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UPS Full-Time Drivers will Earn $170k a Year Annually in Pay and Benefits: CEO Carol Tome

UPS Full-Time Drivers will Earn $170k a Year Annually in Pay and Benefits: CEO Carol Tome

By the end of the new contract, the average UPS full-time driver will make about $170,000 annually in pay and benefits, says UPS CEO Carol Tome. Part-time union employees will make at least $25.75 per

UK Rail Strikes Set to Extend Into Late Summer

UK Rail Strikes Set to Extend Into Late Summer

London, UK (AP) - Rail strikes in the United Kingdom are set to extend into late summer, as unions and employers remain at odds over pay and working conditions. After days of disruption over the

Tips for Surviving a Strike

Tips for Surviving a Strike

The strike by screenwriters has lasted more than a year. Being willing to go for so long without a regular income in a nation where the majority of people live paycheck to paycheck requires conviction

WGA To Evaluate New Labor Proposal From Hollywood Studios

WGA To Evaluate New Labor Proposal From Hollywood Studios

Striking Hollywood writers are considering a new labor proposal from studios after a three-month standoff.  The Writers Guild of America (WGA) received this counterproposal from the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), representing

South Africa Minibus Taxi Drivers Strike Turns Deadly, Violent Protests in Cape Town

South Africa Minibus Taxi Drivers Strike Turns Deadly, Violent Protests in Cape Town

A strike by minibus taxi drivers in Cape Town, South Africa this week turned violent killing five people, including a British man after the vehicle he was in drove into the midst of a protest.

ASF Pickets Winona Teachers and Students As Strike is Impending

ASF Pickets Winona Teachers and Students As Strike is Impending

A significant disruption to the beginning of the new school year may be in store. If a new agreement with Minnesota State is not reached, the Administrative and Service Faculty (ASF) has threatened to go

Auto-Parts Maker Magna May Do Layoffs In Case Of Labor Strike

Auto-Parts Maker Magna May Do Layoffs In Case Of Labor Strike

Tensions have risen in contract talks between the United Auto Workers (UAW) union and Stellantis, an automotive company.  UAW President Shawn Fain accused Stellantis of seeking concessions in contract negotiations when the union was looking

Georgia Fires Recruiting Staffer Involved In Fatal Crash And Lawsuit

Georgia Fires Recruiting Staffer Involved In Fatal Crash And Lawsuit

Georgia fired Victoria Bowles, a staff member who survived a car crash that killed football player Devin Willock and another staff member in January.  Bowles filed a lawsuit against the University of Georgia Athletic Association

STRIKE: RWJU Nurses Strike Hold A Candlelight Vigil

STRIKE: RWJU Nurses Strike Hold A Candlelight Vigil

Tuesday night in New Brunswick, striking nurses from the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJU)  in New Jersey held a candlelight vigil. On the fifth night of the strike, the 1,700 nurses from USW Local

Tyson Foods to Shut Down Four Plants to Cut Costs, Reallocate Resources

Tyson Foods to Shut Down Four Plants to Cut Costs, Reallocate Resources

Tyson Foods, which supplies beef, pork and chicken in the United States, is shutting down four processing plants in North Little Rock in Arkansas; Corydon, Indiana; Dexter, Missouri and Noel, Missouri, as a cost cutting