Union Strike

Trade unions have called a nationwide strike on July 9, protesting new labour codes, privatisation, inflation, job losses, and the Centre's alleged anti-worker policies

On July 9, ten central trade unions will go on strike to protest against the government's failure to conduct the Indian Labour Conference for ten years and the imposition of four controversial labour

Starbucks said it is ready to continue negotiations, claiming the union delegates prematurely ended the bargaining session

The union plans to hold a vote on the proposal on November 4

A federal mediator has summoned negotiators for Boeing and IAM District 751 back to a Seattle hotel on Monday

Scores of the Left party members including their state leaders were detained here on Saturday when they held a demonstration without obtaining permission from the police, to express solidarity with the Samsung home appliance workers on protest since September 9. Communist Party of India state secretary R Mutharasan and CPI (M) state secretary K Balakrishnan who were among those detained by the police, sought the immediate intervention of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to resolve the strike by the Samsung workers. They stressed that the protesting workers had a right to join a union and alleged that the workers were being oppressed. A senior police official said all those detained would be kept at a marriage hall in Nungambakkam and later released. While Balakrishnan wondered if the arrest, following their demonstration, was aimed at not upsetting the Samsung management, Mutharasan claimed that the Constitution allowed peaceful protests. "Also, the question is: do we have the

The strike, the biggest of its kind in nearly half a century, has blocked unloading of container ships from Maine to Texas, threatening shortages of everything from bananas to auto parts

The law caps the maximum working hours for adults at nine hours each day and 48 hours each week

Boeing's tactics have also puzzled some long-time observers of the planemaker's labor relations

Boeing said the terms are final and only valid until the end of Sept. 27, as it seeks to raise pressure on the other side to accept

Amazon is giving another pay boost to its subcontracted delivery drivers in the U.S. amid growing union pressure. Drivers who work with Amazon's Delivery Service Partners, or DSPs, will earn an average of nearly $22 per hour, a 7% bump from the previous average of $20.50, the company said Thursday. The increase in wages is part of a new $2.1 billion investment the online retailer is making in the delivery program. Amazon doesn't directly employ drivers but relies on thousands of third-party businesses that deliver millions of customer packages every day. The company also gave a pay bump to U.S. drivers last year. Last week, it also said it would increase wages for front-line workers in the United Kingdom by 9.8% or more. Amazon said the DSP program has created 390,000 driving jobs since 2018 and its total investments of $12 billion since then will help with safety programs and provide incentives for participating businesses. U.S. labor regulators are putting more scrutiny on Amazo

Appliances including televisions, refrigerators and washing machines are made at the plant, which contributes 20 per cent to 30 per cent of Samsung Electronics' annual revenue of $12 billion in India

A strike by India's port workers could exacerbate the existing congestion issues at Asian and European ports, leading to further delayed shipments

The union's call for a general strike sharply escalates a dispute with South Korea's biggest company

LIC has a five-year wage revision policy and last raise was given to employees in 2017

A small walk-out at Tesla's seven repair shops in Sweden over unfair working conditions has in the past month spiralled into a storm of labor strikes

Automakers are dealing with ongoing strikes by the United Auto Workers union that has led to total economic losses of $7.7 billion through Oct. 12

On Tuesday, Bengaluru bandh was declared to protest against the Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu through Karnataka. Bandh will create disruption in normal life in the capital city

Karnataka's private Transport Association has announced the Bengaluru Bandh on Monday, September 11, 2023. The union is not happy with the government implementing free transport services for women

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