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Dartmouth refuses to work with basketball players' union, potentially sending case to federal court

Mar. 18, 2024 17:07 PM EDT

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth will not enter into collective bargaining with the union its men’s basketball players voted to join earlier this month, the school said Monday in a move that could send the case to federal court. In a statement announcing its refusal to bargain a...

Workers at Tennessee Volkswagen factory ask for vote on representation by United Auto Workers union

Mar. 18, 2024 13:54 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers' effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation. Workers at the 3.8 million square foot (353,353 square meter) factory on Monday filed paperwork...

German railway operator resumes talks with train drivers' union in a long dispute

Mar. 16, 2024 05:53 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many German train drivers and the main national railway operator have resumed negotiations in a bitter dispute over working hours and pay and are optimistic that they will achieve a result next week, the state-owned company said Saturday. The GDL...

Kenyan doctors strike nationwide. Patients left unattended or turned away at public hospitals

Mar. 14, 2024 23:43 PM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals began a nationwide strike Thursday, accusing the government of failing to implement a raft of promises from a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike that saw people dying from lack of care. ...

NLRB certifies union to represent Dartmouth basketball players

Mar. 14, 2024 13:38 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday certified a union to represent Dartmouth basketball players after the deadline passed for the school to object to the election. Big Green players voted 13-2 on March 5 to join the Service Employees International Union...

Majority of U.S. adults are against college athletes joining unions, according to AP-NORC survey

Mar. 14, 2024 06:13 AM EDT

As Dartmouth men's basketball players move toward forming the first labor union in college sports, a majority of Americans say they are against college athletes unionizing — though younger respondents are more supportive. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...

President Biden meets with Teamsters as he seeks to bolster his support among labor unions

Mar. 13, 2024 01:05 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden courted the support of the powerful International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Tuesday, reminding its leaders and members of his record on unions as Republican challenger Donald Trump tries to make gains among the blue-collar workers that helped propel his...

Another strike by German train drivers coincides with a walkout by Lufthansa cabin crew

Mar. 12, 2024 05:24 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Many of Germany's train drivers staged a 24-hour strike on Tuesday in the latest installment of a long-running and bitter dispute over working hours with the country's main railway operator, while a walkout by cabin crew at Lufthansa added to disruptions for travelers. ...

A union for German train drivers calls for another strike in a bitter dispute over working hours

Mar. 11, 2024 22:21 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany's train drivers has called for another strike in a long and bitter dispute with the state-owned main railway operator over working hours and pay, drawing sharp criticism from the country's transport minister. The GDL union called...

To avoid strikes at Paris Olympics, French government to pay bonuses to civil servants

Mar. 09, 2024 11:21 AM EST

NICE, France (AP) — The French government will offer bonuses to civil servants deployed across the capital during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in a bid to avoid strikes during the events this summer, the country’s Minister for Transformation and Public Administration, Stanislas Guerini,...