Labor & Workers' Rights

1+ hour, 45+ min 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…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (58+ words) Merz keeps going down....

5+ hour, 5+ min 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…...

4+ hour, 50+ min 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…...

5+ hour, 31+ min 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…...

5+ hour, 46+ min 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…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago   (471+ words) westernjournal.com A group of prominent Democrats has asked the FBI to investigate a series of hangings involving black people, and the most prominent member of the progressive wing of the party -- Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York -- has called…...

10+ hour, 13+ min ago   (560+ words) Andy Burnham’s government is considering slowing planned minimum wage rises for young workers amid concerns that higher employment costs are making businesses more reluctant to hire them. Downing Street and the Treasury are examining whether the rapid increase in wages…...

12+ hour ago   (275+ words) Bavarian Premier Markus Söder, a key figure among Germany's conservatives, has thrown his support behind under-pressure Chancellor Friedrich Merz, rejecting speculation that the German leader could be replaced after a crushing state election defeat. "Whoever stepped in immediately, if you…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (554+ words) A bill has been introduced in both chambers of Congress that would lower the threshold for overtime pay from 40 hours to just 32 hours. While workers and labor unions had been calling for a 40-hour workweek for decades before, its beginnings…...