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Israel's main labour union calls strike as pressure mounts for hostage deal

High-tech companies, manufacturers to join strike. Protesters block key roads to pressure government

Govt in talks with labour unions to get them on board for labour laws

To streamline operations and move towards universal social security, the government has consolidated 29 central labour laws into four labour codes

Does Swiggy charge delivery agents for branded kits? Viral post says yes!

Viral post claims that quick commerce platform Swiggy charges its delivery executives for t-shirts, bags, and raincoats. Costs of items vary between Rs 300 to Rs 1,199

Made to stand for 10 hrs: Amazon India staff alleges inhuman work practices

Workplace exploitation: In a survey conducted by UNI Global Union, as many as 1,838 Amazon employees reported dire working conditions at its facilities in India

UK elections: Voters wonder if their votes will make a difference

A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England. For decades, Labour Party representatives said they would fight for working people, even as well-paid industrial jobs disappeared. Later, Conservatives under then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to bring new money and opportunities on the back of Brexit. But as British voters prepare to elect a new government Thursday, Hartlepool's many problems persist. It has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and higher crime rates than the country as a whole. Opinion polls put centre-left Labour well ahead of the governing Conservatives nationwide, but many voters remain undecided and even more are jaded. To regain power after 14 years, Labour must win back disillusioned voters in Hartlepool and other northern towns where decades of economic decline have spawned health and social problems, and a deep sense of disillusionment. At the last .

German labour union calls on Lufthansa ground staff to strike on Feb 20

A labour union in Germany has called on ground staff for Lufthansa to walk off the job at seven airports on Tuesday following a similar strike earlier this month. The Ver.di union said Sunday that the one-day strike will affect the airports in Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa's two main hubs, as well as Berlin, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart. It will run from 4 am Tuesday to 7:10 am Wednesday. A 27-hour strike at five of the same airports that started February 7 prompted the airline to cancel hundreds of flights. The union is seeking pay raises of 12.5 per cent, or at least 500 euros (USD 539) more per month, in negotiations for about 25,000 employees, including check-in, aircraft handling, maintenance and freight staff. Several-hour or one-day warning strikes are a common tactic in German contract negotiations. A round of talks on February 12 produced no agreement. More negotiations are scheduled for Wednesday.

About 80% of buses operational during Tamil Nadu transport unions strike

About 80 percent of buses in Tamil Nadu were being operated on Tuesday amid the strike call given by various transport unions, including those affiliated to the CPI(M) and AIADMK, officials said. The state government buses were operated in several parts including Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and Kanyakumari districts, benefiting the commuters, they said. In Chennai, the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) authorities ensured the buses were operated as usual and that the strike did not impact the public much, a senior official said. "The MTC buses were being operated as scheduled from 6 am and the public are requested not to panic," a senior transport official said. "About 80 percent" of the buses were being run in the state, he said without divulging further details. The trade unions had announced the strike demanding implementation of "6 point charter of demands." It includes initiation of talks for enhanced wages (15th wage revision pact), filling vacant posts, and release o

Trade unions witnessing decline across the world, says senior economist

Speaking on the problems faced by trade unions, Bardhan said that an increase in the informal labour force is leading to a higher degree of labour fragmentation

Hollywood writers, studios trade barbs ahead of renewed negotiations

The parties traded barbs earlier in the week, three months into a strike that has largely shut down film and TV production across the country

Cambridge University launches Indian indentured labour history fellowship

The University of Cambridge has created what is believed to be the first-ever visiting fellowship into the study of indentured labour, the controversial system involving millions of Indians that replaced slavery during British colonisation. The university's Selwyn College appointed Guyanese-American Professor Gaiutra Bahadur last week as the "Ramesh and Leela Narain visiting bye-fellow in Indentureship Studies". Bahadur is the author of Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture', a major study of the lives of Indian women who became indentured labourers to colonial plantations in the 19th century. I am honoured and delighted to be the inaugural visiting bye-fellow in indentureship studies, said Bahadur. When I first began doing research in this area, the funding just wasn't there, so it was in many ways a labour of love. That's why I'm so happy to see there's now visibility and funding like this to help future researchers, she said. Selwyn College and the Ameena Gafoor Institute, whi

Apple engaged in 'coercive' interviews, anti-union tactics: US Judge

Apple illegally subjected employees to coercive interviews and interfered with the distribution of union leaflets at a New York City Apple Store, a U.S. labor board judge ruled Tuesday. The finding represents the first time that an administrative law judge at the National Labor Relations Board, a federal agency, has ruled against Apple. But it is not the last word on the subject; Apple is free to appeal the ruling to the agency's full board or to federal appeals court. Apple had no comment on the ruling Wednesday. Lauren Esposito, the judge in the case, found that an Apple Store supervisor at the World Trade Center location had improperly asked an employee about his discussions with other workers about wage levels and about the employee's opinion of unionization efforts across the company. Such activities ran afoul of U.S. labor law that protects the right of workers to organize, the judge wrote. Similarly, Esposito ruled that Apple managers had singled out union literature, which

Apple illegally interrogated staff about union, labour board judge rules

In a Tuesday decision, a National Labor Relations Board judge wrote that Apple violated the rights of employees at its World Trade Center store in New York City

German government, labour unions reach pay deal for public workers

German government officials and labour unions have reached a pay deal for more than 2.5 million public-sector workers, ending a lengthy dispute and heading off the possibility of disruptive all-out strikes. The ver.di union had pressed for hefty raises as Germany, like many other countries, grapples with high inflation. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said as the deal was announced early Sunday that we accommodated the unions as far as we could responsibly do in a difficult budget situation. The deal entails one-time payments totalling 3,000 euros (USD 3,300) per employee, with the first 1,240 euros coming in June and monthly payments of 220 euros following until February. In March, regular monthly pay for all will be increased by 200 euros, followed by a salary increase of 5.5 per cent. The deal runs through to the end of 2024. Ver.di originally sought a one-year deal with a raise of 10.5 per cent. The deal was reached on the basis of a proposal by arbitrators who were called in af

Elon Musk's Tesla denies terminating employees for forming a union

Approximately 4 per cent of the employees on the Autopilot labeling team in Buffalo were exited as a result of this performance review cycle: Company

Chief labour commissioner to meet bank unions on proposed Nov 10 strike

Banks notices say normal services could get affected but they are taking action to keep work going

PM Modi to address first labour ministers' conference in eight years

Move comes in the backdrop of PM's vision for the next 25 years in preparation for 100th year of independence; 44th session of the National Labour Conference has been named Vision Shramev Jayate @2047

Centre to push states to introduce labour codes 'as soon as possible'

When asked about the timeframe on introducing the Codes, sources said this would be done "as soon as possible". "We are talking to all states," the official cited above said

Labour unions ramp up efforts to take on Centre over rising prices

Inflation becoming difficult to tame, says BMS; CITU, AITUC plan to hold protest on I-Day eve

UK gears up for biggest rail strike over workers' pay in decades

A walkout by an estimated 40,000 workers on this week is set to impact all train services after the RMT Union blamed the 'dead hand' of government for the misery in store for passengers

Tesla's German hiring hitting roadblocks over inadequate wages, says union

Skilled workers are getting around 20% less at the plant than at rival manufacturers with IG Metall wage agreements, the group added, citing its own analysis.