Qantas ordered to compensate illegally fired workers
A court ordered Qantas Airways to pay a combined A$170,000 ($114,000) to three of the airport ground workers it fired in the fire and rehire…
Boeing shores up finances even as striking workers rally | Workers’ Rights News
In a move to shore up its sagging finances, Boeing has announced plans to raise up to $25bn through stock and debt offerings and a…
A second Trump presidency has raised concerns of migrant workers’ rights | US Election 2024 News
On September 20, 2023, Rosa Sanchez went to work picking carrots at Grimmway Farms, one of the largest producers of carrots in the world, located…
Acting US labour secretary to meet with Boeing and union to end impasse | Workers’ Rights News
Julie Su’s intervention comes days after Boeing unveiled plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce as labour negotiations came to a halt.United States Acting…
Prepping for the worst: Election workers anticipate threats in US vote | US Election 2024 News
Across the country, in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Tina Barton had her own brush with election-related violence. For more than three decades, Barton, a Republican, served…
Japan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner says Gaza workers should have won | Israel-Palestine conflict
NewsFeed‘I thought those fighting hard for peace in Gaza would deserve it.’ The Japanese anti-nuclear campaigner whose group won the Nobel Peace Prize says he…
Data show migrants not taking jobs from Latino, Black workers as Trump says
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected. Such a mass deportation, economists…
Boeing to cut 10% workforce, delay 777X delivery as strike takes toll | Workers’ Rights News
The strike is costing Boeing $1bn a month, making it critical for the firm to end the work stoppage.United States-based plane maker Boeing will cut…
Boeing to lay off 17,000 workers, delay 777X rollout amid machinists strike
Boeing announced Friday it will lay off 17,000 workers, roughly 10% of its workforce, and further delay the rollout of its long-planned 777X commercial jet…
Georgia election workers settle defamation lawsuit against far-right website
ATLANTA — Two Georgia election workers have reached a settlement in their defamation lawsuit against a Missouri-based, far-right website that falsely accused them of fraud in…
Understanding the Mental Health of Nigerian Workers
Let’s build an avatar for the Nigerian worker. We’ll call her Zuri. She’s 23, works in banking, and, like countless others, feels the heavy strain…
The real reasons office workers have such terrible posture – and what to do about it
A RECENT study found that office workers are struggling with bad posture.If you think you're guilty of a desk slump, these stretches may be able…
Injured workers are sending the WSIB Back to School!
Article contentTORONTO, Sept. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Friday September 27th, 2024 (2:00pm, 200 Front St West, Workplace Safety Insurance Board-WSIB in Toronto, Ontario),…
A rookie Kamala Harris worked to protect child sex workers
SACRAMENTO — Twenty years ago, freshly elected as San Francisco’s district attorney, Kamala Harris urged California lawmakers to crack down on child sex trafficking and warned…
Sri Lanka’s tea estate workers courted by presidential candidates | Elections News
Whoever Sri Lanka’s next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn’t expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother…
Sri Lanka’s plantation workers live on the margins. But politicians still want their votes
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMNPMN BusinessAuthor of the article:The Associated PressEranga Jayawardena And Krishan FrancisPublished Sep 18, 2024 • 4 minute read You can save this article…
Boeing workers vote overwhelmingly to strike, halting aircraft production | Labour Rights
Union members vote to walk off the job at factories in Seattle and Portland in latest blow to aircraft giant.Boeing’s roughly 33,000 factory workers on…
Workers overwhelmingly backed the walkout
Boeing workers are to go on strike after they overwhelmingly rejected a tentative deal between union representatives and the plane maker that included a 25%…
Boeing workers ‘ready to go on strike’ if demands unmet | Workers’ Rights News
Boeing’s United States West Coast factory workers stood in long lines to vote on Thursday on a much-criticised new contract, some loudly calling for a…
Yosemite’s Wawona Hotel closing. No reopening date set; workers reassigned
Yosemite National Park’s historic Wawona Hotel is closing, and park officials are not saying when it will reopen. The hotel’s workers are being reassigned elsewhere.One…