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‘It's IT heads’ pitch to…': Karnataka labour minister on 14-hour work day proposal after employee union's concern
5 months ago

‘It's IT heads’ pitch to…': Karnataka labour minister on 14-hour work day proposal after employee union's concern

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees’ Union has expressed concerns about Karnataka government's 14-hour work day proposal and called it an ‘attack on basic rights of a worker.’ The union said that it will also lead to massive unemployment and increase in work hours of workers will deduct the number of shifts in organisations. ‘It's IT heads’ pitch to…': Karnataka labour minister …

Karnataka Work Union Employee Labour Minister Kitu Santosh Lad
Unions of the future will have to work differently to survive
1 year, 3 months ago

Unions of the future will have to work differently to survive

Live Mint  

The labour movement is having a moment. But today’s economy pays higher returns to exceptionally productive workers, and technology gives employers the ability to learn which employees are more productive. So an arrangement that made sense six decades ago makes less sense for workers now—especially the better ones. In the longer term, as technology evolves and the political environment becomes …

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Train strike latest: Commuters' joy as rail strikes force millions to WFH on first day back
1 year, 11 months ago

Train strike latest: Commuters' joy as rail strikes force millions to WFH on first day back

Daily Mail  

Britain's cities look like they are in lockdown today after striking rail workers were accused of 'exploiting' the chance to walk out on the first day back at work for millions after the Christmas break in another hammer blow to the economy and businesses. Today was meant to be the first day back in the office for millions, but the …

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France orders gas station workers back to ensure supplies
2 years, 2 months ago

France orders gas station workers back to ensure supplies

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron promised the situation in the country’s gas stations will soon be back to “normal” as the government started requisitioning some workers at ExxonMobil’s Esso gas stations amid an ongoing strike that is making life difficult for French drivers. The situation has been prompted by “social conflicts in two companies, Exxon and Total, which made …

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Trade unions threaten legal action over long covid compensation
2 years, 4 months ago

Trade unions threaten legal action over long covid compensation

Dutch News  

The two largest Dutch trade unions have threatened to take legal action against the government unless it offers compensation to healthcare workers suffering from long covid within three weeks. FNV and CNV, who represent 1.75 million workers in the Netherlands, say the government has failed to address the needs of some 5,500 frontline healthcare workers who are still suffering the …

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Railroad unions keep fighting BNSF’s new attendance rules
2 years, 9 months ago

Railroad unions keep fighting BNSF’s new attendance rules

Associated Press  

— The unions that represent roughly half of BNSF’s workers continue to fight against the railroad’s new attendance rules that they say penalizes them for missing work for any reason even though a judge has barred them from striking. The heads of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, and the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, …

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Slaughterhouse workers should be given permanent jobs: unions
3 years, 7 months ago

Slaughterhouse workers should be given permanent jobs: unions

Dutch News  

Trade unions FNV and CNV have called on caretaker social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees to press for fixed contracts for workers in slaughterhouses to improve working conditions and sideline predatory job agencies. The unions point to Germany where tens of thousands of foreign workers in the meat industry were given fixed contracts after the state intervened. The coronavirus crisis has …

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The Rise of One of the First Video Game Workers Unions
3 years, 10 months ago

The Rise of One of the First Video Game Workers Unions

Wired  

This story is adapted from Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone, by Sarah Jaffe. The schools, Agwaze and other programmers explained to me in a London pub, pump out “eight gazillion” games developer grads, for whom there are not necessarily enough good jobs. I can handle bad conditions.’” He wanted …

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Unions lose appeal to have Qantas pay sick leave to workers stood down due to coronavirus
4 years ago

Unions lose appeal to have Qantas pay sick leave to workers stood down due to coronavirus

ABC  

A consortium of unions have lost an appeal in the Federal Court to have Qantas pay sick leave to the 25,000 workers who were temporarily stood down due to COVID-19. Key points: Unions representing Qantas workers lost an appeal to have Qantas pay sick and carers leave to staff who had been stood down The justices agreed that allowing workers …

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Dutch state railway to shed jobs in €1.4bn post Covid-19 efficiency drive
4 years, 5 months ago

Dutch state railway to shed jobs in €1.4bn post Covid-19 efficiency drive

Dutch News  

State owned Dutch railway company NS is faced with making cuts totaling €1.4bn and could shed 2,300 jobs because of the downturn in passengers due to coronavirus. News of the cuts was shared with staff on Monday, and jobs could be lost across the entire operation, although most will go at head office, broadcaster NOS said. The NS hopes most …

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