Labor

Union rep says West Virginia governor late on paying worker health insurance bills, despite denials

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Union rep says West Virginia governor late on paying worker health insurance bills, despite denials

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family is millions of dollars behind on payments to employees’ health insurance fund at their financially beleaguered hotel, putting workers’ coverage at risk despite the U.S. Senate candidate’s claims otherwise, a union official said Friday. “The delinquencies are factual, tangible and documented,” Peter Bostic, chairperson of the … Read more

Amazon Is ‘Joint Employer’ Of Delivery Drivers, Labor Board Says

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Amazon Is ‘Joint Employer’ Of Delivery Drivers, Labor Board Says

Labor prosecutors are challenging Amazon’s long-running claim that it doesn’t employ the massive network of drivers who deliver its packages across the country. A regional director for the National Labor Relations Board has determined that Amazon is really a “joint employer” alongside one of its delivery contractors, an agency spokesperson said Thursday. The director also … Read more

Canadian Freight Railroads Shut Down, Lock Out Workers

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Canadian Freight Railroads Shut Down, Lock Out Workers

Canada’s two largest railroads locked more than 9,000 unionized workers out of their jobs Thursday morning, shutting down the country’s rail freight lines with major implications for North American trade. Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City said they had decided to initiate the work stoppage after failing to reach a new agreement with … Read more

UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Alleging They Tried to ‘Threaten and Intimidate Workers’

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UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Alleging They Tried to ‘Threaten and Intimidate Workers’

The United Auto Workers union, which represents some 400,000 workers in the automobile, aerospace, and agriculture industries, on Tuesday said that it filed federal labor charges against Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The charges follow what the UAW describes as “attempts to threaten and intimidate workers” that arose during a conversation between Trump and Musk, … Read more

Hollywood’s video game performers head to the picket line over AI protections

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Hollywood’s video game performers head to the picket line over AI protections

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s video game performers are heading to the Warner Bros. Studios lot Thursday to picket against what they call an unwillingness from top gaming companies to protect voice actors and motion capture workers equally against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence. The protest marks the first large labor action since game voice … Read more

Uber And Lyft Can Classify Drivers As Contractors, Says California Supreme Court

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Uber And Lyft Can Classify Drivers As Contractors, Says California Supreme Court

Photo: Justin Sullivan The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22 in a unanimous decision on Thursday. The ballot measure allows Uber, Lyft and a plethora of other gig app companies to classify drivers on their services as contractors instead of employees. Prop 22 passed in November 2020 with 58.6 percent of voters in favor of … Read more

Is JD Vance Really A Friend Of Unions?

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Is JD Vance Really A Friend Of Unions?

Earlier this year Senate Democrats penned a letter attacking Amazon over its labor practices, calling the retail giant’s subcontracted delivery network a big scheme to prevent drivers from unionizing. They only managed to rustle up three Republicans to sign on. After all, it was a letter in support of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a … Read more

The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel’s Military

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The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel’s Military

That appears to still include the IDF. WIRED identified several Israeli government statements and documents published since 2022 that confirm the IDF’s continued involvement with Project Nimbus, although they do not provide details of the tools and capabilities it uses. For instance, a government document published on June 15, 2022, that outlines the scope of … Read more

National Education Association Locks Out Staff After Strike

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National Education Association Locks Out Staff After Strike

The largest union in the country has locked its own workers out of their jobs after they went on strike for three days, escalating an ugly contract dispute that has already involved the White House. Staffers at the National Education Association said they were told not to report to work at the union’s headquarters in … Read more