Tag: Wages and salaries

Iran oil workers strike for better wages as economy suffers

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Thousands of workers in Iran’s vast energy industry have gone on strike over the past week to press demands...

Trump Org lawyers make last pitch against prosecution

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NEW YORK — Lawyers for the Trump Organization met again Monday with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in a last bid to...

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper says it may shut down

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HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s embattled pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily reported Monday that its board of directors has asked authorities to unfreeze some assets...

Lebanon’s crisis threatens one of its few unifiers, the army

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BEIRUT — Since the civil war, through wars with Israel, militant bombings and domestic turmoil, Lebanese have considered their military as an anchor for...

Met Opera $31M in black in 2019-20 as pandemic starts

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The Metropolitan Opera showed a tax return revealing it is $31 million in the black during the fiscal year that ended last July 31,...

Former VW boss to pay firm $13 million over diesel scandal

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FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen said Wednesday that former CEO Martin Winterkorn has agreed to pay 11.2 million euros ($13.6 million) in compensation for what...

JBS settles Muslim discrimination lawsuit for $5.5 million

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DENVER — JBS Swift & Company will pay up to $5.5 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the meatpacking company discriminated against Muslim...

Union vote authorizes strike at South Dakota pork plant

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The union at a Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in South Dakota said it will head to contract negotiations Tuesday...

James files grievance against Broncos, signs with Ravens

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Ja'Wuan James filed a $15 million grievance Monday against the Denver Broncos, who released him last month after he ruptured an...

Labor negotiations escalate at South Dakota pork plant

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — In a sign of meatpacking workers becoming emboldened by the pandemic's health threats and economic repercussions, the union at a...