For some workers, the decision to stay home when sneezing and coughing will no longer mean forgoing a day’s pay. In Tuesday’s election, ballot measures passed in three red states — Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska — that would require employers to provide earned paid sick leave for employees, with certain exceptions. This follows a similar […]
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751, embrace at a union hall after learning that union members voted to approve a new contract proposal from Boeing in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 4, 2024. REUTERS/David Ryder Boeing machinists approved a new labor deal Monday, ending a more than seven-week strike that […]
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump works behind the counter during a visit to McDonalds in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 20, 2024. Doug Mills | Via Reuters Within minutes of former President Donald Trump’s brief appearance at a McDonald’swhere he served up French fries to drive-thru customers in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, the Republican […]
Carlos Tavares, chief executive officer of Stellantis NV, speaks to the media at the Stellantis auto manufacturing plant in Sochaux, France, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — Automaker Stellantis plans to shutter and sell its large vehicle proving grounds in Arizona at the end of this year, […]
Boeing Machinists union members picket outside a Boeing factory on September 13, 2024 in Renton, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty Images It’s been just over a month since more than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job after overwhelmingly voting down a tentative contract. Costs and tensions have only risen since then. The strike is […]
Boeing 737 MAX airliners are pictured at the company’s factory in Renton, Washington, on Sept. 12, 2024. Stephen Brashear | AP Boeing will cut 10% of its workforce, or about 17,000 people, as the company’s losses mount and a machinist strike that has idled its aircraft factories enters its fifth week. It will also push […]
