Posts Tagged ‘workers’

Trump To Michigan Auto Workers: ‘You Built this Country’

While Senator Tim Scott declared from the Reagan Library that union demands for higher pay and shorter work weeks “will not stand,” Donald Trump told workers in Michigan that “we love being with you.” Source

UAW Files Complaint Against Tim Scott for Suggesting Auto Workers Be Fired

The United Auto Workers have filed a labor complaint against Sen. Tim Scott after he suggested that auto workers be fired for striking. Source

Biden Slammed For Implying Black & Hispanic Workers ‘Don’t Have High School Diplomas

The White House has altered an official transcript after Joe Biden implied that ‘black and hispanic’ workers ‘don’t have high school diplomas’ Biden made the humiliating gaffe while speaking before a crowd at Prince George’s […] The post Biden Slammed For Implying Black & Hispanic Workers ‘Don’t Have High School Diplomas appeared first on The […]

Ford: 600 Michigan Workers Temporarily Laid Off as UAW Strikes Ramp Up

A large batch of Ford workers at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne have been temporarily laid off as the company endures the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike. Source

Fetterman to join striking UAW workers in Michigan: ‘I know which side I’m on’

Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-Pa.) office announced he will drive from his home in Pennsylvania to an auto plant outside Detroit on Saturday to join the thousands of striking auto workers on the picket line. “I know which side I’m on. As long as these brave workers continue to walk the picket line, my entire team and… […]

Trump Defends Auto Workers Against Biden’s Green Agenda: You’re ‘Being Sold Down the River’ to China

Former President Donald Trump is warning America’s auto workers that President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda will outsource their jobs to China as the United Auto Workers (UAW) goes on strike against General Motors (GM), Ford, and Stellantis. Source

Dem Rep. Slotkin: Inflation Hurting Auto Workers Helped Set the Scene for Auto Talks

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) stated that “the scene for these negotiations” between automakers and the UAW was set by large profits for auto companies and the fact that “people Source

Khanna: EVs May Mean Fewer Auto Jobs, Protection for Battery Workers Is a ‘Main Sticking Point’ in Talks

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that ensuring that all the people who work on electric vehicles have union jobs “is one of the main sticking points in the contract negotiations” between the UAW Source

Khanna: ‘A Lot’ of EV Subsidies Going ‘Where Workers Are Not Represented’ and CEOs Are Making Tons

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that “a lot” of the electric vehicle subsidies are “ending up in places where workers are not represented” while CEOs make a ton of money and companies have Source

CNN’s Tapper to Ford CEO Farley: You Have Given Yourself Huge Raises, Why Can’t Workers Share in the Profits?

Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead,” anchor Jake Tapper asked Ford CEO Jim Farley why, after CEOs got large raises, they can’t “share the profits” with the workers to avoid a strike. Source

Ford CEO: We Won’t Give Workers Pay Increases that Keep Us ‘from Investing in This Transition to EVs’

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Ford President and CEO Jim Farley stated that he’s not opposed to giving workers pay increases, “But if it prevents us from investing in this transition to EVs and in future products like Source

‘Avocado Toast’ Millionaire Very Sorry for Saying ‘Arrogant’ Workers Should Lose Jobs After Outrage

Tim Gurner, a millionaire Australian housing developer famous for overestimating the impact of avocado toast on millennial household budgets, has apologized for a bizarre and power-mad rant calling for a 50 percent jump in unemployment for “arrogant” workers.  Gurner said that “we need to see pain in the economy,” and that “we need to remind […]

Workers Who Ripped Shortcut Through China’s Great Wall Detained

Two construction workers arrived at an opening in the Great Wall of China, but their excavator was too big to pass through.  Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Asia Read Later  Source

Workers in warehouses could soon lose their jobs to HUMANOID ROBOTS

(NaturalNews) As technology continues to advance, more warehouses are starting to use robots. Only recently, humanoid robots were introduced to warehouses.Now,… Source

