US automakers restart production | Business | China Daily
US automakers took the first steps to resuming production on Monday amid continued concern for worker safety and a tattered national economy that’s likely to undercut demand for new cars.
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Britain’s Rolls-Royce to axe 9,000 jobs in air travel slump
Britain’s Rolls-Royce said it would cut at least 9,000 jobs from its global staff of 52,000 to adapt to the much smaller aviation market that …
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Airlines ‘taking advantage’ of coronavirus crisis to offload costly staff, say unions
Unions representing aviation staff have accused airlines of “taking advantage” of the coronavirus pandemic to get rid of more expensive staff. Diana Holland, assistant general secretary for transport for the Unite union, told the Transport Select Committee that British Airways was using the crisis…
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‘We still don’t have clarity’: Public servants voice concerns as feds plot return to work | CTV News
With thousands of public servants having spent the last two months working from home, how long could it be before that changes? What will it look like when it’s time to go back into the office? Will everyone go back willingly?
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Ford, GM, Fiat Chrysler restart plants in U.S., Canada, Mexico amid COVID
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GM instructs Mexican suppliers to prepare to resume operations
The president of General Motors Co’s Mexican unit advised suppliers to prepare to resume operations after the Mexican government said the automotive industry could exit the coronavirus lockdown before June 1 with adequate safety measures.
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Factory workers wary as Detroit’s ‘Big 3’ begins to motor back up – Raw Story
Detroit’s auto giants are keen to resume production this week, but there will be unease on assembly lines where social distancing is difficult and worries about the deadly coronavirus persist.Motor City carmakers insist they are taking precautions to protect employees for the ramp-up that marks a…
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Florida AFL-CIO calling on Gov. DeSantis to fix unemployment system
The U.S. Department of Labor reports over 222,000 people in Florida have filed for unemployment in the last week.
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Teachers’ unions are exploiting fear to advance their champagne socialism
We have a fortnight to solve this if we are to get our kids back to school by June…
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Kroger still plans to slash employees’ ‘hero pay’ after another grocery worker dies of coronavirus – Raw Story
Shortly after the novel coronavirus was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, the definition of who could be considered an essential employee began to expand in public discourse beyond medical personnel and healthcare workers to include grocery store employees.It…
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