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Union heavyweight wants to ban UPS from using drones or driverless vehicles
Jan 24, 2018
No drones or driverless vehicles for delivering packages — that's one of the major demands from the Teamsters labor union in the big contract......
Factory workers across Germany on strike amid wage talks
Jan 24, 2018
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's largest industrial union says tens of thousands of factory workers have staged short-term warning strikes to increase pressure on employers......
To Help #MeToo Stick, End Mandatory Arbitration
Jan 23, 2018
Now that the phrase #MeToo comes trippingly off the tongue, it could be easy to forget what......
UPDATE 1-Ex-Fiat Chrysler executive pleads guilty in U.S. union corruption probe
Jan 22, 2018
probe@ (Adds details of plea agreement, Iacobelli cooperating)Jan 22 (Reuters) - A former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV executive pleaded guilty on Monday in connection......
German industrial employers aim for labor deal by early February
Jan 19, 2018
FRANKFURT, Jan 19 (Reuters) - German industrial companies aim to complete labor talks by early February to avert strikes, the head of their employers'......
UPDATE 3-German union backs SPD bid to start formal coalition talks
Jan 18, 2018
* Merkel hopes for coalition with SPD for fourth term* SPD delegates vote on Sunday on coalition talks* CSU leader warns of disaster if......
UPDATE 1-Daimler, Bosch hit by walkouts in sector-wide labor dispute
Jan 18, 2018
* 24-hour walkouts can no longer be ruled out* Fourth round of talks to start on Jan. 24* IG Metall demands 6 pct more......
UPDATE 2-German union backs SPD bid to start formal coalition talks
Jan 18, 2018
* Merkel hopes for coalition with SPD for fourth term* SPD delegates vote on Sunday on coalition talks* CSU leader warns of disaster if......
Daimler, Bosch hit by walkouts in sector-wide labor dispute
Jan 18, 2018
FRANKFURT, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Some 44,000 German workers at companies including Mercedes maker Daimler and automotive supplier Bosch took part in industrial action......
In replacing Dudley, New York Fed aims to avoid political pitfalls
Jan 17, 2018
Unions and groups advocating for retirees, teachers, housing, and workers' benefits are among those visiting the ornate conference rooms of the Federal Reserve Bank......
UPDATE 1-Strike averted at New York's main fruit and vegetable market
Jan 17, 2018
(Adds details on contract from merchants' association)NEW YORK, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A work stoppage at a market that supplies much of New York......
Strike averted at New York's main fruit and vegetable market
Jan 17, 2018
NEW YORK, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A work stoppage at a market that supplies much of New York City's fresh fruit and vegetables was......
German industrial worker strikes continue, Opel affected
Jan 17, 2018
BERLIN, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Thousands more German industrial workers took part in strikes on Wednesday, continuing a series of walkouts in support of......
Britain needs to give companies more time to save Carillion-linked jobs- union
Jan 17, 2018
union@LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The British government needs to allow more time for firms to take on workers whose jobs are threatened by......
UPDATE 1-German strikes spread to Daimler, union mulls escalation
Jan 16, 2018
(Updates number of workers on strike, adds comments from heads of IG Metall and NiedersachsenMetall, details)BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of......