Labour Unions

Apple reportedly discouraging retail workers from forming a union

Three of Apple's own stores -- one each in New York, Maryland, and Georgia in the US -- are planning to form a union

Apple workers in New York City seek 30 dollar per hour minimum wage

The Apple workers' union, called Fruit Stand Workers United wants pay calculated using a "matrix based on role, tenure, and performance"

Apple workers at NYC store hope to be next in Big Tech unionisation

Organisers at Apple Grand Central are handing out signature cards so employees can express interest in forming a union

P&O Ferries boss acknowledges breaking rules in mass firings

The head of a Dubai government-owned ferry operator at the centre of a bitter labour dispute in the UK acknowledged on Thursday that the firm should have consulted with workers before firing 786 crew members but chose not to because it knew labour unions would never agree to the company's plans. P & O Ferries Chief Executive Peter Hebblethwaite made the comments under repeated questions from lawmakers who characterised the company's actions as a willful decision to break UK labour law. Hebblethwaite said the company was offering workers generous compensation after firing them without notice last week. The company, which operates in Britain and is owned by a subsidiary of Dubai company DP World, dismissed the workers as part of a restructuring plan needed to save the business. The fired workers will be replaced by cheaper staff provided by a third-party crew provider. We assessed that given the fundamental nature of change, no union could accept it and therefore we chose not to ...

Tesla labour union: Will not stop voting process, says Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has invited the United Auto Workers (UAW) to hold a union vote at the Tesla factory, stating that Tesla "will do nothing to stop" the voting process

'Fed up' GM workers in Mexico select new union in historic vote deal

SINTTIA won 78% of the votes cast by several thousand workers at GM's plant in the city of Silao, beating three rivals.

Labour unrest in Kerala lands children's garments producer Kitex in a spot

A decision on any possible action against the company will be taken after the investigation

Starbucks faces union test as worker votes are counted

A growing effort to unionize Starbucks stores despite company resistance is facing its first major test.

Amazon union election should be re-run, recommends US labor official

After losing the election in April, the Union appealed the outcome to the NLRB, setting in motion a contentious hearing in May that was presided over by NLRB hearing officer Kerstin Myers

Labour codes: Cos' PF liability to go up, less take-home pay for workers

The four labour codes are likely to see the light of day in a couple of months as the Centre is now keen to go ahead with the implementation of these laws, which among others will result in reduction in take-home pay of employees and higher provident fund liability of companies. Once the wages code comes into force, there will be significant changes in the way basic pay and provident fund of employees are calculated. The labour ministry had envisaged implementing the four codes on industrial relations, wages, social security and occupational health safety & working conditions from April 1, 2021. These four labour codes will rationalise 44 central labour laws. The ministry had even finalised the rules under the four codes. But these could not be implemented because many states were not in a position to notify rules under these codes in their jurisdiction. Labour is a concurrent subject under the Constitution of India and therefore both the Centre and states have to notify rules ...

Renault Nissan Auto India and workers' union sign interim peace deal

An interim peace deal has been signed between the Renault Nissan Automotive and its worker's union RNITS to try out the options to maintain social distance at the shop floor

Amazon union organisers deflated as vote tilts against them: Details here

Amazon is heading into the final stretch of a union push in Bessemer, Alabama with a sizeable lead over labour organisers

Amazon union drive losing by wide margin with nearly half the votes counted

The union says there have been hundreds of contested ballots, making it unclear the number of votes needed to declare a winner

Ballot review in watershed Amazon union election to stretch into Wednesday

Labor board staff have begun sifting through ballots sent to over 5,800 workers at Amazon's Bessemer, Alabama-based warehouse, as part of a process expected to last days and spark legal challenges

US orders Tesla CEO Elon Musk to delete tweet on worker benefits

The NLRB backed a ruling from a US labor judge in 2019 that the electric-car maker had committed a series of violations of the National Labor Relations Act in 2017 and 2018

In a first in 5 yrs, BMS rejects call by other unions for nationwide strike

In a rare instance of a prominent central trade union breaking ranks with other labour unions, the BMS had decided not to take part in an industrial strike which was held on September 2, 2015.

How 3 labour codes aim to reform employment contract, layoffs, work safety

Legal changes will grant contract workers equal statutory social security benefits as regular workers of a business

Prospects of social democracy in a post-pandemic world

This should be seen as neither a straight prediction nor just wishful thinking, more a clear-eyed analysis of constraints and opportunities that social democrats may face or have to be prepared for

BPCL divestment process may face resistance from Kerala govt, employees

A few employee unions have already approached the Bombay High Court with two writ petitions

Tata Steel Dutch employees safe from job losses, says Labour Union

There are about 9,000 workers at Ijmuiden. FNV said an agreement has also been reached on the company structure.