Yenkin Majestic Paint Corporation pleaded guilty to negligent endangerment in federal court following a catastrophic April 8, 2021 explosion at its Columbus, Ohio manufacturing facility that killed one employee and injured nine others, according to an announcement from the U.S.
Philippine labor law permits employees to disclose the existence of pending labor cases against their employer, but imposes strict limits on what details can be shared publicly, according to legal guidance published September 3 by Respicio, a Manila-based employment law firm.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is preparing to terminate its EEO-1 reporting program, which for six decades has required U.S. companies to disclose workforce demographic data used to enforce federal anti-discrimination laws, according to a Guardian investigation.
A coalition of Missouri labor unions and reproductive rights organizations announced a $1 million campaign in August 2026 targeting Republican state legislators who voted to repeal the state's paid sick leave requirement, according to the Missouri Independent.
Teamsters California filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles in August 2026, challenging the agency's decision to lift restrictions on heavy autonomous trucks and alleging regulators bypassed required economic impact analysis before approving rules that could affect more
Current and former employees of Little Angels Day Care Center rallied outside the Far North Side facility on August 27, 2026, demanding more than $24,000 in unpaid wages they say the business has withheld from seven workers over multiple pay periods, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Chief executives at the 100 S&P 500 corporations with the lowest median worker pay earned 614 times more than their typical employee in 2025, according to an analysis published August 27 by the Institute for Policy Studies. The average CEO compensation among these firms reached $17.
Taylor Farms, North America's largest salad producer, failed to submit federally required workplace injury reports for at least four facilities where workers suffered fatal or serious injuries in recent years, according to a Reuters analysis of federal records published August 26.
Cannabis workers at Key Cannabis Dispensary in Springfield, Missouri, ratified their first collective bargaining agreement in late July 2026, securing wage increases, bonuses, and expanded paid time off after a four-year organizing campaign that began with a 6-3 union vote in 2022, according to the
An independent arbitrator ruled Monday that The Washington Post must reinstate columnist Karen Attiah with full backpay and benefits, finding that her termination violated the newspaper's collective bargaining agreement, according to Deadline.
More than 17,000 Boeing engineers, technical workers, and scientists rejected proposed collective bargaining agreements by margins exceeding 64% on Friday and authorized strike action with near 90% support, according to voting results released by SPEEA, the union representing aerospace professionals