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Labor unions urge Brazil to block Boeing-Embraer tie-up
Apr 2, 2018
BRASILIA, April 2 (Reuters) - Labor union leaders on Monday accused Brazil's government of negotiating a tie-up between local planemaker Embraer SA and Boeing......
UPDATE 1-U.S. explores including wage factor in NAFTA auto rules -sources
Mar 30, 2018
(Adds USTR no comment, auto industry representative)MEXICO CITY, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. trade negotiators have floated a plan to introduce rules under a......
U.S. explores including wage factor in NAFTA auto rules -sources
Mar 30, 2018
MEXICO CITY, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. trade negotiators have floated a plan to introduce rules under a reworked NAFTA that stipulate a certain......
A planned free trade bloc in Africa has some unions concerned over migration and cheap Chinese goods
Mar 28, 2018
Safeguarding jobs and cheap Chinese goods flooding the market are hurdles the South African government must clear before it signs up to a pan-African......
Migration and cheap Chinese goods have South Africa's biggest trade union group worried
Mar 28, 2018
Safeguarding jobs and cheap Chinese goods flooding the market are hurdles the South African government must clear before it signs up to a pan-African......
Argentine soy crush workers to start wage strike late Tuesday
Mar 27, 2018
BUENOS AIRES, March 27 (Reuters) - The labor union representing employees of Argentina's soy crushing plants said it will begin an open-ended wage strike......
South Korean auto workers blast revised trade deal with US
Mar 27, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Unions at South Korea's two-largest automakers, Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, say plans to revise a free trade deal......
Amazon workers in Spain on a 2-day strike over pay, overtime
Mar 21, 2018
MADRID (AP) — Workers in the largest logistics center in Spain, owned by global e-commerce giant Amazon, are striking over wages and overtime benefits.Around......
Chile's Escondida invites union to early labor talks
Mar 14, 2018
LIMA, March 14 (Reuters) - BHP's Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest, said on Wednesday that it has invited its powerful workers'......
Gig workers: Your paycheck could be in bitcoin sooner than you think
Mar 13, 2018
Gig economy workers, those who make money on digital apps and work on their own schedules, can live very different lives than their traditional......
For some workers, that paycheck could be in bitcoin sooner than you think
Mar 13, 2018
Workers who make money on digital apps and set their own schedules can live very different lives than their traditional employee counterparts. Soon, they......
Pennsylvania Republican Defends 'Right-To-Work' Laws Before Vote In Union-Heavy District
Mar 10, 2018
PITTSBURGH ― Republican Rick Saccone defended so-called “right-to-work” laws three days before a special election in a Western Pennsylvania......
The West Virginia Teacher Strike Was Rare, Militant And Victorious
Mar 7, 2018
West Virginia teachers and school personnel just ended perhaps the most significant American worker strike in years......
ILO finds progress in fixing Thai fishing industry abuses
Mar 7, 2018
BANGKOK (AP) — A survey of working conditions in Thailand's fishing and seafood industry conducted by the U.N.'s International Labor Organization has found that......
Fishing industry in Thailand fixing some abuses, agency says
Mar 7, 2018
BANGKOK (AP) — A survey of working conditions in Thailand's fishing and seafood industry conducted by the U.N.'s International Labor Organization has found that......