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Posted March 20, 2019
Ahead of a campaign rally at an Ohio tank plant, Trump raged online against the leadership of GM and its unionized workforce, complaining that their actions were undercutting his fight to “Bring jobs home!” Continue Reading
Posted March 19, 2019
The union federation vowed last week to oppose congressional passage of Trump’s revamped NAFTA if Mexico doesn’t first enact reforms to its labour laws in accordance with the deal’s new guidelines. Continue Reading
Posted March 14, 2019
Customs officers striking for better pay and more staff intend to continue their protest indefinitely and warn the havoc caused demonstrates the chaos at customs checks that can be expected after Brexit. Continue Reading
Posted December 10, 2018
In an interview this weekend, Musk said Tesla may be open to taking over GM’s recently idled plants and accused the UAW of attacking the carmaker with a “load of nonsense” in an effort to unionize it. Continue Reading
Posted December 07, 2018
After meeting with USTR Robert Lighthizer yesterday, incoming speaker Nancy Pelosi hedged on the possibility of taking up the new NAFTA, while pointing to shortcomings in its enforcement provisions. Continue Reading
Posted October 09, 2018
A new master contract for more than 200,000 UPS employees failed to win majority support, but the labour union said the deal has still been ratified because less than half of workers bothered to vote. Continue Reading
