Tag: workers
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Las Vegas police arrest 57 striking casino workers, says union
Police in Las Vegas arrested 57 striking casino workers on Thursday at a protest outside Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, the Culinary Union said on X. Hundreds of casino workers at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas walked off their jobs last week over stalled talks to win a new five-year union pay contract. Images and videos posted on X…
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73% of workers worry Social Security won’t be able to pay retirement benefits. Here’s what advisors say
Most Americans are concerned about what may happen to Social Security when its retirement trust fund crosses a projected 2033 depletion date, according to a new Bankrate survey. Nearly three-quarters, 73%, of non-retired adults and 71% retired adults say they worry they won’t receive their benefits if the trust fund runs out. The October survey included 2,492 individuals.…
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Transit workers who lost jobs when they didn’t get Covid vaccines are awarded $1M
Six former employees for the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency who lost their jobs when they did not get Covid vaccines for religious reasons have been awarded more than $1 million each, according to court documents related to a lawsuit the California workers filed. A federal jury awarded the six ex-BART workers between $1.1 million…
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Rudy Giuliani ordered to turn over his N.Y. apartment and valuables to the former Georgia election workers he defamed
A federal judge in New York has ordered Rudy Giuliani to turn over his valuables and luxury New York City apartment to the two Georgia election workers he defamed. In a decision released Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Litman ordered Giuliani to transfer personal property “including cash accounts, jewelry and valuables, a legal claim for unpaid…
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New Boeing CEO to give clues on company’s future, while striking workers vote on new contract
Boeing has already braced investors for a rough quarterly report. Now, new CEO Kelly Ortberg has the chance to share his vision for the troubled manufacturer, from a potential strike-ending labor agreement to a slimmed-down future. When he takes the mic for his first earnings call as Boeing’s CEO on Wednesday, more than 32,000 striking machinists will start voting on a…
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Bird flu suspected in four Washington farm workers, CDC sends team
CHICAGO — The CDC is deploying a team to Washington state to assess the health of farm workers who culled poultry suffering from bird flu after four workers are presumed to have been infected by the virus, U.S. and state health officials said on Monday. The infections would make Washington the sixth state to identify…
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McDonald’s campaign event highlights Trump-Harris battle for low-wage workers
Donald Trump’s campaign event Sunday at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania highlighted his battle with Kamala Harris to court a coveted group of working-class voters who have the potential to decide the outcome of the presidential election in a critical swing state. To win them over, the former president is seeking to make the election a…
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Boeing workers to vote on new proposal that could end strike
Boeing and its machinists’ union have reached a new contract proposal, the union said Saturday, a deal that could end a more than month-long strike that has hobbled the manufacturers’ production. The ratification vote is set for Wednesday. Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su met with both parties earlier this week. “With the help of Acting U.S.…
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Spirit AeroSystems to furlough 700 workers as Boeing machinist strike continues
Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems will furlough some 700 workers as a strike by machinists at the plane maker enters its sixth week, a spokesman for the supplier said Friday. More than 32,000 Boeing workers walked off the job Sept. 13 after overwhelmingly rejecting a tentative labor deal with Boeing, deepening the aircraft producer’s financial strain and handing a new challenge to CEO Kelly…
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Boeing strike enters second month as workers rally in Seattle
SEATTLE — Boeing factory workers held a large rally in Seattle on Tuesday to demand a better wage deal, mounting pressure on new CEO Kelly Ortberg to end a bitter strike that has plunged the planemaker further into financial crisis. Hundreds of striking workers packed the main hall at their union’s headquarters chanting “Pension! Pension! Pension!” and “One…