Tag: Workers’ rights

Unions connect soccer players with migrant workers in Qatar

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GENEVA — Soccer players have talked with migrant workers in Qatar to learn more about their conditions while building stadiums and other projects for...

Q&A: Abdul-Jabbar talks new documentary, MLK, social justice

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LOS ANGELES — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an NBA legend, but the man known for his trademark skyhook shot has also devoted his life advocating...

Greece: Public workers strike over proposed labor law

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ATHENS, Greece — A 24-hour strike in Greece disrupted transportation and other services as public sector workers walked off the job to protest a...

Gorilla tactics: Berlin delivery riders take on $1B startup

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BERLIN — Dozens of workers gathered outside of one of Berlin's most-celebrated startups, the grocery delivery company Gorillas, to protest the firing hours earlier...

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...

Greek labor unions call 24-hour general strike for June 10

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ATHENS, Greece — Greek labor unions are calling a 24-hour general strike for next week to protest proposed legislation which they say will jeopardize...

Major labor unions back California governor in likely recall

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California labor unions representing workers in manufacturing, retail, grocery stores, hospitality, health care and other businesses announced their support Tuesday for...

Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China’s Xinjiang

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AKSU, China — A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking...

US files first trade complaint with Mexico under USMCA

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MEXICO CITY — The United States filed its first labor complaint with Mexico Wednesday under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, after an old-guard union was...

Jenner’s claim she didn’t vote at odds with LA county record

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Caitlyn Jenner wants to be governor of California but she took a pass on voting on some of the state's most...