Prices are rising at the fastest rate on record, and unions want to keep up. Policymakers worry that might make inflation worse.
Tag: Organized Labor
Outside COP26, Trash in Glasgow Piles High
At COP26, delegates address the need to curb emissions and mass consumption to save the planet while the reality of today’s throwaway society is all too apparent nearby.
Protesters Set to Demonstrate Over G20 Summit in Rome
Several thousands protesters gathered in downtown Rome, representing a broad range of groups and causes: students and vaccine skeptics, labor union members and climate-change activists
As Hong Kong’s Civil Society Buckles, One Group Tries to Hold On
Unions and other organizations have dissolved after facing pressure under a new security law. The Hong Kong Journalists Association is hoping it can avoid that fate.
U.S. asks Mexico to review a second complaint about labor violations in its auto industry.
The action invokes provisions of the new North American trade accord.
U.S. Asks Mexico to Investigate Labor Issues at G.M. Facility
The administration learned of what appeared to be “serious violations” of labor rights, it said, and used a new tool in the North American trade deal to seek a review.
Mexican Factories Accused of Labor Abuses, Testing U.S.M.C.A.
The A.F.L.-C.I.O. and other groups are seeking to make use of a new enforcement mechanism in the updated North American trade deal.
Schools in Long Beach, Calif., Start Reopening This Week
The majority of the nation’s districts have begun to reopen school buildings, but some teachers have been wary of returning to in-person instruction.
Spain’s Other Covid Casualties: Undetected Cancer Cases
A raft of lawsuits has emerged from a health care system where the struggle to fight the pandemic has led to neglect of other serious conditions.