The money comes from last year’s Covid-19 relief package and will avert cuts of up to 60 percent in pensions for 350,000 Teamster truck drivers, warehouse and construction workers and food processors.
Category: Organized Labor
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Biden Devotes $36 Billion to Save Union Workers’ Pensions
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From the DealBook Summit: Leaders Look Into the Future
The New York Times – Business:Groundbreakers at the conference were asked what’s coming next for the brain, climate, medicine, labor, security and business.
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New York Times Union Announces One-Day Strike
The New York Times – Business:Negotiators for the company and the union, which represents most of the newsroom, have failed to come to an agreement on salaries, health and retirement benefits, and other issues.
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U.K. Braces for Strikes Across Several Industries Through Christmas
The New York Times – Business:Job actions by ambulance staff, nurses, rail workers and others will hit Britain every day between now and Dec. 25.
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Video Game Workers at Microsoft and Activision Take Steps to Unionize
The New York Times – Business:Microsoft has remained neutral during a labor organizing bid as the Xbox maker seeks regulatory approval for its Activision acquisition.
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United Auto Workers Appear to Rebuke Leaders in First Vote by Members
The New York Times – Business:Insurgent candidates showed strength, citing corruption scandals and calling for a tougher bargaining approach. The union president seems headed for a runoff.
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What to Know About Biden’s and Congress’s Involvement in the Rail Strike
The New York Times – Business:President Biden called on Congress to pass legislation to head off a holiday-season rail strike, warning that a disruption to service could cause dire economic damage.
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$150 World Cup Jerseys Made by Workers Getting $2.27 a Day
The New York Times – Business:Garment workers in Myanmar earn less than $3 a day to produce soccer apparel for Adidas. Some say they were fired after asking factory owners for a raise.
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Some Rail Workers, Seeking Sick Days, Say Biden Betrayed Them
The New York Times – Business:The request for Congress to impose contract terms that several unions had rejected rankled rank-and-file members who had rallied behind the president.
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What We Know About the Railroad Labor Talks to Prevent a Strike
The New York Times – Business:Congressional lawmakers vowed to act quickly to prevent a strike by tens of thousands of rail workers, which would have a devastating effect on the economic recovery.