Posted inComputer Network Outages Computers and the Internet CrowdStrike Inc Labor and Jobs Social Media Tech Outage Brings a Snow Day in July for Corporate Workers “Happy international blue screen day.” Posted by By Emma Goldberg
Posted inCollective Bargaining Labor and Jobs Organized Labor Wages and Salaries Amazon Workers Narrowly Reject Union Drive at British Warehouse The vote, which would have forced the tech giant to negotiate collectively with workers, was the closest an Amazon center in Britain had come to being unionized. Posted by By Eshe Nelson
Posted inCustoms (Tariff) Federal Budget (US) Inflation (Economics) International Trade and World Market Labor and Jobs Presidential Election of 2024 Protectionism (Trade) United States Economy United States Politics and Government Republican Party Rejects Free-Market Economics in Favor of Trump’s Signature Issues The Republican Party is rejecting elite economic ideas in a bid for blue-collar votes, abandoning long-held free-market principles in the process. Posted by By Jeanna Smialek and Ana Swanson
Posted inBlacklisting Caterpillar Inc International Trade and World Market Labor and Jobs Mexico Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) Organized Labor Relocation of Business Strikes United Automobile Workers United States International Relations United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement U.A.W. Says Lax Enforcement of Trade Deal Has Cost U.S. Jobs The Biden administration declined to pursue a union complaint of labor abuses in Mexico, raising new concerns about offshoring. Posted by By Noam Scheiber