Work stoppages over coronavirus concerns threaten opportunities to move forward.
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From coast to coast, work stoppages and labor protests keep coming.
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The work stoppages so far pale in comparison with those events.
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Many people will lose income due to work stoppages or potential lockdowns.
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What they're saying: Staffing levels are often the driving force behind work stoppages.
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In his view, most inmates did not support the protests or work stoppages.
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South Carolina corrections officials deny any work stoppages occurred, spokeswoman Ashleigh Messervy said.
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There have been many delays — work stoppages, resistance from environmentalists and even sabotage.
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Once, workers used dynamite and mass work stoppages to get the message across.
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Hospital workers caused major work stoppages — strikes affecting 1,000 or more workers — at least four times in 2018, according to BLS, but the number of workers participating in the New York City strike outnumbers other recent nurse work stoppages by thousands.
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Members of Jetstar's main pilot union made two four-hour work stoppages on Dec.
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Members of Jetstar's main pilot union made two four-hour work stoppages on Dec.
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There have been work stoppages in which inmates refuse to take part in prison labor.
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Last year there were just seven major work stoppages, the second-lowest number ever recorded.
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Prolonged work stoppages are uncommon in the modern economy, which makes this long strike an anomaly.
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Both made progress through labor, sometimes through strikes, lockouts and work stoppages, and in the courts.
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Ten unions called for a 24-hour strike, while others called for two-hour work stoppages.
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Nearly half a million people participated in work stoppages in 22010, the largest number since 1986.
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That trend should continue, but factory work stoppages in China could delay sales into later quarters.
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Despite the Stop & Shop strike earlier this year, work stoppages are rare in the grocery industry.
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The contractor also failed to pay the 200 Poles their full wages, causing work stoppages and delays.
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In 2018 nearly half a million American workers were involved in work stoppages, the most since 1986.
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Iqbal said there could be further protests, including work stoppages, if the government continued with the amnesty.
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The union said they planned more work stoppages for Tuesday and next week to protest the sale.
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The "Red for Ed" protest was the latest in a wave of work stoppages by U.S. educators.
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And a flight attendants union threatened work stoppages today, which they could certainly resume if the shutdown returns.
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The union said they planned more work stoppages for Tuesday and next week to protest against the sale.
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He led the union through five work stoppages and was an adviser during three more after he retired.
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In 3.7, a record number of employees were involved in work stoppages — the highest number since the 1980s.
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Last year, they caused the first uptick in major work stoppages in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 85033-2016 was the lowest decade on record for major work stoppages.
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But work stoppages spread to the railways and ports, with Air France pilots also voting to join the strikes.
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It was also unclear if any work stoppages would coincide with a Unifor rally in Windsor, Ontario on Friday.
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Alternatively, as their conservative-leaning members leave, unions may seek more radical aims, pushing for strikes and work stoppages.
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Silver has been commissioner since 2014, replacing David Stern, who was in charge during four work stoppages of various lengths.
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The strike is the latest in a wave of teacher work stoppages in cities and states across the United States.
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In recent years, brief work stoppages over pay and conditions have also hit Kuwait's national airline and the customs administration.
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Methodology: BLS tracks work stoppages of more than 1,000 lost worker days and counts work days and non-holidays only.
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And while hockey has had plenty of work stoppages, it doesn't have a history of proven collusion like baseball does.
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" A spokesman for ABX Air's parent company says they expect "these minor disputes to be resolved without further work stoppages.
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"I regret that circumstances have led to the announcement of work stoppages in many counties throughout the state," Paine said.
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Generally, these work stoppages are union-sanctioned, meaning participants can access a strike fund, and are legally protected from termination.
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Corrections authorities in certain states did not confirm work stoppages, but organizers say that 24,000 inmates in 12 states participated.
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In 2018, 485,000 workers caused "major work stoppages," according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics — up from just 25,000 in 2017.
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Prisoners will conduct work stoppages, hunger strikes, and spending boycotts in the hopes that their list of 10 demands is met.
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Michelle Rhee, a prominent Democratic proponent of education reform, reliably sounds like a Republican when it comes to teacher work stoppages.
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About 203,220 workers were involved in major work stoppages last year, the highest number since 220, according to the Labor Department.
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Construction on both Energy Transfer pipelines was ultimately slowed when state and federal regulators ordered numerous work stoppages after permit violations.
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Factories run by Tesla, Ford, and Nissan have also faced work stoppages because of the virus, according to The New York Times.
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In 2000, there were 252 major work stoppages involving 2000,27 workers, the highest since 225, per new Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
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Two-thirds of France's 188 prisons were being disrupted by work stoppages and pickets on Wednesday morning, according to an official count.
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National Implications of the Stop & Shop Strike The Stop & Shop strike joins a growing list of successful work stoppages throughout the nation.
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According to the International Labour Organization, the number of workers who participated in work stoppages has doubled in the last two years.
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Imports dipped by 1.6 percent on weaker demand for motor vehicles and parts amid work stoppages and planned shutdowns in the automotive industry.
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US government data focuses on "major work stoppages," or strikes that involve 1,000 or more workers and that last at least one shift.
