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*US DOCKWORKERS UNION AGREE TO SUSPEND STRIKE UNTIL JAN. 15: AP*DOCKWORKERS UNION REACHES TENTATIVE DEAL ON WAGES: CNN — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 3, 2024 NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – U.S. dock workers and port operators reached a tentative deal that will immediately end a crippling three-day strike that has …
I think a lot of blue collar workers feel this way. Well said. pic.twitter.com/40Lp7KADSO — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 2, 2024 Average salary for these guys on east coast is $142,000 a year — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 2, 2024
WTF this country is out of control! This isn't the first time I've heard this! If the American people only knew how bad it all is. They wouldn't be able to mentally handle it. It's the main reason I stay to myself. pic.twitter.com/rnmoZ4wzf0 — The Disrespected Trucker (@DisrespectedThe) October 1, …
And they all get paid back pay afterwards. — Tom Baranowski (@Frisco_Tom) September 21, 2024 The United States employs a staggering 23.7 million government workers across federal, state, and local levels. The cost to taxpayers is immense. In fiscal year 2022, the federal government alone spent $271 billion on compensation …
Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories in Washington, Oregon and California after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years. The strike by 33,000 machinists was expected to halt the manufacture of Boeing’s …
FLASHBACK: New poll shows Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly reject Biden LNG pause. A [March 4, 2024] statewide Pennsylvania poll released Monday morning showed 58% of Pennsylvania voters surveyed oppose President Joe Biden’s liquefied natural gas export moratorium after learning the details of the impact it would have on jobs and communities in …
The United States' 33 million small businesses employ about 46% of all private sector employees, according to the Small Business Administration, and were responsible for 70% of net new jobs since 2019. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 11, 2024 37% of NFIB respondents reported deteriorating earnings, the largest share since March …
by Mike Shedlock ADP data shows small businesses with 1-49 workers have been reducing workers for four months. Those with 20-49 workers have shed workers for 7 straight months. The ADP Employment Report shows the economy added 99,000 jobs in August. That is a considerable slowdown. Importantly, a breakdown of jobs by …
by Mike Shedlock The unions and government leaders are howling but what must be done will be done. Big Outcry Over Closures DW reports VW’s Warning on Plant Closures in Germany Causes Outcry. Volkswagen’s announcement on Monday (September 2) that it is considering closing factories in Germany is unprecedented in the …
Around 10,000 U.S. hotel workers have indeed gone on strike in multiple cities, including San Francisco, San Diego, Honolulu, Boston, Seattle, and Greenwich. The strike began after contract talks with major hotel operators like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt stalled. The Unite Here union is demanding better wages and working conditions, …
With housing taking up so much income, it’s no surprise income needs to be that high to live comfortably. https://t.co/54chaQOUr6 — Reef Insights (@ReefInsights) August 20, 2024 Shocking stat of the day: A record 8.5% of homes in the United States are now worth $1 million or more. Over the …
The remnants of Danville’s past are something of a metaphor for the small city in Southern Virginia. Old brick factories dot the shores of the Dan River, several of them undergoing conversions into hip, new apartment complexes. Boutiques occupy what used to be mom-and-pops that once served the town’s blue-collar …
Companies are increasingly turning to workers who are abroad to replace laid off U.S. employees. For example, Google recently cut hundreds of core workers and moved jobs to India and Mexico. To find out if companies are replacing laid off U.S.-based employees with offshore employees, in July, ResumeBuilder.com surveyed 600 business leaders …
United Auto Workers Union Files Federal Labor Charges Against Trump and Musk After Successful Twitter Space Discussion, Alleging Worker Intimidation Read the statement below: 🧵UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk for Attempting to Intimidate and Threaten Workers — UAW (@UAW) August 13, 2024 The UAW …
Pretty soon all the employees in Canada will be government workers. That’s how communism works. — Michael Myers (@TechChartVoodoo) August 8, 2024
