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Got packages to return? Starting Wednesday, Uber drivers will mail them

Uber is adding a new task to its list of services: mailing consumers’ return packages

The Independent UK

Why the UAW is fighting so hard for these 4 key demands in the auto strike

Driving the UAW's tough stance in negotiations with the Big Three automakers is the sense that the union is owed a long-overdue redressal for all the concessions workers made in 2007.

WEKU

Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen

Auto workers, writers, actors, Starbucks workers, Amazon workers, UPS drivers, flight attendants – labor isn’t a ‘special interest’. It’s all of us

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A new breed of leaders are atop the largest US unions today. Here are some faces to know

From picket lines in Hollywood to walkouts against Detroit automakers, it's already been a big year for labor organizing — and behind several major showdowns with enormous companies are some of America's largest unions

The Independent UK

Why you shouldn't be surprised that autoworkers are asking for a 40% pay raise

Bold union demands, bolstered by a tight labor market and frustration throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, are paying off in some sectors with significant raises for workers.

WEKU

“This man made 21 million last year”—As UAW strikes Detroit’s Big 3, it blasts Ford CEO for emotive schoolteachers and firemen comparison

After the Ford's Jim Farley accuses the United Auto Workers union of wanting to bankrupt his company, labor leader Shawn Fain launches a historic strike of all three Detroit carmakers.

Fortune

The UAW launches a historic strike against all Big 3 automakers

For the first time ever, the UAW launched a strike against all Big 3 automakers at once, starting with three locations in the Midwest.

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Autoworkers are on the verge of a historic strike

Less than two hours before the strike deadline, United Auto Workers revealed the first wave of plants to be targeted if the union and the Big 3 automakers fail to reach a deal just before midnight.

WEKU

Daughter on plane films ‘sweet’ moment her dad signals to her from his boat

‘That’s so sweet I love parents. I need to call my dad,’ one viewer writes

The Independent UK

UPS says blockbuster pay deal that will see drivers haul in $170,000 a year won't cost shareholders $30 billion

Management stays mum on the precise cost, claiming only that the five-year deal works out to be less costly than Teamster leaders claim.

Fortune

Why auto workers are asking for a 46% pay raise

Bold union demands, bolstered by a tight labor market and frustration throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, are paying off in some sectors with significant raises for workers.

WEKU

UAW’s clash with Detroit Three automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms

The United Auto Workers current contract with Ford, GM and Stellantis ends Sept. 14. Workers on Labor Day say the gulf between union demands and the automakers’ position mean a strike is likely.

Chicago Sun-Times

What's open and what's closed on Labor Day 2023?

Hoping to hit Costco? You’re outta luck, but plenty of other stores will be open.

Fortune

4 things to know on Labor Day — from the Hot Labor Summer to the Hollywood strikes

Organized labor has scored some big victories this year, including new contracts at UPS. Can the winning streak continue?

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The Independent UK

UAW's clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms

A 46% pay raise

The Independent UK

Rising tensions between employers and employees has put the labor back in this year's Labor Day

Labor Day is right around the corner

Barchart

2 Cheap Logistics Stocks to Buy for Long-Term AI Gains

UPS and FedEx shares look cheap as the consumer recovers - and new technologies, like AI, could boost margins over the long haul.

The Guardian - UK

My £1,399 laptop refund from Amazon is a lost cause

I received a box with a book and other items instead of a computer, but the online retailer doesn’t seem to want to give me my money back

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The Guardian - US

‘He was dripping with sweat’: Kroger worker dies in hot work conditions in Memphis

The union representing workers at the grocery chain had asked the company to allow more breaks and cooler working conditions

The Hindu

Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today

Five persons from Uttar Pradesh arrested in connection with Madurai train fire; jailed Minister V. Senthilbalaji produced before Special Court; UPS Technology Centre inaugurated in Chennai by CM M.K. Stalin. Arrested accused accused of carrying inflammable articles; court extends Minister's remand till Sept 15; CM hails UPS' decision to set…

The Hindu

Global shipping and logistics firm UPS intends to hire 1,000 people in India by 2025

UPS inaugurates tech centre in Chennai, plans to hire 1,000 by 2025. Centre spread over 51,000 sq ft, investment of USD 15-20 million. 100 persons hired in Chennai, 350 by 2023, 1,000 by 2025. Naan Mudhalvan scheme to help youth secure high-tech jobs. Centre to focus on nurturing local talent,…

The Hindu

T.N. CM Stalin inaugurates UPS technology centre in Chennai

Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin inaugurated UPS' first Technology Centre in India, in Chennai. He expressed pride in the decision and assured to keep up the trust companies have in TN. TN Logistics Policy & Integrated Logistics Plan 2023, Multi-modal Logistics Park in Mappedu & Coimbatore, 30 GCCs providing 47,000…

The Conversation

Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low

More than 323,000 workers – including nurses, actors, screenwriters, hotel cleaners and restaurant servers – walked off their jobs during the first eight months of 2023. Hundreds of thousands of the employees of delivery giant UPS would have gone on strike, too, had they not reached a last-minute agreement. And…

Chicago Sun-Times

UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries

The Teamsters said that 86% of the votes casts were in favor of ratifying the national contract.

Fortune

Hollywood studios tout proposed 5% pay bump for writers as the biggest in 35 years, the day after UPS Teamsters ratified a 35% raise and pilots got 21%

The latest counteroffer from Hollywood studios features pay raises that pale in comparison to those secured by other unions just this week.

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