Francis Scott Key Bridge workers stopped cars from crossing
Heroic workers were able to stop more vehicles from crossing the Francis Scott Key Bridge just before a container ship crashed into the bridge, causing the steel beam to collapse and plunging into the Baltimore River. , officials said. “The ship has issued a Mayday power outage,” Gov. Wes Moore told reporters Tuesday morning. “Bridge […]
20 have been charged for threatening election workers around the country: Feds
Since 2020, the Department of Justice’s coordinated efforts to prosecute people who have threatened election officials have resulted in the indictment of 20 people, the department announced. announced Monday. The news comes as Arizona prosecutors made an announcement. sentencing The case involves a man who threatened to kill Governor Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.), who previously served […]
Volkswagen workers to vote on union representation in April
Volkswagen workers at the Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant will hold a union election from April 17 to 19, the United Auto Workers union announced Monday. The union looks to expand in the South, and the landmark vote marks the UAW’s first major victory since last year’s strike at the VW facility led to new contracts for […]
California chains slash workers as $20-an-hour minimum wage looms
California restaurants are laying off staff and reducing hours for other team members to cut costs ahead of California law that increases fast-food workers’ hourly wage to $20 per hour, taking effect April 1 It is reported that they are doing so. In the months leading up to the wage mandate, California restaurants, especially pizza […]
Sherrod Brown Does ‘Everything Possible’ to Hurt U.S. Workers
Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno told SiriusXM. Breitbart News Saturday He will reveal that his “anti-worker” opponent, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), has done “everything possible” to harm the nation’s workers. It is said that Moreno joined host and Breitbart News Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle on Tuesday after winning a landslide victory in the […]
Dodge-parent Stellantis laying off hundreds of US workers
Scott Hayes, president of Toledo Refining Company, spoke during FOX & Friends First about how California’s policy failures have caused collateral damage in the Midwest. Stellantis is the parent company of several car brands. including dodgeJeep and Chrysler confirmed Friday that they will lay off hundreds more U.S. workers as they continue to cut jobs […]
Biden admin forges ahead with student loan debt ‘forgiveness’ by ‘canceling’ $6 billion for 78,000 public service workers
The Biden administration continues to announce additional rounds of federal student loan debt “forgiveness” despite last year’s Supreme Court ruling. On Thursday, the White House issued the following statement: press release An additional $6 billion in debt cancellation was announced. “Today, my administration will cancel student loans for 78,000 more public servants, including teachers, nurses, […]
Owner, manager of famous NYC pizzeria Grimaldi’s allegedly stole $20K in wages from workers, brazenly bragged about getting away with it: prosecutors
That’s a lot of dough. The owner and manager of Manhattan’s Grimaldi pizzeria embezzled $20,000 in unpaid wages from seven employees and boasted that he brazenly fled when one of the employees approached him, prosecutors announced Thursday. . Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said that from August 2017 to August 2023, he is suspected of […]
10% of US workers in roles with high exposure to AI, White House says
XPRIZE Foundation Founder and Executive Chairman Peter Diamandis discusses the pros and cons of AI on “The Claman Countdown.” The White House said in a report released Thursday that it found that roughly 10% of the U.S. workforce has jobs that expose them to high levels of exposure to the virus. Artificial intelligence (AI) May […]
Some Georgia workers would find it harder to become union members under a new bill
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are making it harder for workers at companies receiving state economic incentives to form unions, potentially violating federal law. be. The state House voted 96-78 Wednesday to pass Senate Bill 362, which prohibits companies that accept state incentives from recognizing labor unions unless they hold a formal secret ballot election. […]