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics (actually Biden/Harrisnomics) is all about huge payoffs to large, powerful donors. A good example is The Chips Act, intended to bring chip manufacturing back to the US from Taiwan, China, etc. Biden/Harris doled out $8.5 BILLION to Intel … which just laid off 15% of it’s labor force or 15k …
Menzies Aviation, DHL, RXO, Cygnus Home Service, Pitney Bowes announce job cuts Layoffs continue across the commercial transportation and freight industry, according to a new round of worker reduction notices in Florida, Texas, Illinois and Wisconsin. It is the second round of layoffs since the beginning of July. Averitt Express, …
Former NYC Postal Workers at JFK Airport: Kevaughn Wellington and Ky-Mani Straker, both former USPS employees, allegedly stole over 125 U.S. Treasury checks over a two-year period from a USPS mail facility at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK Mail Facility). These checks included pandemic relief payments, Social Security benefits, and …
“A turkey sub for under $10? It’s now $11.15. While customers are still coming in, he’s seeing them cut back – no drinks, no chips, no dessert. Since their core business is lunch, Chacon has been reducing staffing in the mornings and evenings. He’s also cut a few part-time employees, …
Same story in U.S. But hey they don’t have a solid pension and healthcare system anyway. Btw pension is changing from DB to DC for this very reason. German pension system is behind and needs reform pic.twitter.com/7aT60zuYLI — Dutch 🇳🇱🧡 (@Mio_Mind) July 9, 2024 pic.twitter.com/wdzsBt4FTF — 🐒 Stephen 🐒 (@Tarzan_Stan_) …
A Ukrainian attack on a substation used by the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant has injured eight employees of the facility, officials reported on Wednesday. Kiev allegedly launched three quadcopter-type kamikaze drones at the Raduga facility in Energodar, the city hosting Europe’s largest nuclear power station. The injured workers were part …
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Belgian labor law for sex workers: what and how? […] If a sex worker invokes any of these rights, the sex worker is protected from dismissal or other adverse action by the employer. If a sex worker exercises the right to refuse more than ten times in a six-month period, …
Job openings plummet by 750,000 in two months, totaling a 2 million loss in a year. STAGGERING: US economy actually LOST 192,000 jobs in Q3 2023. In last 30 years, such a drop in employment has happened only in RECESSIONS. Meanwhile, monthly non-farm payrolls were likely OVERSTATED in 2023 by …
Salaried employees who work long hours for low pay aren’t finding much sympathy among Republicans on Capitol Hill. GOP lawmakers filed a resolution in Congress on Wednesday that would block the Labor Department from extending overtime protections to millions of salaried workers, a key workplace reform pursued by President Joe …
First case of bird flu detected in Minnesota dairy cows Bird flu has infected a Benton County dairy herd, marking the first confirmed detection of the virus in cows in Minnesota. Several dozen cows are sick. Farmers will destroy milk from the animals. The cows will quarantine… pic.twitter.com/UQkHfEl1ZO — Shadow …
Stunning statistic: there has been ZERO INCREASE in jobs for native-born workers in over five years, since July 2018! pic.twitter.com/mxdpmPHIbO — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 5, 2024 Wall Street Admits the Biggest Economic Shocker: All Jobs in the Past Year Have Gone to Illegal Aliens For much of the past year …
Recent economic updates from the U.S. paint a bleak picture, stirring deep unease among investors. The latest indicators, including the sharp decline in the Bloomberg Economic Surprise Index, signal a worrisome underperformance reminiscent of the tumultuous trends observed in 2019. This downturn in economic sentiment comes at a precarious moment, …
An egg factory under the umbrella of the nation’s largest fresh egg producer and distributor has suddenly laid off between 150 and 200 migrants in Delta, Utah. Delta Egg Farm informed the workers of their fates this week as many were let go or expected to be relieved of their …
Last month, California made headlines by increasing the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20, which many workers across the state were quite pleased about. Unfortunately, it seems like that’s not enough, as new reports suggest that some want to increase it to $30. Layoffs are also hitting many industries …