Ford mandates vaccine for estimated 32K employees, unpaid leave expected for those who don’t comply
DEARBORN, MI — Ford announced Wednesday it will require nearly 32,000 salaried employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine or they will face possible unpaid leave. According to CNBC, the automaker will consider religious and medical exemptions that would prevent employees from getting the vaccine, but anyon
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Kellogg’s US cereal plant workers reject revised offer
Kellogg has demanded that workers give up quality health care, retirement benefits, and holiday and vacation pay, Anthony Shelton, president of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) International Union, had said last month.
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‘Last, best, and final offer’ from Deere to UAW members
On Tuesday, 55% of United Auto Workers voted against the proposed contract.
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Another fired Apple employee has filed a complaint to the NLRB, saying the company retaliated after she tried to highlight problems of discrimination and harassment, reports say
Fired Apple staffer Janneke Parrish filed a complaint with the NLRB, two outlets report.
Parrish helped set up a site where Apple employee
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Labor and Business News (11/4/2021)
Across the country we are witnessing a historic strike wave, with over 22,000 US union members on strike right now. From our BCTGM Local 374G right here in Lancaster, Pa., on strike against the greed of Kellogg’s, to the 10,000 UAW workers at John Deere plants walking off the factory floor, the…
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NYC puts 9,000 workers on unpaid leave as vaccine mandate kicks in
“This mandate was the right thing to do,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. “We now see it worked.”
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Is ‘Striketober’ the moment construction unions have been waiting for?
The convergence of worker shortages, supply chain snarls and vaccine mandates could give labor the upper hand at the bargaining table, experts say.
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McDonald’s enters strategic partnership with IBM to automate drive-thru lanes
McDonald’s has entered a strategic partnership with IBM to help the fast-food chain automate its drive-thru lanes.
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Kellogg Company’s union workers host strike outside headquarters in Battle Creek
A rally was held outside of Kellogg Company’s world corporate headquarters in Battle Creek on Wednesday.
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National Action Council: Buffalo Starbucks workers can form a union by store
Starbucks has submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board seeking to require Buffalo workers to organize unions as a market, rather than
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