Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports
PHILADELPHIA -- With 45,000 longshoremen at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas on strike for the first time in...
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Takeaways from AP’s report on how shrimp farmers are exploited as supermarkets push for low prices
BANGKOK -- A new investigation focused on three of the world’s largest producers of shrimp released on Monday claims that...
The benefits of a four-day workweek according to a champion of the trend
Companies exploring the option of letting employees work four days a week hope to reduce job burnout and retain talent...
Passenger on a previous Titan sub dive says his mission was aborted due to apparent malfunction
A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a...
American Airlines negotiates a contract extension with labor unions that it sued 5 years ago
FORT WORTH, Texas -- FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines and labor unions representing mechanics, baggage handlers and other...
Boeing CEO says the company will begin furloughs soon to save cash during labor strike
Boeing’s CEO said Wednesday that the company will begin furloughing “a large number” of employees to conserve cash during the...
Sri Lanka’s plantation workers live on the margins. But politicians still want their votes
SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka -- Whoever Sri Lanka's next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn't expecting much to change in her...
UAW fight with Stellantis escalates as union files unfair labor charges over factory commitments
The United Auto Workers' rift with Stellantis widened Monday as the union filed federal labor charges over possibly moving production...
A union leader freed from prison vows to continue a strike against Cambodia’s’s biggest casino
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- A union leader freed from prison Monday after serving time for her part in a strike...
Workers who assemble Boeing planes are on strike. Will that affect flights?
NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — A strike by some 33,000 Boeing machinists has halted production of the American...
