Is COVID-19 a smokescreen for labour abuses?
Labour activists say they are being dragged unjustly before the courts and that factory owners are exploiting the disruption caused by COVID-19 to purge union leaders.
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Worker shortage concerns loom in immigrant-heavy meatpacking
The industry has historically relied on foreign-born workers — from people in the country illegally to refugees — for some of America’s most dangerous jobs.
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The Arrival Of The ‘Unavoidable Pension Crisis’
I wrote an article in 2017 discussing the “Unavoidable Pension Crisis.” At that time, most did not understand the risk. Since then, the situation has continued
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AFL-CIO Sues OSHA to Force Temporary Worker-Safety Standard (2)
The AFL-CIO filed a lawsuit to ask a federal court to compel the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an emergency temporary standard to protect workers from the novel coronavirus.
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Historical Perspective of Labor Growth During Times of Crisis
The Spanish Flu Thirty million people died between August 1918 and March 1919 of the Spanish Flu worldwide. 657,000 that perished were from the United States.
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Historical Perspective of Labor Growth During Times of Crisis
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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