Qantas Flights to Resume – Labor Board Orders End to Dispute with Unions
Australia’s Qantas Airways resumed flights Monday after a government labor board ordered it to end a dispute with the unions that grounded the airline this past weekend. Qantas Press Release: Qantas flights to resume Sydney, 31 October 2011 Qantas flights will resume by mid-afternoon on Monday 31 October 2011 subject to approval from the Civil More...
Qantas Lockout Grounds All Flights
Qantas, the Australian airline, has grounded all its aircraft in response to a bitter dispute with trade unions over pay and a proposed restructuring of the airline. The Qantas Press Release: Qantas today announced More...
Three Union Bosses in New York Busted for Embezzlement
Three United Food and Commercial Workers International Union bosses extorted money from at least a dozen employers, laundered it and tampered with witnesses in a decade-long racketeering enterprise, federal prosecutors More...
UAW: Chrysler Workers Approve Contract
The majority of UAW members at Chrysler Group LLC have voted in favor of ratification of the tentative agreement between the UAW and Chrysler. The results of voting conducted over the past two weeks are as follows: Total More...
Sandhogs Union Official Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Tens of Millions of Dollars
Sandhogs Union official Melissa King pleaded guilty Friday to charges of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from the construction union, according to federal prosecutors. King, from Irvington N.Y., was administrator More...
Workers Petition to Unionize Virgin America
The Transport Workers Union is set Monday to petition for a representation election aimed at winning the right to represent 650 flight attendants at Virgin America. The California-based airline headquartered in More...
Service Employees International Union Joins Occupy LA Protest
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and United Long Term Care Workers, California’s largest union, joined the Occupy LA Protest Wednesday, with the ultimate goal of supporting Occupy LA’s demands More...
Verizon Workers Join Occupy Wall Street Protest
Disgruntled Verizon Communications and Verizon Wireless workers and members of the labor union Communication Workers of America will be joining the “Occupy Wall Street” protest Friday in protest of Verizon’s More...
UAW Ford Workers Vote to Accept Tentative Agreement
UAW members at Ford Motor Co. have voted to accept the tentative agreement between the UAW and Ford. Over the past two weeks, 63 percent of members voted in favor of the agreement. The new agreement adds 5,750 new More...
USPS Urges Congress to Pass Legislation Allowing Cuts and Diversification into Private Sector
The U.S. Postal Service has been facing mounting annual losses which could reach $16 billion by 2016, unless Congress passes legislation allowing the agency to slash its network and workforce. Postmaster General More...