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Visibility vs productivity | Execs & HR admit RTO mandates are meant to make staff quit
HR professionals admit a desire for staff turnover when imposing RTO mandates...
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‘Billions of dollars' | 28,000 American Airlines flight attendants set for major wage hike after agreeing new deal
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), a union representing 28,000 American Airlines...
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Worker safety | Senate report: Amazon Prime Day "a major cause of injuries" for warehouse staff
The HELP committee report identifies “extremely unsafe conditions in Amazon warehouses during Prime...
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‘No pay no planes’ | 99% of Boeing factory workers vote to authorize strike
The vote comes as the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), a union representing...
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‘Sickening’ | 1,000 employees will be fired & left unpaid as Redbox closes down
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the owner of Redbox, reportedly missed payroll last month amid...
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“Unfair labor practices” | Thousands of Disney cast members set to vote on strike action
A coalition of three Disney unions representing 14,000 “cast members” will vote next week on the...
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‘A unique experience’ | Adidas gives employees "the business trip of a lifetime" in competition voted on by its entire workforce
27 colleagues were flown to Adidas' global HQ in Germany for its 75-year birthday party.
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Retaliation | HR to receive training as Microsoft agrees to $14m leave discrimination settlement
Microsoft will pay workers $14million after agreeing to a settlement over claims from the California...
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“New slaves” | Kanye lawsuit alleges employees were subject to racism, unpaid labor, & unsolicited porn sent by wife Bianca
The suit alleges employees were not paid for their labor, “mocked with racist jabs," forced to work...
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$175m settlement | Uber & Lyft agree landmark $32.50 minimum hourly pay for Massachusetts drivers
The new deal guarantees drivers a minimum pay of $32.50 per hour, among the highest rates for ride-sharing...
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‘We have a lot of leverage’ | Boeing staff seek 40% pay rise, 50 years of job security as 737 max crisis spirals
A 40% pay rise would be a record increase for Boeing staff. “We are going to push them further than...
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“It’s been hell” | Amazon workers injured on the job resort to GoFundMe to pay bills
Employees injured while working for Amazon have turned to GoFundMe, an online fundraising site, claiming...
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'Farewell Hollywood' | Historic Arby's blames shutdown on California's minimum wage
After 55 years, the family-owned Arby's on Sunset Boulevard has closed its doors, attributing its shutdown...
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“Extract every last dollar” | Alaska Airlines tentatively agrees "record contract" with flight attendant employees
Alaska Airlines struck a tentative agreement with a union representing over 6,500 of its flight attendants...
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Financially damaging | Employees sue Disney claiming they were made to relocate across the US for a subsequently cancelled project
The Walt Disney Company has been sued by two workers who say the company made them relocate from California...
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Wrongful termination | Lawsuit alleges Neuralink forced pregnant employee to work with herpes-infected monkey
The ex-employee also alleges that when she requested medical treatment, she was threatened with “severe...
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'Pervasively sexist culture' | Elon Musk & SpaceX sued over alleged unfair firings & sex discrimination
Engineers have filed a lawsuit against SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk, alleging they were wrongfully terminated...
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Contractor vs employee | Defeat for Uber in California gig-worker appeal bid
In a significant setback for Uber and its subsidiary Postmates, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
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Pay demands take off | Strike looms for American Airlines as union rejects 17% pay rise
The labor union representing American Airlines flight attendants has rejected a company proposal to immediately...
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CEO pay | Huge disparity revealed between executive and worker salaries last year
Last year was marked by inflation, rising prices, and budget challenges for workers. However, new analysis...
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