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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Big American Companies Are Upping Wages Amid Worker Shortage
Costco has announced it be raising their wages again as more companies offer $15 an hour as standard.
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‘It Feels Like We Started a Movement’: Despite Mixed Results in Frito-Lay Strike, Workers Proud They Stood Up
Frito-Lay workers won one guaranteed day off per week and put an end to forced “suicide” shifts after a 20-day strike this summer at their plant in Topeka, Kansas. Many were frustrated that the union didn’t hold out longer and win more—but are proud of the role that their fight played in launching the ongoing strike wave. Members of Bakery Workers (BCTGM) Local 218 voted 200-178 on July 23 to accept the company’s latest offer and end their walkout, which drew national attention to the abuse of mandatory overtime.
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Truckers, port workers vent as supply chain frustration mounts: ‘A lot of us are willing to work’
The great global supply chain crisis of 2021 — which has ensnared groceries, holiday shopping and everything in between — has bottlenecked West Coast ports, and drawn the involvement of the White House to address it. As the disruption reaches a boiling point and adds to rising price pressures, longshoremen, union representatives and truck drivers have pointed fingers over which party is best positioned to alleviate some of the strains
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The Great Resignation: Michigan continues to grapple with ongoing worker shortage
The worker shortage is so bad there’s a new term for it: “The Great Resignation.”
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This map shows which US states have the most people quitting their jobs
A first-of-its-kind report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals where Americans are quitting their jobs the most.
August quit rate
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As Minimum Wages Rise, Prepare for Pay Compression Issues
For many employers, their biggest concern about raising minimum pay levels is making sure they still differentiate pay between new hires and long tenured employees, which can cascade into pay structure adjustments all the way up the job track.
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Beaumont Suspends 370 Workers For Missing Vaccine Requirement
Beaumont Suspends 370 Workers For Missing Vaccine Requirement – Royal Oak, MI – The health system announced in July that workers had until Oct. 18 to meet the deadline.
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