NEW YORK—A powerful New York jail union boss-turned-prison inmate is poised to go free less than halfway through his sentence in a corruption case, after a judge decided this week that the nearly five-year term should be reduced. Norman Seabrook originally was sentenced to 58 months in prison on his federal conviction for taking bribes…
Tesla Says It Laid Off 4 Percent New York Employees Before Union Campaign
Tesla Inc. said on Wednesday it laid off 4 percent of the employees in the Autopilot labeling team in Buffalo as part of a performance review cycle conducted every six months. The automaker responded to a union complaint filed with a government agency alleging that the company laid off dozens of employees from its Autopilot…
New Union Takes on ‘Indoctrination’ of Scottish Education System
A new union has been founded to counter the Scottish government’s education policy, which the union claims is indoctrinating school children with ideas around “white privilege” and “transgender ideology.” The Scottish Union for Education (SUE) was founded after concerned parents, grandparents, teachers, and ex-teachers raised growing concerns about schools incorporating critical race theory and gender…
Union Pacific 4Q Profit Slips 4 Percent on Weather, Hiring Problems
OMAHA, Neb.—Union Pacific’s fourth-quarter profit slipped 4 percent as severe winter weather snarled shipments in late December and disrupted the railroad’s efforts to eliminate the delayed deliveries and other problems shippers complained about last year. The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad said it earned $1.6 billion, or $2.67 per share, in the fourth quarter. That’s down from…
Revise Access to Information Law to Restrict Withholding Vital Information From Public: Canada’s Largest Federal Public Service Union
The federal government should revise the Access to Information (ATI) Act such that vital information that serves public interest can be released without any restrictions unless the release of them would cause undue harm to the country, says Canada’s largest federal public service union. In a submission to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS)…
3,400 USC Academic Workers File Petition to Unionize
December 15, 2022
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About 3,400 graduate student workers at the University of Southern California (USC) filed a petition to form a union with the National Labor Relations Board. The Graduate Student Workers Organizing Committee said in a Dec. 14 statement they are unionizing because they hope to negotiate higher pay and improve working conditions in the future. “Graduate…
Ohio Workers Vote for Union at GM, LG Battery Plant
WASHINGTON—Workers at a General Motors-LG Energy battery cell factory in northeast Ohio overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers, a big win for the union seeking to organize the growing electric vehicle supply chain sector. The National Labor Relations Board said hourly employees at the Ultium Cells LLC plant near Cleveland voted 710 to…
Ohio Workers Vote to Unionize at GM, LG Battery Plant
WASHINGTON—Workers at a General Motors-LG Energy battery cell factory in northeast Ohio overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), a big win for the union seeking to organize the growing electric vehicle supply chain sector. The National Labor Relations Board said hourly employees at the Ultium Cells LLC plant near Cleveland voted 710…
EU Preparing New Russia Sanctions Package, von Der Leyen Says
November 24, 2022
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HELSINKI—The European Union is pressing ahead with a ninth sanctions package on Russia in response to Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said during a visit to Finland on Thursday. “We are working hard to hit Russia where it hurts to blunt even further its capacity to wage war on…
Rail Strike Fears Resurge as Biggest Rail Union Rejects White House Deal
The risk of a crippling national rail strike has resurged after some members of America’s biggest rail union rejected a deal that was brokered by the White House, bringing to four the total number of unions to reject the tentative agreement. Train and engine service members of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail,…
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