2 foreign aid workers killed in Ukraine by Russian shelling

Two foreign aid workers were killed Sunday after a van with four workers was hit by Russian shelling in eastern Ukraine.  Road to Relief, a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization (NGO), said a van carrying four of their team members left from Slovyansk in Ukraine towards Bakhmut when the vehicle came under Russian attack near Chasiv Yar,… […]

Too late and no apologies: Hospital begs fired workers who refused mRNA vaccines to come back to work 2 years later

(NaturalNews) Nurses and other healthcare workers who were unceremoniously laid off by MaineGeneral Health, because they refused to submit to the experimental… Source

How union workers are fighting for a life outside of the mill

A bill would limit mandatory overtime to no more than two hours per day and require employers to provide a week’s notice before mandating extra hours or changing a worker’s schedule. Source

Construction Workers Smashed Through Great Wall Of China For Shortcut, Officials Say

The duo wanted a shorter route to work, said authorities. Source

Dem Rep. Beyer: Biden Won’t Allow Auto Workers to Strike for Demands, We Can’t Have a Strike ‘After all the Inflation’

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Sound On,” Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) predicted that there won’t be a strike by auto workers because the White House will step in “to make sure that they don’t strike against the Big Three” and Source

This Labor Day, workers are building momentum 

As we celebrate Labor Day this year, I’m tempted as usual to look back and draw inspiration from the countless victories that the labor movement has won for the American people over the years. Things that we now take for granted — such as the weekend and eight-hour workdays, social safety net programs like Social… […]

Train Slams Into Workers On Tracks At Italian Station, Killing 5

The speeding out-of-service train hit workers doing nighttime maintenance in the northern town of Brandizzo. Source

5 lessons from UPS workers’ successful bargaining

While the union did not win everything it wanted, it secured a majority of its demands in what it called “the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS.” Source

Why the GOP is trying to take credit for union workers’ infrastructure victory

As Republicans try to take credit for the infrastructure program, it’s important for union members to continue pointing out the truth. Source

Tech companies laid off nearly 221,000 workers in 2023 – already way ahead of last year’s total

(NaturalNews) Nearly 221,000 global tech-sector employees have been laid off since the beginning of 2023.This is according to data compiled by the website… Source

Hollywood executives bring industry to halt rather than pay workers a fair price

Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry. Source

Michigan Amazon workers stage largest delivery station strike yet

Across all industries, while worker productivity surged 62 percent from 1979 to 2020, average hourly pay crawled up just 17 percent when adjusted for inflation. Source

Europe is facing a shortage of skilled workers. The Basque experience could be the answer

Although no region is absolutely alike, there are lessons that can be adopted and scaled from the Basque model as EU member states prepare for the next wave of economic uncertainty and consequent clamour for talent, Ivan Jiménez writes. Source

Russian Hackers Suspected Of Using Cheap BMW Ad To Lure Embassy Workers In Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) ― Hackers suspected of working for Russia’s foreign intelligence agency targeted dozens of diplomats at embassies in Ukraine with a fake used car advert in a bid to break into their computers, according to a cybersecurity firm report published on Wednesday. The wide-reaching espionage activity targeted diplomats working in at least 22 of […]

American Auto Workers Withhold Support from Biden for ‘Funding Race to Bottom’ with Electric Vehicles

The United Auto Workers (UAW), the largest auto industry union representing more than 400,000 working and middle class members, is withholding support for President Joe Biden over his administration’s “actively funding the race to the bottom” with a massive effort toward Electric Vehicles (EVs).  Source

The CIA Controlled Enclave Bohemian Grove Rips Off Workers

Bohemian Grove Sued by Workers for Wage Theft By infostormer  – June 19, 2023 0 The Bohemian Grove is being sued by their own workers for wage theft.     This is a place in the woods of northern California where a bunch of politicians, businessmen and other power brokers gather every summer to pay […]

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