JAKARTA (Reuters) – A coalition of trade unions will mobilize thousands of people next week to block the Indonesian government’s plan to relax restrictive labor rules, as President Joko Widodo’s administration is set to hand over a bill to parliament. The prot... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian delivery app Loggi must formalize work relationships with its motorbike drivers and pay charities 30 million reais as a fine for not previously contracting the workers, according to a Sao Paolo court ruling released on Friday. A... More »
DETROIT (Reuters) – Talks for a new four-year labor contract between General Motors Co (GM.N) and its striking workers took a “turn for the worse” on Sunday after the United Auto Workers rejected the largest U.S. automaker’s latest offer but the two sides were... More »
WEST ORANGE, N.J. (Reuters) – Megan Helsel, a kayaking wildlife specialist, has her dream job, and T’angelo Magee is making headway toward his, a commercial pilot. Both say work is central to their identity. Both are disabled. Americans with disabilities, phys... More »
(This January 12 story corrects to make clear in paragraphs 5-7 that some of the reversals have already occurred) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump plans to nominate as his choice to fill a vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board a labor ... More »
Connecticut lawmakers narrowly approved a new labor contract with public employees on Monday that is expected to save the state at least $1.2 billion – largely through pension concessions – and could clear the way for lawmakers to agree on a past due budget.... More »
Ivanka Trump attends a meeting at the Sant’ Egidio Christian community in Rome, Italy, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Yara Nardi The U.S. State Department called on Monday for the immediate release of three labor rights activists who conducted an investigation into a C... More »
R. Alexander Acosta exits U.S. District Court with other attorneys at U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida June 19, 2008. REUTERS/Joe Skipper President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated former National Labor Relations Board member R. Alexander Acos... More »
An Uber driver cleans his car as his cell phone shows the queue to pick up passengers departing Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce A Brazilian judge ruled that a driver using the Uber ride-hailing app is... More »
A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday upheld an Obama-era rule designed to avoid conflicts of interests when brokers give retirement advice, in a possible setback for President Donald Trump’s efforts to scale back government regulation. More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Conflicting signs from the White House have left brokerage firms and lobbyists unsure whether a controversial rule governing reti... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalists members of the travel pool on board the Air Force One during his trip to Palm Beach, Florida while flying over South Carolina, U.S., February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria The U.S. Labor Department is looking i... More »
General Motors auto workers prepare rows of the new Chevrolet Camaro for delivery, at the company’s Oshawa Ontario facility April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill/File Photo The union representing most Canadian autoworkers has voted for a strike mandate, it sai... More »
WASHINGTON U.S. President Barack Obama will propose in his upcoming budget measures to help more than 30 million Americans save for retirement, such as automatically enrolling workers in Individual Retirement Accounts and making it easier for workers to keep s... More »
