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Canadian port workers in BC strike against automation and outsourcing

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One day prior to the strike, the ILWU issued a 72-hour strike notice and stated their intentions, in accordance with Section 87.7 The port workers also request a wage increase in light of the rising living cost in British Columbia. of the Canada Labour Code. The ILWU rejected the proposal.

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Automobile workers union lodges complaint against US senator

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UAW members have been on strike against three major automakers in the US—including Ford, Stellantis and General Motors—for about a week over pay and labor disputes. According to their constitution , UAW exists “to improve working conditions, create a uniform system of shorter hours, higher wages, [and] health care and pensions.”

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Defendants who delay can lose their chance to arbitrate, court rules in 9-0 decision

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled against a fast-food franchise owner in a procedural dispute over whether a wage-theft lawsuit belongs in federal court or in arbitration. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the opinion in Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. Plaintiff Robyn Morgan worked at a Taco Bell franchise owned by Sundance.

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Microsoft announces changes to US-based workforce policies and practices

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Microsoft Wednesday announced four new employee workforce initiatives including changes to US-based policies and practices related to noncompete clause enforcement, confidentiality agreements in dispute resolutions, wage transparency across hiring practices and the initiation of a civil rights audit.

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Court sets quiet March argument calendar

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The court will hear eight hours of oral arguments over six days, on topics ranging from arbitration to international child-custody law. Fund for Protection of Investor Rights in Foreign States for one hour of oral argument): Whether a federal law that allows litigants to invoke the power of U.S. ZF Automotive US v.

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United Airlines, Pilots Ink $7.5M Deal To End Pay Stub Fight

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million settlement resolving a long-running dispute accusing the airline of failing to provide pilots with accurate wage statements detailing their hourly wages and hours worked. United Airlines pilots asked a California federal judge on Tuesday to greenlight a $7.5

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Cargo loaders are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, but important questions remain

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The answer to that question is significant because it controls whether or not Saxon and other workers who load cargo can be required under the Federal Arbitration Act to arbitrate their workplace disputes. After this decision, the FAA will not be an impediment to cargo loaders’ abilities to litigate their employment disputes.

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