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The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) initiated a strike that impacts all video game work produced under the union's Interactive Media Agreement. Effective from July 26th at 12:01 AM, this action involves high-profile companies such as Microsoft...

Sean O’Brien, president of the Teamsters union, is reportedly set to address the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month, posing a potential challenge to Joe Biden’s blue-collar worker base ahead of the November election. Donald Trump, the presumed Republican nominee,...

A well-established marijuana dispensary in Rhode Island has filed a lawsuit contesting a provision of the state's cannabis legalization law that mandates retailers to establish labor agreements with their employees as a prerequisite for selling marijuana, reported The Boston Globe. Greenleaf...

Union members affiliated with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way – Employes Division (BMWED) can't strike against Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) over their concerns about how Union Pacific (UP) has handled the COVID-19 pandemic among its workforce. In a Thursday decision by Judge Brian C. Buescher...

A U.S. federal court has temporarily restricted union members from striking against Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) over concerns about the railroad's response to the COVID-19 pandemic among a category of workers. The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska Wednesday sided with Union Pacific's...

The union representing United Parce Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) pilots has asked the express and freight delivery giant for the option to decline flight assignments to Hong Kong after the city tightened COVID screening requirements for aircrews. The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) wants the...

Richard Trumka, Head of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO), has endorsed the revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement. What Happened After The House of Representatives approved the...

Exactly 80 years ago this week, the end of the Flint, Michigan sit-down strike marked the effective beginning of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) as one of the largest, most powerful labor unions in the country. The UAW formed way back in 1935, but the union picked General Motors Company (NYSE:...

Shares of U.K. bank,Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS), fell nearly seven percent Tuesday on word the bank posted a £329 million ($539 million) loss in the fourth quarter and was poised to cut up to 12,000 jobs this year while at the same time increasing bonuses for top staff 10 percent. Barclays said it...