Norfolk Southern’s first-quarter earnings report Wednesday gave the railroad the opportunity to publicly defend CEO Alan Shaw’s strategy again before investors decide on May 9 whether to back him. All the railroad unions, which have been complaining about the deep job cuts since PSR became the industry’s standard operating model, came out in support of Shaw even though Norfolk Southern …
Earlier this year, in July and August, food delivery workers from Swiggy were on strike in different parts of Bengaluru. A study done at the National Law School of India University showed after deducting fuel cost and apportioning the fixed costs of vehicle maintenance and paying vehicle taxes, the net earning was only around 40% of the total received. The …
The NLRB has seen an uptick in union election petitions this year, including a slew from Starbucks workers who are organizing their stores. “Republicans are more resolved to destroy this place than Democrats are to save it.” - Michael Bilik, NLRB attorney and union leader It’s no surprise that an agency founded expressly to encourage collective bargaining could be a …
