Rudy Giuliani’s creditors, including two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him, are opposing his attempt to convert his bankruptcy into a liquidation, saying they’ll likely ask that the case be thrown out instead because of what they call his flouting of bankruptcy laws. The comments came Wednesday during […]
Seven Minnesota Historical Society employees were laid off last week, totaling 10 employees who have lost their jobs this year, employee union leaders said. They added that these are the first layoffs at the St. Paul-based nonprofit since massive staff reductions in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the Historical Society cited […]
Becoming a NEET—“not in employment, education, or training”—is among the hottest career options for Gen Z right now. According to the International Labour Organization, about a fifth of people between ages 15 and 24 worldwide in 2023 are currently NEETs. In Spain alone, over half a million 15 to 24-year-olds are neither studying nor working. […]
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A Baltimore UPS customer cernter is planning to close in August, according to a Maryland state filing. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) A Baltimore UPS customer center is planning to close in August, according to a Maryland state filing. The move will affect hundreds of workers. A UPS (NYSE: UPS) on Vero Road will shutter Aug. 23, […]
(Reuters) – Labor unions representing thousands of workers for the city of Philadelphia are suing Mayor Cherelle Parker over her effort to order municipal employees to return to offices five days a week starting this month without bargaining. District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees represents more than 3,000 […]
A union that represents thousands of Philadelphia city employees asked a judge Tuesday to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s requirement that they return to their offices full time as of July 15. The lawsuit, filed by District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, claims the mandate violates its contract and […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A 19-year-old and the club where she worked as a stripper have sued Florida’s attorney general and two local prosecutors to stop enforcement of a new state law prohibiting adult entertainment businesses from employing people who are under 21, claiming it violates their constitutional rights. Serenity Michelle Bushey claims in the […]
People sit with their feet in the fountain at the World War II Monument amidst a heat wave on the National Mall on June 19, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Temperatures in Washington reached 98 degrees as heat rose drastically throughout the East Coast. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images) WASHINGTON – Senior Biden administration officials […]
Aerial view in worker hands installing bitumen roof shingles with air hammer and nail. (Photo Getty Images) Policy, politics and progressive commentary WASHINGTON – Senior Biden administration officials announced a proposed rule Tuesday to prevent heat-related illness in the workplace, as climate change brings hotter temperatures around the nation. In a call to reporters Monday, […]
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The administration of President Joe Biden took steps on Tuesday to protect workers and communities from the deadly effects of extreme heat including proposing the first-ever rule on the matter from the Department of Labor. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT On June 20, before the beginning of the U.S. summer, nearly […]
By Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -A workers’ union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea has called a strike for July 8-10, a union official said on Tuesday, as it steps up industrial action against the country’s most valuable company. The union is determining how many workers will join the strike, the official […]