Tag: labor

The U.S. national rail strike has been postponed, not averted. The major railroads and the railroad workers’ unions have been at an impasse since the summer.

The USDA released the results of its most recent Farm Labor Survey, and once again, the critical need for ag labor reform to stabilize wages is affirmed.

Title 42 appears to be on its last legs. This measure was implemented by the previous presidential administration as a precaution against the coronavirus. It was used to exclude over a million illegal immigrants from the south of the border on grounds of public health.

Following the midterms has been so fascinating that other news stories have faded into the background. Like a potential nationwide rail strike. When could that happen? Maybe December.

Picnic Works, a Seattle-based developer of kitchen automation technology, today announced a partnership with ContekPro, a Portland-based manufacturer of modular kitchens.

United Robotics Group, with global offices in Bochum, Germany and Paris, France opens its North American subsidiary based in Los Angeles, California, and simultaneously launches the future of human-robot collaboration with CobiotX.

Who is a guestworker in the United States? You may have a picture in your mind: a migrant Hispanic out working out in the fields.

Sysco says negotiations stalled because "the Teamsters’ agenda is aimed at gaining attention and promoting the interests of the union leadership."

As world temperatures rise and are expected to continue rising, heat-related illnesses (HRIs) are becoming a major issue in occupational health—especially in agriculture, with its high rates of outside work combined with injury statistics that are large to begin with.

California governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation promoted by the United Farm Workers union (UFW) that will make it easier for state farm workers to unionize.