Acting US labour secretary to meet with Boeing and union to end impasse | Workers’ Rights News
Julie Su’s intervention comes days after Boeing unveiled plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce as labour negotiations came
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Boeing to cut 10% workforce, delay 777X delivery as strike takes toll | Workers’ Rights News
The strike is costing Boeing $1bn a month, making it critical for the firm to end the work stoppage. United
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US dockworkers press on with second day of strike, with no deal in sight | Transport News
US President Biden urged for a quick deal to end the standoff, which threatens to drain billions from the US
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Teamsters union says won’t endorse Harris or Trump in US election | US Election 2024 News
Influential union backed every Democratic presidential candidate since 2000, but declines to make endorsement this year. The International Brotherhood of
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Boeing workers vote overwhelmingly to strike, halting aircraft production | Labour Rights
Ninety-six percent of union members vote to walk off the job at factories in Seattle and Portland. Boeing’s roughly 33,000
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Indonesian fruit-pickers say seasonal work in UK left them drowning in debt | Labour Rights
Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian workers who paid thousands of dollars to travel to the United Kingdom to pick fruit say they
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Canada tells rail companies, unions to avoid crippling stoppage | Labour Rights News
The union says the two main rail companies want to dilute safety provisions, a charge the firms deny. The Canadian
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In legal no-man’s land, refugees in Malaysia struggle to eat, pay rent | Refugees News
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – It is late afternoon in Kuala Lumpur and in the harsh heat, Zabi* concludes his third
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Labour leaders push President Biden for a Gaza ceasefire at US Capitol | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Washington, DC – Influential labour leaders have joined progressive legislators in the United States Capitol to push the administration of
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Advocacy or a career? US students fear employer backlash amid war in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
New York City, United States – Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Mohammed — a Cornell University student who asked to
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