Disputes over liability and the cost of claims could take years for insurers to resolve and result in billions of dollars in payouts.
Category: Organized Labor
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Kate Shindle on Why She’s Stepping Down as Actors’ Equity President
After nine years in the role, she has decided not to seek re-election in May. Her departure comes amid significant turnover in the theater industry.
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U.S. Finalizes Rule Requiring Two-Person Crews on Freight Trains
The regulation ensures that the nation’s largest freight railroads will not be able to reduce the number of workers aboard their trains from today’s status quo.
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VW Workers in Chattanooga Seek Vote to Join Union
The United Automobile Workers union said that 70 percent of the 4,000 eligible Volkswagen workers at a Chattanooga factory had signed cards expressing support.
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U.S. Judge Blocks Rule Extending Reach of Labor Law to Franchisers
The ruling upends the National Labor Relations Board’s move to broaden the standard for determining when a company is liable for labor law violations.
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Labor Unions End Starbucks Board Fight
The decision to pull a slate of board nominees comes after the company agreed to meet workers at the bargaining table.
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After Gains at Big Three, U.A.W. Aims at Nonunion Plants
A looming union election at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga could determine the trajectory of union organizing at more than a dozen auto factories.
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Starbucks and Union Agree to Work Out Framework for Contract Talks
In an initial move, the coffeehouse chain said Workers United members would get improved benefits that other employees received in 2022.
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Eiffel Tower Closed by Strike for 4th Day
Unions accuse the company that manages the monument of pursuing financial policies that risk its well-being and worry that a fee paid to the city of Paris could cut into the repair budget.
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For Michigan’s Economy, Electric Vehicles Are Promising and Scary
In a presidential battleground state, electric vehicles have emerged as a contested piece of the economic future — a job-killer or a job-creator.
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How Flight Attendants Fought Back Against Sexism in the Airline Industry
Decades ago, “stewardesses” earned less than men, couldn’t get married or gain weight, and had to retire at 32. A key figure in a landmark lawsuit looks back at a not-so-golden era.