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Bengaluru police filed criminal negligence charges on June 29 against a contractor, site supervisors, and Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited officials following the electrocution death of Gurappa P., a 70-year-old contract worker, at a Namma Metro construction site on M.G. Road three days earl
More than 400,000 workers in Greece now fall under collective bargaining agreement coverage following a series of sectoral agreements signed and extended across six industries in recent months, according to the Ministry of Labour's announcement on June 27. The expansion represents a significant incr
The California Gig Workers Union, backed by the Service Employees International Union, has reached a significant organizing milestone in its campaign to unionize Uber and Lyft drivers across the state, though the effort may face competition from a rival union seeking to represent the same workforce,
General Motors has deployed approximately 50 collaborative robots at its Factory Zero assembly plant in Michigan, a move that has coincided with workforce reductions affecting more than 1,000 employees, according to reports from Crain's Detroit Business. The automaker says the robots are intended to
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 5408 on June 9, 2026, legislation that would impose 10-day bargaining deadlines and binding arbitration for initial union contracts, while Republican NLRB nominee James Macy advanced toward confirmation in a June 10 hearing that could shift the Board's majori
The United Kingdom has no legal maximum workplace temperature despite forecasts predicting heat could reach 38C this week, forcing workers to rely on general health and safety protections as the UK Health Security Agency warns of significant impacts across health services and a rise in deaths among
Apple permanently closed three U.S. retail stores on June 20, 2026, including its Towson Town Center location in Maryland, the company's first unionized store, prompting accusations from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers that Apple is denying union members transfer ri
Ninety warehouse workers at C&H Sugar's Crockett, California facility walked out on June 16, 2026, rejecting a three-year contract proposal that would eliminate retiree medical benefits, cut five of 10 annual sick days, and shift overtime calculations from daily to weekly totals, according to Local
An employment tribunal rejected Rockstar Games' attempt to dismiss blacklisting allegations from a union-busting case, clearing the way for a full hearing scheduled to run from September 10 through October 15, 2026, according to The Register. The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) br
The Supreme Court will rule on President Donald Trump's authority to remove federal officials in two separate cases involving FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, according to Fox News. Legal experts say the Court may draw sharp distinctions between the ag
Dutch prosecutors seized €3.3 million in assets from the shareholder of a meat-industry temp agency suspected of embezzling foreign workers' wages, according to DutchNews.nl. The Dutch labour inspectorate's criminal investigation service, acting under the public prosecution department, froze bank ac
Oklahoma voters cast ballots today on State Question 832, a measure that would raise the state's minimum wage from the current $7.25 per hour to $15 by 2029, according to KGOU. The ballot question would decouple Oklahoma's wage floor from the federal minimum, which has remained unchanged since 2009,
