Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company’s first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation. The iPhone maker notified 614 workers in multiple offices on March 28 that they were losing their jobs, with the layoffs becoming effective on May 27, according […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released from the hospital on April 2 and called an Israeli strike that killed aid workers “tragic.” Mr. Netanyahu underwent hernia surgery. An April 1 Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip killed seven workers with the World Central Kitchen, a program run by world-renowned chef José Andrés that provides […]
GREENEVILLE, Tenn.—Twenty-nine workers at a Tennessee cheese factory were sent to the hospital on Wednesday morning after a leak of anhydrous ammonia, Greeneville City Manager Todd Smith said at a news conference. The Greeneville Fire Department was first called to La Quesera Mexicana at 7:15 a.m. when a leak occurred during maintenance on a valve. […]
An attorney for two Georgia election workers told jurors on Dec. 11 that Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s former attorney, owed his clients tens of millions of dollars in damages after spreading lies about their conduct during the 2020 presidential election. The plaintiffs—Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss—seek as much as $43 million. […]
Should workers be forced to join a labor union or pay union dues in order to work? The House Employment, Labor, and Pension subcommittee holding a hearing today on what’s known as the ‘right to work.’ Joining us now to discuss, we have Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.
A new IRS tax on gig workers would result in additional documentation that will create confusion among individual taxpayers as the agency does not have “centralized leadership” to deal with the expansion, according to a watchdog. Starting this year, a new IRS rule required that third-party payment networks like PayPal, Venmo, Amazon, and Square issue […]
DETROIT—United Auto Workers (UAW) union members have voted to approve a new contract with General Motors, making the company the first Detroit automaker to get a ratified deal that could end a contentious labor dispute and a series of crippling strikes. A vote-tracking spreadsheet on the union’s website shows that with all local union offices […]
The United States seized 17 website domains that were used by North Korean information technology (IT) professionals in a plot to allegedly defraud U.S. and foreign businesses, evade sanctions, and finance North Korea’s weapons program, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The seizures took place on Oct. 17 pursuant to a court order in […]
LOS ANGELES—Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers took to picket lines in multiple states on Wednesday, launching a massive strike that the company warned could cause delays at its hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans. The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, representing about 85,000 of the health system’s employees nationally, approved […]
A New York state judge has rejected attempts by Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub to stop a minimum wage increase for app-based delivery workers. The decision from New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne means that the law setting the minimum wage rise will take effect for the three companies. The law, signed by New […]
California’s fast-food workers will see a wage boost to $20 per hour due to a legislation signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday. The wage increase will be effective from April 1, 2024. It will apply to all employees who work at restaurants that have at least 60 locations across the country. However, […]
United Auto Workers (UAW) union members have gone on strike against the three biggest automakers for the first time in history after failing to reach a deal on a new labor contract by the 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14 deadline. Despite weeks of negotiations, the union was unable to come to an agreement over contract negotiations with General […]
SEATTLE—Some Amazon.com Inc. employees staged a walkout on Wednesday in protest of the e-commerce giant’s changes to its climate policy, layoffs, and a return-to-office mandate. More than 100 people gathered in the afternoon by the Spheres, the glass-dome monument at the heart of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, according to a Reuters witness. “Emissions climbing. Time to […]
NEW YORK—As concerns grow over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the nation’s financial watchdog says it’s working to ensure that companies follow the law when they’re using AI. Already, automated systems and algorithms help determine credit ratings, loan terms, bank account fees, and other aspects of our financial lives. AI also affects hiring, […]
A federal appeals court has halted the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers nationwide. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans ruled (pdf) in an en banc hearing on Thursday to keep a preliminary injunction on the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place amid ongoing litigation over the matter. En […]
A country once known as the world’s factory is now in the cold spell of a manufacturing exodus. The loss of overseas orders is taking a toll on its job market. Here’s what’s happening in one Chinese city, once dubbed the home of “Made in China.”
Purdue center Zach Edey was named a first-team All-American, and was the lone unanimous selection. And in international sports, Amnesty International has delivered a petition, with more than a million signatures, asking for compensation for abused World Cup workers.
US regulators have fined Mars Wrigley, the maker of Snickers and Skittles, after two workers fell into a tank of chocolate at its Pennsylvania factory last June. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the confectionery and chewing gum maker $14,500 for the incident, which it described as “serious” in a report. “Employees of an […]
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn.—A man who fired a shot at a co-worker during a dispute at a Minnesota boat factory Thursday was subdued by other workers as he tried to flee, preventing any serious injuries, authorities said. Officers responding to a call about an active shooter found David Jeremiah Gadsen, 21, being held by his […]
