Kellogg Co. said on Tuesday it plans to hire permanent replacements for some of its U.S. breakfast cereal plant workers who are on strike, after lengthy negotiations with the union again fell apart. The workers went on strike on Oct. 5 after their contracts expired the previous day, as negotiations over payment and benefits stalled…
Kellogg Plans to Permanently Replace Some Workers as Strike Enters Eighth Week
Bosch Workers Protest Against Factory Closures, Job Cuts
November 19, 2021
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BERLIN—Several thousand workers at autos supplier Robert Bosch protested in Germany on Friday against planned plant closures and job relocations which the company said are needed to adapt to changing demand in the transition to electric vehicles. Around 3,000 workers from various plants gathered outside a Bosch plant in Buehl, union IG Metall said, where…
Here Is How Much Apple Has to Pay Store Workers for Harsher Security Checks
Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $30 million to retail workers who were subjected to routine searches of their bags off the clock when they left work after or during their shifts. In 2013, Apple Store employees filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that they were not paid for their time undergoing security checks. After an…
EU Competition Commissioner Warns of More Anti-Cartel Raids, Criticises ‘No-Poach’ Deals
BRUSSELS—EU enforcers are planning a series of raids against companies suspected of illegal price-fixing, Europe’s antitrust chief warned on Friday, as she also sounded the alarm about competition in labor markets due to “no-poach” deals. The European Commission last week raided Europe’s largest pulp producers Stora Enso and UPM, and Metsa Board unit Metsa Fibre,…
Boeing Workers Stage Protest Near Seattle Over US Vaccine Mandate
October 16, 2021
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EVERETT, Wash.—Waving signs like “coercion is not consent,” and “stop the mandate,” some 200 Boeing Co employees and others staged a protest on Friday over the planemaker’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for U.S. workers. Boeing said on Tuesday it will require U.S. employees to be vaccinated by Dec. 8 under an executive order issued by President…
US Rail Freight Feels Global Supply Chain Pinch
A product’s path from manufacturer to store shelf is currently an obstacle course of chokepoints within the interconnected global supply chain, and U.S. rail is among the industries feeling the pinch. U.S. railroads moved 1,167,682 carloads of freight in September 2021, the Association of American Railroads Weekly Rail Traffic Report shows. That’s up 4.3 percent…
Exxon Discusses New Terms With Union Representing Locked-Out Texas Refinery Workers
October 11, 2021
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Exxon Mobil Corp. said on Saturday it and the United Steelworkers union, the union representing workers locked out of a Texas refinery, discussed terms of a proposed labor contract. Exxon said it provided clarifications to its latest proposal and rejected the union’s proposed changes to that offer, saying they would raise its costs. “Union provided…
Americans Who Chose to Be Fired Rather Than Take CCP Virus Vaccine Share Their Stories
Craig Smith says he may soon be working his last shift aboard the West Vella, an ultra-deepwater drillship operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Smith is a drilling optimizer with about 15 years of experience working for Seadrill, a deep-water drilling contractor for the petroleum industry. Smith told The Epoch Times that Seadrill, like…
Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Will Worsen Pennsylvania Nursing Home Staffing Crisis
October 1, 2021
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While Pennsylvania nursing homes and long-term care facilities already face major staffing challenges, the federal vaccine mandate and a new state-proposed minimum staffing requirement could devastate the industry. President Joe Biden’s 100 percent vaccine mandate for healthcare workers is expected to throw thousands of employees out of a job, in an industry that has struggled…
Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Will Worsen Pennsylvania Nursing Home Staffing Crisis: Healthcare Association CEO
October 1, 2021
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While Pennsylvania nursing homes and long-term care facilities already face major staffing challenges, the federal vaccine mandate and a new state-proposed minimum staffing requirement could devastate the industry. President Joe Biden’s 100 percent vaccine mandate for healthcare workers is expected to throw thousands of employees out of a job, in an industry that has struggled…
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