Corvette Assembly Plant Workers Reject Local Labor Contract, Strike Authorized
Members of the UAW local 2614 in Bowling Green have overwhelmingly rejected a local labor contract and membership has authorized a strike if demands aren’t met.
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Supreme Court blocks Biden admin’s Covid requirements for workplaces, allows vaccine mandate for health care workers
The workplace requirement, which was challenged by a group of red states and businesses, would have affected nearly 80 million U.S. workers.
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Records of former labor leader and close Biden ally subpoenaed
A grand jury is probing Harold Schaitberger’s financial activities as the leader of the International Association of Fire Fighters.
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A new era for the American worker
More than any other time in recent memory, the present moment offers many Americans a chance to make work better.
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Whole Foods Claims Rights Violation in BLM Insignia Case: Report
Whole Foods was responding to the National Labor Relations Board’s claims that it illegally stopped employees from wearing BLM insignia at work.
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Covid News: U.S. Hospitalizations Break Record as Omicron Surges – The New York Times
Slovakia is easing its coronavirus restrictions. Officials canceled an 8 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew starting on Monday, though access to bars, restaurants and other businesses will still generally be limited to vaccinated people and those who have recovered from coronavirus infections, The A.P.
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Google ordered to turn over documents related to anti-union efforts in NLRB case
A judge has ordered Google to turn over hundreds of internal documents — many related to its efforts to quash an employee union — as part of a National Labor Relations Board case over the tech giant’s firing of former employees.
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More At-Home Tests to Be Covered by Insurers, U.S. Says: Covid Live Updates – The New York Times
Chicago’s public schools canceled Monday’s classes. Italy introduced extra vaccination requirements for those over 50.
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Chicago Teachers Union delegate vows to ‘report’ members who show up for work
A Chicago Teachers Union delegate has vowed to “report” the union employees who show up to work at their school.
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Starbucks union workers in Buffalo walk out over ‘unsafe’ conditions
Workers at the country’s first unionized Starbucks store in Buffalo staged a walkout on Wednesday to protest what they described as “unsafe working conditions” due to an ongoing COVID-19 case surge…
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