NY jail workers and officers pocketed bribes to sneak weed to inmates: prosecutors
Westchester County Jail officials, including current and former corrections officers, have been indicted on bribery charges in a long-running contraband scam, prosecutors announced Thursday. Two prison guards, a former corrections officer and two prison commissary employees have been indicted on charges they allegedly sneaked marijuana and other contraband to inmates and pocketed thousands of dollars […]
Ted Cruz argues Democrats have ‘abandoned’ regular workers for celebrities
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that the Democratic Party has shifted its supporting base, which has gone from supporting blue-collar workers to Hollywood celebrities and billionaires. The senator’s comments come after President Joe Biden conducted a fundraiser in Los Angeles with actors George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and former President Barack Obama, while former President Donald […]
Workers met with massive surprise after draining iconic San Francisco fountain
The Vaillancourt Fountain in San Francisco was vandalized. When the city drained the Financial District’s iconic concrete Vaillancourt Fountain to address electrical issues, workers Big Surprise. According to photos on Reddit seen by SF Gate, the floor of the brutalist pentagonal fountain was lined with bottles, cans, five electric scooters, a broken chair, a fire […]
Junior US troops are paid worse than McDonald’s workers, says House GOP military veteran
Republicans who led the House effort to pass the largest military pay boost in history are slamming the Biden administration for opposing the bill. Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Calif.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a former Navy pilot, pushed for a 19.5% pay increase to be included in this year’s National Defense […]
Tupperware shuts down only remaining US plant, moves manufacturing to Mexico as over 100 workers laid off
Tupperware Brands announced it would close its last remaining US factory in South Carolina and lay off more than 100 workers. The iconic plastic food container maker plans to move all of its manufacturing operations to Mexico, where many of the products sold in the U.S. and Canada are already produced. The Orlando-based company said […]
Republicans, Dems Unite to Import More Foreign Workers for Blue-Collar Jobs
Republicans and Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee are united in their push to allow companies to import as many foreign workers with H-2B visas as possible into the U.S. to fill blue-collar jobs in construction, landscaping and other industries. Companies are already allowed to import 66,000 H-2B foreign visa workers annually to fill blue-collar, […]
Apple pays female workers less than men, lawsuit claims
Apple Inc. was hit with a class-action lawsuit on Thursday alleging that more than 12,000 female California employees are paid less than men in comparable jobs, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco state court by two women, alleges that Apple systematically underpaid female employees in engineering, marketing and AppleCare, […]
Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of coffee chain Starbucks Co. in a challenge to a judicial order ordering the company to rehire seven Memphis employees who were fired for trying to unionize, a decision that could make it harder for courts to quickly halt labor practices that are challenged as unfair […]
Waffle House will raise wages for tipped workers amid labor advocacy efforts
See what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com Popular fast-food chain Waffle House is raising wages for its more than 40,000 employees, a move that comes after a year of persistent pressure from labor unions. Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers III spoke to employees in a video announcement, announcing that starting this month, base wages will rise to […]
Kris Kobach Leads 17 States in Suing Joe Biden for Giving Union Rights to Foreign Workers While Excluding Americans
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is leading a group of 17 states in a lawsuit against President Joe Biden’s Department of Labor over federal rules that give foreign farm workers collective bargaining rights but exclude American farm workers. In September 2023, the Department of Labor announced federal rules that would make significant changes to the […]