Latest Labor unions News

MLB average salary rose 2.9% to record $4.66 million last year

Jan. 29, 2025 12:41 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The rate of increase for Major League Baseball’s average salary slowed to 2.9% last year to a record $4.66 million, according to the annual report of the players’ association. The average of $4,655,366 was up from $4,525,719 in 2023, which marked a 7% increase...

Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia become the 1st to unionize

Jan. 27, 2025 22:16 PM EST

Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Pennsylvania voted to unionize on Monday, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the Amazon-owned grocery store chain. Employees at the Philadelphia store cast 130 votes — or about 57% of the ballots cast — in favor of...

Utah Republicans take aim at teachers unions amid political clash over education

Jan. 23, 2025 21:15 PM EST

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that experts say would establish one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country as Republicans seek to curb the political influence of unions serving teachers and other public service professionals. The GOP...

Atlantic Union: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Jan. 23, 2025 07:05 AM EST

GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation (AUB) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $57.8 million. The Glen Allen, Virginia-based bank said it had earnings of 60 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and...

Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches deal with casino to end longest strike in decades

Jan. 23, 2025 06:45 AM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The longest strike in decades by Las Vegas hotel workers ended Wednesday with a new contract between the union and a casino where hundreds of employees had walked off the job in November. The Culinary Workers Union announced on the social media platform X that it...

The Las Vegas hotel workers union has reached a deal with a casino near the Strip to end its longest strike in decades

Jan. 22, 2025 18:59 PM EST
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas hotel workers union has reached a deal with a casino near the Strip to end its longest strike in decades.

Amazon to close 7 warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec and eliminate 1,700 jobs

Jan. 22, 2025 17:04 PM EST

Online retailer Amazon said Wednesday that it's closing all seven of its warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec in the next two months. The e-commerce giant said the move would provide “even more savings to our customers over the long run." However, a Canadian union that...

UN labor agency head praises relations with Saudi Arabia during investigation of 2034 World Cup host

Jan. 16, 2025 11:49 AM EST

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations labor agency says it has good relations with Saudi Arabia during an ongoing investigation of alleged rights abuses by the 2034 World Cup host, and aims to send more expert staff to Riyadh. International Labour Organization director...

Largest health care strike in Oregon history begins as thousands picket Providence hospitals

Jan. 10, 2025 21:34 PM EST

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some 5,000 hospital health care workers walked off the job Friday as they picketed all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon, in what the state health workers union described as the largest health care strike in Oregon history — and the first to involve doctors. ...

Striking ski patrollers at the biggest US resort return to work claiming victory

Jan. 09, 2025 19:11 PM EST

Two hundred Utah ski patrollers returned to work Thursday after voting to accept a new labor contract and end a nearly two-week strike that closed many trails and caused long lift lines at the ones that remained open during a busy time of year at the country's biggest ski resort. The...