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  • September 2008

    • Fired Workers Kill Boss in India

      Independent (UK)  |  Sep 23, 08 4:17 PM CDT

      Fired Workers Kill Boss in India

      (Newser) - An angry mob of laid-off workers killed their former boss at an Italian manufacturing firm in India yesterday, the Independent reports. Lalit Kishore Choudhary, who oversaw Oerlikon Graziano’s auto-parts business in India, was bludgeoned to death with iron bars as he tried to negotiate with the disgruntled former employees. Apparently, a deal was in the works to bring some workers back. More »

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      murder  • India  • Italy  • labor  • manufacturing  • riot  • Delhi  • Uttar Pradesh

    • The Rich Get Richer, Work Harder

      New York Times  |  Sep 2, 08 8:06 AM CDT

      The Rich Get Richer, Work Harder

      (Newser) - America’s higher earners are working harder all the time—but it’s not because of PDAs and laptops. It’s because of a fear of being “left behind” as wealth gaps widen among the upper classes, writes Dalton Conley in the New York Times . “Rising inequality causes us to work more to keep up in an economy increasingly dominated by status goods.” More »

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      US economy  • technology  • labor  • work  • class divide

  • July 2008

    • Union Ad Urges Vets to Abandon McCain

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 9, 08 5:05 PM CDT

      Union Ad Urges Vets to Abandon McCain

      (Newser) - Worried about the appeal John McCain has for military veterans among its members, the AFL-CIO is launching an advertising campaign criticizing the Republican's economic policies, the Chicago Tribune reports. The union will spend $53.4 million on the campaign, running mainly in places like Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Virginia— battleground states hit hard by the economic downturn. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • George W. Bush  • veterans  • labor  • AFL CIO

  • June 2008

    • Actors' Family Feud Creates More Hollywood Labor Unrest

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 30, 08 10:45 AM CDT

      Actors' Family Feud Creates More Hollywood Labor Unrest

      (Newser) - In the escalation of a long-simmering turf war, the largest Hollywood actors union is attempting to scuttle a deal reached by its smaller rival with studios, the Los Angeles Times reports. Though the Screen Actors Guild isn't planning to strike when its contract expires tonight, it's urging members who also belong to the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors to vote against that contract. More »

    • Labor Blasts Obama's Top Economist

      New York Times  |  Jun 12, 08 7:37 AM CDT

      Labor Blasts Obama's Top Economist

      (Newser) - After locking up the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama moved quickly to bring Clinton supporters into his general election tent, including Robert Rubin, President Clinton's treasury secretary. Jason Furman, an economist closely associated with Rubin, was hired as economic policy director, and that's provoked the ire of labor unions, who see him, along with his mentor, as tilting toward Wall Street, writes the New York Times . More »

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      Barack Obama  • labor  • economics  • labor unions  • economist  • AFL CIO  • Robert Rubin  • Jason Furman

  • May 2008
  • February 2008

    • What Does This Man Have to Do to Get Fired?

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 1, 08 11:27 AM CST

      What Does This Man Have to Do to Get Fired?

      (Newser) - Make no mistake, Société Générale would like to fire Jérôme Kerviel, the rogue trader who cost the bank $7.2 billion. But under French labor laws, he can’t be dismissed without a formal sit-down to discuss his employer's problems with his performance. That will be tough, because a judge has forbidden Kerviel to have any contact with the bank, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      France  • labor  • Société Générale  • Jérôme Kerviel

  • January 2008

    • Starbucks' Union-Busting Campaign Before Judge

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 10, 08 3:05 AM CST

      Starbucks' Union-Busting Campaign Before Judge

      (Newser) - Starbucks bosses trying to stop baristas from union organizing did some internet sleuthing to discover who had graduated from a university labor program—and even had Halloween partygoers snooped on, the Wall Street Journal reports. Starbucks' own emails detailing "our attempts to thwart a potential union situation" by identifying pro-union workers are now before a New York judge looking into claims the company violated labor laws. More »

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      Starbucks  • coffee  • labor  • unions  • union busting

    • China Braces for Fallout of Labor Law

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 1, 08 2:21 PM CST

      China Braces for Fallout of Labor Law

      (Newser) - Olympus, Nike, and other manufacturers operating on low margins may close up shop in China after the government’s new labor law protecting workers comes into effect today, reports Bloomberg. The law improves worker security, limits overtime, sets minimum wages, and makes it more difficult to hire temporary workers, among other provisions. It "will definitely raise our costs," says one electronics manufacturer's rep. More »

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      China  • labor  • Chinese economy  • labor relations

  • December 2007

    • GM Offering Buyouts to 5,200 Workers

      Detroit News  |  Dec 19, 07 5:59 AM CST

      GM Offering Buyouts to 5,200 Workers

      (Newser) - General Motors is offering to buy out another 5,200 hourly workers, the Detroit News reports. The automaker, worried that the slowdown in auto sales will carry into next year, is keen to get veteran workers out the door and lower-paid new workers in. Over 34,000 blue-collar workers left the company last year in a similar deal. More »

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      auto industry  • General Motors  • Detroit  • United Auto Workers  • buyout  • labor  • Rick Wagoner

    • Scribe Strike May Shake Up TV Biz

      Variety  |  Dec 16, 07 5:36 AM CST

      Scribe Strike May Shake Up TV Biz

      (Newser) - TV bigwigs are looking on the bright side of the scribe strike, they say, vowing to finally make overdue changes to boost the bottom line. Slashing costs, staggering show debuts, and making network TV look and act more like cable are notions that have been kicked around for years. Now may be time to do them: "This is a great opportunity to come up with a model that makes television healthier," one exec told Variety . More »

    • Writers Guild Files Complaint Against Studios

      Associated Press  |  Dec 14, 07 7:30 AM CST

      Writers Guild Files Complaint Against Studios

      (Newser) - Striking Hollywood writers, charging that studios acted illegally when they broke off negotiations Dec. 7, yesterday filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. The goal is to force producers back to the table, reports the AP, but  experts say it could backfire, shutting down any back-channel talks that could help restart negotiations in the six-week-old strike. More »

  • November 2007