Weekly Digest – December 11, 2013
Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Boeing and Machinists Resume Talking Boeing airliner CEO Ray Conner met with Tom Wrobleski, president of International Association of Machinists District Lodge 751…
Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Boeing and Machinists Resume Talking Boeing airliner CEO Ray Conner met with Tom Wrobleski, president of International Association of Machinists District Lodge 751…
Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel AFSCME Rips Detroit Pension Ruling After a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Dec. 3 that Detroit could cut pensions to pay off its other…
…county judge Nov. 26 barred them from entering company property or disrupting access to the stores. Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Paul Harris, ruling that the protests have hurt the…
…Qatar Treats Workers ‘Like Animals’ With Qatar beginning to build stadiums for the 2022 World Cup, Amnesty International says the 1.35 million migrant workers who make up almost all the…
…is jobs for the future, jobs to build 777X for 20 to 25 years,” International Association of Machinists District 751 President Tom Wroblewski said Nov. 11, four days after he…
…155 and Service Employees International Union Local 1021 voted heavily in favor of the four-year agreement, which will give raise their pay by 16.4 percent over four years, with bonuses…
…Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes, and Froot Loops got locked out Oct. 22, in a long-running dispute between the Kellogg Company and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers’ International…
…a driver for 20 years. Mayor Thomas M. Menino called the drivers “a group of angry people who don’t like to follow the rules.” BART Strike Postponed, But Talks Still…
…Group Urges FIFA to Move 2022 World Cup from Qatar The International Trade Union Confederation said Oct. 4 that the 2022 World Cup should be moved from Qatar to a…
…than one out of every 10 children in the world are doing work considered “child labor,” according to a report issued this month by the International Labour Office in Geneva,…