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About 1,100 workers at Toledo, Ohio, Jeep plant face layoffs as company tries to reduce inventory

Nov. 07, 2024 18:51 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — About 1,100 workers at the Stellantis Jeep factory in Toledo, Ohio, are facing layoffs early next year as the company takes further steps to cut high inventory at dealerships. Stellantis said Thursday that the Toledo South plant, which makes the Jeep Gladiator...

Amazon workers in Alabama will have third labor union vote after judge finds illegal influence

Nov. 07, 2024 15:43 PM EST

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama will decide for the third time in three years whether to unionize after a federal judge ruled that the retail giant improperly influenced the most recent vote in which employees rejected a union. Administrative law judge Michael...

New York Philharmonic fires two players after accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse of power

Nov. 05, 2024 19:12 PM EST

The New York Philharmonic is firing principal oboist Liang Wang and associate principal trumpet Matthew Muckey after their union decided not to contest the decision, which followed renewed allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse of power. The orchestra said Monday it issued a...

Pembina Pipeline: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Nov. 05, 2024 17:44 PM EST

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Pembina Pipeline Corp. (PBA) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $280.8 million. The Calgary, Alberta-based company said it had profit of 44 cents per share. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations....

Boeing's machinists strike is over but the troubled aerospace giant still faces many challenges

Nov. 05, 2024 16:37 PM EST

SEATTLE (AP) — Factory workers at Boeing have voted to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks, clearing the way for the company to restart idled Pacific Northwest assembly lines. But the strike was just one of many challenges the troubled U.S....

Strike at Boeing was part of a new era of labor activism long in decline at US work places

Nov. 05, 2024 10:53 AM EST

Aircraft assembly workers at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere voted to end a seven-week strike overnight. Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers district in Seattle said 59% of members who cast ballots agreed to approve the...

Boeing machinists hold contract vote that could end their 7-week strike

Nov. 04, 2024 23:15 PM EST

SEATTLE (AP) — The voting has closed for unionized factory workers at Boeing who were deciding Monday whether to accept a contract offer or to extend their strike, which has lasted more than seven weeks and shut down production of most Boeing passenger planes. A vote to ratify the...

Boeing workers will vote on a new contract offer to end 7-week-old strike

Oct. 31, 2024 22:45 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — The union representing striking Boeing factory workers says members will vote Monday on a new contract offer from the company that provides slightly bigger wage increases than an offer that was rejected last week. Boeing 's latest offer would raise wages 38% over...

Dozens of striking hotel workers arrested during San Francisco demonstration

Oct. 31, 2024 18:31 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dozens of striking San Francisco hotel workers were arrested as hundreds demonstrated for higher wages and better benefits two months after their contract expired. The arrests came Wednesday around 5 p.m. as union members sat in the middle of a busy street...

Elon Musk wins court victory in a dispute over a 2018 post during a labor dispute

Oct. 29, 2024 21:58 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal agency was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee stock options, a sharply divided federal appeals court has ruled. The case involved a post made on what was then known as...