Business

General Motors auto workers call strike in US

The United Auto Workers union called a nationwide strike against General Motors Sunday, with some 46,000 members set to walk off the job beginning at midnight amid an impasse in contract talks.

Business

Uber vows to keep fighting sweeping California labor bill

California lawmakers confronting the changing definition of work approved sweeping legislation Wednesday designed to give many contract workers new pay and benefit protections, but tech giants Uber and Lyft vowed to keep ...

Automotive

Workers at GM ratify contract in win for US auto union

Workers at General Motors have voted to ratify a new labor contract with sweeping pay increases, according to figures published Thursday, a landmark step after a major auto industry strike this year.

Business

Twitter's shadow workforce sues over Musk's mass layoffs

Twitter Inc. was sued by contract workers who argue they were a "contingent workforce" with the same duties as employees and shouldn't have been laid off without notice when Elon Musk took over the company.

Business

Google contract workers win raise following union activism

The Alphabet Workers Union said on Monday that thousands of contract employees assessing the quality of Alphabet Inc.'s Google search and advertising won a raise that brought workers' wages up to $15 an hour, following a ...

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