US President Joe Biden (center) alongside Shawn Fain (left), president of the United Auto Workers (UAW), in Belleville, Michigan, September 26, 2023. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / REUTERS It is, according to the White House, a gesture “historical”. Joe Biden visited a strike picket of auto industry workers in Michigan on Tuesday, September 26. He is the…
The four-day week sounds tempting. But does it also work? Next year, 50 German companies will test the controversial model nationwide for six months for the first time. Co-initiator Carsten Meier reveals in an interview what potential and risks lie behind the project. ntv.de: Last year, 61 British companies tested the four-day week. The result:…
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, after a summit of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, in Brussels, July 18, 2023. EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP This summer, many tourists were greeted with a surprise on the Croatian coast. In several beachside restaurants, they were served by employees from… the Philippines….
A reform project will open access to dual nationality without restriction. The text is a belated recognition of immigrant workers – mainly Turkish – who arrived in the 1960s and who never became German citizens.source site-29
The loud call for an industry-wide four-day week, young people who are supposedly avoiding work. Have the Germans become lazy? According to statistics, they are among those who work the shortest hours in the EU. ntv.de explains why. The Germans have a reputation for being hardworking. But does that still apply today? Well-known economists like…
by Joseph White and David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) – The American Auto Workers Union launched a simultaneous strike overnight from Thursday to Friday in three major factories, in regions that are the heart of the sector’s production, while wage negotiations were still in progress. impasse at the expiration of the collective agreement. This is the…
UAW union members on a picket line outside the Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, September 15, 2023 (AFP/Matthew Hatcher) For Ramona Jocys, employed at Ford for 33 years, the strike that began Friday in the United States at the three largest American automobile manufacturers has a capital goal: “Ensuring the survival of our families.” A…
Four-day week later IG Metall is more reserved in the metal industry September 16, 2023, 11:20 a.m In the steel industry, IG Metall wants to pave the way for the four-day week. When it comes to the metal and electrical industries, however, the union is still holding back. However, that does not mean that she…
Wave of strikes hits car companies Biden defends workers and rails against Trump By Roland Peters September 16, 2023, 6:36 a.m The UAW auto union has never gone on strike with the three US industry giants at the same time – until now. President Biden stands behind the workers: Ford, General Motors and Stellaris would…
(AOF) – Stellantis (-0.18% to 17.54 euros) posts the second largest drop in the CAC 40 after the outbreak of the strike by American auto workers, launched by the UAW union against three manufacturers: Stellantis (as parent company of Chrysler), General Motors and Ford. The union is demanding in particular salary increases of more than…
There was a major operation on Thursday in the Brenner base tunnel in Steinach am Brenner due to heavy smoke. The smoke broke out in the area of a conveyor element. Sudden smoke in the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) under construction in the municipality of Steinach am Brenner inTirol (Innsbruck-Land district) triggered a large-scale fire…
Gradual retirement? ” Never heard of it ! », respond 40% of new retirees from the general system. And among those who have heard of it, the majority admit to not knowing what it is about, according to the latest survey on the motivations for retirement published by the Directorate of Research, Studies and Evaluation….
