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The seventh trade union-organised nationwide protest in France against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the French retirement age saw “angry” confrontations with police in Paris, as the legislation cleared a key hurdle in the Senate.

PARIS (AP) – Roads blocked, oil refineries disrupted, planes grounded and trains halted – unions are threatening to shut down France’s economy this week in what they hope is their toughest riposte yet to President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age.

Former Tesla employees at the company’s Autopilot facility in Buffalo, New York, are claiming that the company fired them for participating in union organizing efforts. A complaint filed with the NLRB alleges retaliation by Elon Musk’s electric car company.

Berlin Airport canceled all flights Wednesday after ground staff went on strike to press their demands for higher pay.

E-commerce giant Amazon has failed in its recent efforts to overturn a union vote at its JFK8 facility in Staten Island.

More than 7,000 unionized nurses walked off the job Monday at two of New York City’s largest hospitals after negotiations stalled over the weekend. 

LONDON (AP) – UK government ministers are meeting trade union leaders on Monday in a bid to end a wave of strikes that has hobbled the rail network and strained the overburdened health system.

Britain’s Border Force will abandon their posts at airports in strike during the Christmas holiday period, the PCS union announced this week.

South Korea’s trucker crisis came to a head on Tuesday when the government ordered striking truckers to return to work, even though the truckers say that no deal to address their grievances has been reached.

A national freight rail strike is viewed as increasingly inevitable as four rail worker labor unions have rejected a tentative agreement with rail companies. 

Thousands of University of California (UC) union workers walked off the job Monday in what is the nation’s largest strike for academic workers. The ongoing strike will disrupt several classes, labs, and research work within the UC system. 

The Nevada Police Union announced its endorsement of Republican Sheriff Joe Lombardo in the state’s gubernatorial race on Monday after voting “no confidence” in incumbent Gov. Steve Sisolak (D).

Mayhem broke out at cost of living protests in Paris on Tuesday, with rioters clashing with police and smashing windows.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) yielded to demands by unions, President Joe Biden, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and signed a law allowing farmworker unions to conduct elections via vote-by-mail, after vetoing a similar bill last year over concerns about integrity.

New York Times union members are considering going on strike after salary negotiations with management reached a standstill.

Experts have predicted UPS workers will go on strike in a move the would affect families across America.

President Joe Biden mocked a heckler during a Labor Day speech on Monday, accusing him of “destroying democracy.”

Unionized New York Times journalists are accusing the paper of giving non-white employees lower job performance grades compared to white employees.

A majority of the exotic dancers at a North Hollywood topless bar have voted to hold an election to unionize the strippers.

In a bid to solve delays in the country’s airports, Germany is to do what it does best: bring in more migrants, mostly from Turkey.

The union representing immigration judges working for the federal government is speaking out against the firing of at least five judges who were appointed by former President Donald Trump.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. is closing a hog processing plant in California because of the exorbitant costs of doing business in the Golden State.

Randi Weingarten, AFT union president, said if teachers are trusted with guns they should be trusted to decide what students are taught.

Employees at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island across the street from the first warehouse to unionize have voted to reject unionization. A lawyer representing the Amazon Labor Union says it plans to challenge the vote.

E-commerce giant Amazon is facing yet another union vote, this time at a facility directly across the street from the Staten Island warehouse that recently voted to unionize.

Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz reportedly told pro-union Starbucks workers to “go somewhere else” during Schultz’s stop at a California store on Friday.

Amazon reportedly plans to object to a recent union election victory at its Staten Island warehouse, alleging that organizers pressured workers into voting.

President Joe Biden continued to escalate his war rhetoric against Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, have voted to unionize. The decision, made by more than 2,500 workers, is a first for Amazon.

Production was abruptly shut down on the Netflix cooking competition show, “Nailed It! Halloween,” after the crew walked out in support of attempts to unionize the production.

The Texas Military Department says “union agitators” cannot engage in collective bargaining for members of the Texas National Guard. The statement comes in response to a meeting earlier this week where members of the Texas State Employees Union met with guardsmen in Del Rio, Texas.

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has claimed that Amazon is unlawfully interfering with a union election at its Alabama warehouse. This is the latest in a long string of incidents related to the unionization election, some of which contributed to the results of the first election last year being thrown out by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

While 14 U.S. states still mandate masks in schools, the UK’s Education Secretary has insisted face coverings “inhibit learning”.

A socialist politician has criticised the destruction of traditional stores and the ’19th-century’ working conditions of Amazon.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is backing Rep. Andy Levin and joining Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the push for Congressional staff unionization.

According to recently released documents from the National Labor Releations Board (NLRB), tech giant Google ran a secret anti-union campaign called “Project Vivian,” between 2018 and 2020 to convince employees that “unions suck.”o