Employee unions are gearing up for a legal showdown to block Gov. Ned Lamont’s efforts to radically shrink the state’s workforce following an anticipated wave of retirements in mid-2022.

Whether in Paris, Kuala Lumpur or California, gig economy workers fear they can no longer survive on meagre earnings from jobs that leave them increasingly vulnerable. The term “gig” stretches back a century to jazz musicians who used it to refer to a one-off show but now the “gig economy” involves millions of people in all sorts of jobs, from Uber drivers to Deliveroo delivery teams. – Algorithm slaves – Wissem Inal does more tha

Apple Inc has launched investigations into violence at its Bangalore facility where employees went on a rampage against unpaid wages and exploitative working hours. Apple is going to probe whether its Taiwanese contractor Wistron Corp flouted supplier guidelines at the facility located on the outskirts of the city.

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U.S. employers added just 245,000 jobs last month, as the runaway pandemic continued to weigh on hiring. The unemployment rate fell to 6.7% from 6.9% in October.

On this pandemic Black Friday, Teamsters president James P. Hoffa says that workers fighting for better wages and more rights is the only way to counteract the rise of underpaid, dangerous jobs at Amazon and other companies that we are buying from today.

Unions will concentrate their upcoming organizing activity as safety issues and accuse companies as being unconcerned with safety precautions during the Covid-19 pandemic for years to come. Workers deserve and have an absolute right to be safe in their workplace, but most companies take this pandemic and general safety concerns very seriously. Union organizing activity most effective are ones where the concentration is based on safety issues and personal respect from management, these issues elicit the most emotion and outrage from employees which tend to block out attempts to educate them about unions. A breakdown of communications is the biggest cause of union organizing activity and anger and frustration are the fuel that propels it.

Read the full article at: www.fastcompany.com

Walt Disney Co. is planning to shed 32,000 employees by the end of March — 4,000 more than previously announced — as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hammer its parks and resorts business.

After years of fiery activism, unions won’t be satisfied with returning to the pre-Trump status quo.

Read the full article at: nymag.com

Michael Brieda, who previously managed Windsor Assembly Plant, is leading the launch of Fiat Chrysler’s new Detroit Jeep plant.

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