Labor & Workers' Rights

16+ hour, 31+ min ago   (631+ words) Only a few hours after a strike began September 8 involving about 350 laboratory technicians and technologists at the blood-testing company Dynacare, Manitoba New Democratic Party (NDP) Premier Wab Kinew sent government lawyers to the provincial Labour Board to obtain a strike-breaking…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (776+ words) Transportation challenges that can prevent Portage la Prairie residents from getting to work are behind the Chamber of Commerce’s support for a proposed Vehicle for Hire Bylaw now before city council. The Portage la Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce has…...

17+ hour, 18+ min ago   (105+ words) The News-Item KULPMONT — A vote to revoke the Kulpmont Fire Department chiefs’ combined stipend of $2,400 failed due to a lack of a second and sparked a heated debate between council members and Chief Marshall Mirarchi III during…...

13+ hour, 43+ min ago   (484+ words) The lobby group for Australia’s most prominent corporate executives warns workers will continue seeing their pay lag behind inflation unless major change occurs. The lobby group for Australia’s most powerful corporate chief executives says workers will continue to see their…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (326+ words) Sunday, 13 September 2026 14:56 African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has promised to introduce a ₦500,000 monthly living minimum wage and provide 24-hour electricity if elected president in 2027. Sowore made the promises in an interview with Independent newspaper while outlining his party’s…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (411+ words) Dr. Jeffrey Tyler Syck, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pikeville and director of the UPIKE Center for Public Service, will release the book of essays by President John Quincy Adams he has edited titled "A Republic…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (58+ words) Merz keeps going down....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (288+ words) The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to immediately issue a clear and coherent clarificatory order about a new order granting a P60 wage increase while a previous order providing for…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (574+ words) Six trade unions are calling for a $250.66 minimum monthly wage for garment, travel goods and footwear workers for 2027, as the current $210 wage does not sufficiently cover rising living costs and household expenses. Yang Sophorn, president of the Cambodian Alliance of…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (609+ words) Squad member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass., she/her pronouns in bio) came out September 10 with a banger of an X post, weirdly lamenting the “strange fruit” hanging from trees — presumably referencing black lynching victims based on the context — across the…...