Tag: Labor issues
Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China’s Xinjiang
AKSU, China — A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking...
GM now says it will support union at new battery factories
DETROIT — General Motors now says it will support efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize employees at two U.S. electric vehicle...
EU mulls response to Belarus diverting plane to nab reporter
BRUSSELS — Angry European Union leaders were set to consider a joint response Monday to Belarus' diversion of a plane traveling between EU member...
Floyd’s death laid bare the ‘Minnesota Paradox’ of racism
MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd's death under a white Minneapolis police officer's knee severely tarnished Minnesota's reputation as a progressive state on matters of race....
Indiana union calls governor’s unemployment decision ‘cruel’
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana AFL-CIO is criticizing Gov. Eric Holcomb’s decision to withdraw the state from federal programs providing an extra $300 in weekly...
Leaving home: West Virginia population drop is largest in US
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After her company told employees in 2017 to start working remotely, customer service representative Haley Miller decided to break from her...
Dunkin’ worker charged with manslaughter in customer’s death
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida prosecutors filed a manslaughter charge Friday against a Dunkin’ store employee accused of fatally punching a 77-year-old customer after the...
Chicago mayor faces dashed hopes of her backers
<p>CHICAGO — Lori Lightfoot had her work cut out for her when she became mayor of Chicago in 2019, running as a progressive Democrat...
Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies
<p>NEW YORK — An abrupt relaxation of mask policies has left workers at some retail and grocery stores reeling as they try to sort...
Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2
<p>DANVILLE, Calif. — Just past the Village Theatre and a quaint corner chocolate shop is the intersection where Officer Andrew Hall shot and killed...