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700 FSC workers return after breakthrough agreement
18+ hour, 45+ min ago (305+ words) Agreement resolves back pay, collective agreement and work rosters for the 2026 crushing season. Wednesday 01 July 2026 | 17: 30 Shift workers outside the FSC Rarawai Mill in Ba on July 1, 2026, when they were allegedly denied entry. About 700 Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) workers will return…...
B. F. Goodrich Shutdown: Steelworkers Union Vows To Fight For Tuscaloosa Employees
22+ hour, 1+ min ago (317+ words) The United Steelworkers (USW), the union that represents some 1, 000 employees at the Tuscaloosa B. F. Goodrich Plant, is seeking negotiations with the company's management. They want to discuss the impacts the Michelin owned company's announced closure of the plant will have on…...
Members Of The Printing Packaging & Production Workers Union of North America "Overwhelmingly Vote To Affiliate" With The International Association Of Machinists
1+ day, 6+ min ago (164+ words) The affiliation takes effect immediately and provides IAM/PPPWU Members with access to the full resources of the IAM, including education and leadership development through the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center, as well as expanded bargaining, organizing, legal, communications,…...
Labor Disputes at Forestal Arauco: Unions Report Mass Layoffs and Job Insecurity
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (695+ words) Mass layoffs at "Forestal Arauco S. A" have raised alarm among its workers, who also report anti-union practices. Workers claim that they are operating in an environment of insecurity and violation of rights, leading to the formation of two unions: the…...
PECO employees set to strike on the Fourth of July
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (783+ words) PECO workers are preparing put down their tools and pick up the picket signs with a proposed strike beginning July 4, according to members of IBEW Local Union 614, which represents PECO workers. Negotiations with PECO began at the start of the…...
Rogers Sugar Secures Long-Term Labour Deal at Taber Refinery Until 2032
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (617+ words) Rogers Sugar Inc. has announced a significant long-term labour agreement that strengthens stability across Canada's sugar beet sector, with unionized workers at its Taber, Alberta refinery ratifying an extension of their collective agreement through March 2032. The agreement, reached between the…...
Irons in the Fire: Bobby and the Declaration of Independence
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (861+ words) Ag Proud Irons in the Fire: Bobby and the Declaration of Independence I've known Bobby for a long time. If you were to meet him for the first time, you'd probably think of him more as a Bob or a…...
Four SETX unions authorize new strike at Ashland Texas plant
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (293+ words) Workers hold signs on day one of the picket line at the Ashland Specialty Chemicals plant. A strike officially began at 6: 30 p. m. on Wednesday, Jun24. Seventy workers represented by four unions went on strike Wednesday at the Ashland chemical plant in Texas…...
Windsor unions protest Costco construction, say local workers passed over
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (335+ words) Unions acknowledged Costco can choose its contractors, but argued greater emphasis should be on local workers. Union members protested outside the site of Windsor's future Costco on Wednesday, accusing the retailer of overlooking local skilled trades workers by using subcontractors…...
Assam government rolls out "Farmer IDs" to small tea growers to streamline access to agricultural schemes
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (302+ words) GUWAHATI: Assam is rolling out 'Farmer IDs' to the State's small tea growers to ensure that they get government benefits. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the inclusion of tea and plantation class land holdings in the farmers' registry portal…...