BP, Marathon, and Phillips 66 have locked out unionized refinery workers amid record oil profits. Joe Allen asks why these labor disputes have received little national attention ahead of the midterm elections.
BP, Marathon, and Phillips 66 have locked out unionized refinery workers amid record oil profits. Joe Allen asks why these labor disputes have received little national attention ahead of the midterm elections.
Automotive suppliers including Continental, Bosch, ZF, Mahle and Brose face massive job cuts and plant closures. The industry’s structural transformation threatens hundreds of thousands of jobs, while measures used in previous crises may no longer suffice.
Sweden's LO unions agree on the need to reduce working time but differ on how to achieve it. The article explains the distinction between a shorter standard workweek and other forms of working time reduction, and compares legislation with collective bargaining.
Employers cite tougher competition from China as a reason to restrain wage growth. Harald Gatu examines the risks for Swedish industry and the union economists’ finding that trade with China supports more than 80,000 jobs in Sweden.
Union membership is growing in Italy’s public sector, led by education and healthcare. Stefano Poggi examines the figures, the rise of occupation-specific unions and the role of elected workplace representatives.
SAN FRANCISCO—In a big union win in GOP President Donald Trump’s continuing war against his federal workforce, the workers’ unions beat him in a settlement agreement in federal court—and one the U.S. Supreme Court can’t overturn. But the calendar can. In a 65-page settlement the two sides signed a…
Labor experts stunned at how anti-worker Trump has been with actions since last Labor Day that have hurt unions D onald Trump has repeatedly vowed to champion US workers. Shortly before Labor Day last year, he said: “Every policy of the Trump administration is designed to lift up the American work…
The agricultural machinery maker John Deere tested the mettle of the United Auto Workers this summer, probing for softness as the union heads into a leadership election this month. After fits and starts the union essentially told Deere to stick it. As promised, though, members will vote on Deere’s …
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