Biden signs 'common sense' order prioritizing federal grants for projects with higher worker wages

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order for federal grants that will prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards, and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs. Biden said the ideas in his order “are...

Video game performers reach agreement with 80 video games on AI terms

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After striking for over a month, video game performers have reached agreements with 80 games that have signed interim or tiered budget agreements with the performers' union and accepted the artificial intelligence provisions they have been seeking. Members of...

Atlantic City casino workers plan ad blitz to ban smoking after court rejects ban

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A group of Atlantic City casino workers seeking to ban smoking in the gambling halls will launch an advertising campaign featuring their children in response to a judge's rejection of a lawsuit that would have ended smoking in the nine casinos. The...

Workers at General Motors joint venture battery plant in Tennessee unionize and will get pay raise

DETROIT (AP) — About 1,000 workers at a General Motors joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, will get big pay raises now that they have joined the United Auto Workers union. GM and LG Energy Solution of Korea, which jointly run the plant, agreed to...

Volkswagen aims to cancel a no-layoffs pledge and won't rule out closing plants in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany's Volkswagen says auto industry headwinds mean it can't rule out plant closings in its home country - and must drop a longstanding job protection pledge in force since 1994 that would have barred layoffs through 2029. “The European automotive...

Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages and daily room cleaning work

With up to 17 rooms to clean each shift, Fatima Amahmoud's job at the Moxy hotel in downtown Boston sometimes feels impossible. There was the time she found three days worth of blond dog fur clinging to the curtains, the bedspread and the carpet. She knew she wouldn't finish in the...

Canadian rail union files lawsuits challenging back-to-work orders

The union that represents workers at both of Canada's largest freight railroads has filed the lawsuits it had promised challenging the orders that forced employees back to work and got the trains moving again, the union announced Friday. The lawsuits were filed Thursday afternoon,...

Canadian rail union says it has filed promised lawsuits challenging back-to-work orders

Chipotle may have violated workers' unionization rights, US labor board says

Chipotle Mexican Grill may have violated federal labor law in its treatment of employees at its only unionized store, according to the National Labor Relations Board. The board said late Monday that its Detroit regional director found merit to allegations filed against Chipotle by...

Back-to-work order issued for 2 major Canada railroads. Union will comply, but lawsuit planned

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve a messy railroad labor dispute to protect the North American economy has ordered employees at the country’s two major railroads back to work so both can resume operating. Saturday's order means Canadian National will be...