the turnover rate is high. In 2023, more than 50% of certified nursing assistants in nursing homes left...

  • Third Time A Charm? VW Chattanooga Workers Looking To Union Vote, With 70% Having Signed Union Cards

    The battle to unionize a Chattanooga auto plant is heating up. The New York Times reports: “Volkswagen employees in Tennessee who are hoping to join the United Automobile Workers asked a federal agency on Monday to hold an election, a key step toward the union’s longtime goal of organizing nonunion factories across the South. With… Source

  • Industrial Union to continue political strikes

    As the union announced that work stoppages would enter a fourth week, it urged the government to join further negotiations.

  • New strikes called as dispute deepens

    The dispute between unions and the government remains deadlocked after meetings between unions, the Minister for Employment and employer representatives.

  • Sega of America workers have ratified their union contract

    Workers at Sega of America, a division of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc., have officially ratified their union contract, as reported by Bloomberg. This makes it one of the first major North American video-game companies to take this step, which could bode well for future organized labor pushes in the industry. The contract was ratified after workers overwhelmingly voted to unionize last year. It covers around 150 people working in various departments throughout the company, including brand marketing,...

  • Amazon will have to publish an ads library in EU after all

    Amazon will have to provide information about the ads running on its platform in a publicly accessible online archive after all, following a decision by the European Union’s highest court Wednesday. The ads transparency requirement is contained in the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), an online governance and algorithmic accountability rulebook, which has applied to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Employers, unions at odds on wage call and inflation

    Employer groups have urged the workplace umpire to tread carefully on its national wage call or risk pushing up inflation and putting pressure on small businesses and jobs. The annual wage bargaining that covers a quarter of Australia’s working population has opened this week with the main union asking for a five per cent increase […]

  • Volkswagen workers to vote on union representation in April

    Volkswagen workers at a Chattanooga, Tenn., plant will hold a union election between April 17 and 19, United Auto Workers announced on Monday. The landmark vote could make the VW facility the UAW’s first major win since a strike led to a new contract for “Big Three” workers last year, as the union eyes expansion

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    Why was Alonso penalised, and will it hurt his Mercedes chances?

    ESPN picks through the debris of Fernando Alonso's penalty for "potentially dangerous" driving that preceded the crash of Mercedes' George Russell.

  • Workers Looking To Unionize 10th REI Store

    The Huffington Post reports: “REI workers from stores around the country showed up uninvited at their corporate office in Issaquah, Washington, last Friday. The signs they were carrying made it clear to the white-collar employees looking down from the windows above that they weren’t there to tour the campus. ‘Where the hell’s our merit pay?’… Source

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    Boston University grad student workers go on strike

    Members of the BU Graduate Workers Union were joined on the picket line by a Massachusetts congresswoman.