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As the protesters turned their focus from labor rights to the British Imperialist administration, strikes and work stoppages brought the territory to a standstill.
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The export of motor vehicles and parts, which had been hit in recent months by work stoppages and other issues, increased by 14.6 percent.
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And rightly so—from work stoppages to player safety to the quality of the on-ice product, there's plenty to criticize under his watch.
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Rivalry at numerous mines between the militant AMCU and the National Union of Mineworkers has seen work stoppages drag on and often turn violent.
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Maybe you can argue that the NHL's work stoppages, as panful as they were, ultimately resulted in a better landscape for all the teams.
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Last year, nearly half a million workers took part in work stoppages, the highest number in over 30 years, notes Time magazine's Abigail Abrams.
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But nearly all of the 20 major work stoppages in 2018 involved massive labor strikes, which ended up boosting wages for thousands of workers.
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That movement has largely been led by service industry workers, particularly fast food workers, who have led strikes and work stoppages in major cities.
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The NHL has endured five significant work stoppages related to labor disputes since 1991-92, including the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 season.
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Related: The number of people who participated in work stoppages involving over 2100,22005 workers rose last year to its highest level since the 215s.
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In 2018, more workers participated in a work stoppages than had since the 1980s, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Stern jabbed at politicians, owners, coaches and reporters, and he oversaw contentious negotiations with the National Basketball Players Association that twice led to work stoppages.
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To put it another way: In 2017, just 25,000 workers were involved in major work stoppages, according to BLS; in 2018, that number jumped to 485,000.
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The virus that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed more than 900 people and infected over 40,000, causing work stoppages and factory closures in the country.
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A spokesperson for the Port of Rotterdam told Motherboard last week that talks are ongoing and there will be no more work stoppages during these negotiations.
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Major work stoppages, usually caused by labor strikes or other workplace actions of disobedience, saw their first major uptick in more than three decades in 2018.
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Drivers for Uber and Lyft staged protests and work stoppages in cities around the world this week to protest falling pay on the ride-hailing platforms.
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The bottom line: Workers are finding their voice, whether it's through formal work stoppages (a lot of teachers went on strike in 2018) or through other means.
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The walkout in Arizona followed similar actions by teachers in West Virginia, Kentucky and Oklahoma, which were the first statewide U.S. teacher work stoppages since the 1990s.
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Shipments of motor vehicles and parts shrank by 10.6 percent due to work stoppages and the introduction of changes to certain models destined for the U.S. market.
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Others take longer to manifest, such as when contract payments are delayed as a result of the shutdown, which can cause work stoppages and other ripple effects.
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The candidates praised the workers for going on strike — as they have done repeatedly this year during work stoppages as they vie for support from organized labor.
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It also saw the launch of a coordinated series of nationwide work stoppages and hunger strikes by incarcerated Americans, perhaps the largest of its kind in history.
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Baines was too humble to campaign for himself, La Russa said, and missed out on 19843,000 hits because of two prolonged M.L.B. work stoppages in his career.
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The strike is the latest in a wave of work stoppages in U.S. school districts, in which demands for resources have superseded calls for higher salaries and benefits.
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Why it matters: The deal covers more than 80,000 unionized workers, averting what would have been one of the largest work stoppages ever in the health care industry.
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A union's strength may give it irrational confidence that it can defeat threats through conventional politics — like elections and lobbying — rather than more radical measures, like work stoppages.
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He said that he was proud that there hadn't been any work stoppages during his tenure, and he suggested that she follow up with the human-resources department.
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After eight work stoppages from 1972 to 1995, the sides have negotiated deals without a strike or a lockout in 2002, in 2006, in 6 and this year.
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A total of 2000,0003 employees were involved in major work stoppages last year — the highest number since 2000, when flight attendants, garbage collectors, and steelworkers walked off the job.
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Exports dropped to C$131.08 billion from C$142.08 billion as shipments of motor vehicles and parts fell sharply, hit by work stoppages and changes made to certain models.
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But they, like other airline employees, are under the Railway Labor Act, which prohibits work stoppages and walkouts unless they are released by the president-appointed National Mediation Board.
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But completion was delayed by work stoppages by state agencies due to permit violations and other problems, including release of drilling fluids into waterways and the discovery of sinkholes.
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Even states with strong unions would begin to look a lot more like right-to-work states—and illegal work stoppages could become the norm as a negotiating tactic.
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A total of 485,000 employees were involved in major work stoppages in 2018 — the highest number since 1986, when flight attendants, garbage collectors, and steelworkers walked off the job.
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A total of 20193,000 employees were involved in major work stoppages last year — the highest number since 1986, when flight attendants, garbage collectors, and steelworkers walked off the job.
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Department employees say that in Foggy Bottom and beyond, civil- and foreign-service officers are doing their jobs and there are no work stoppages or visible expressions of protest.
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Kentucky teachers were among thousands of educators in several states to protest and stage work stoppages during the last couple of months, demanding increases in pay and school budgets.
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But completion has been delayed by several work stoppages by state agencies due to permit violations and other problems, including release of drilling fluids into waterways and discovery of sinkholes.
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While work stoppages over low pay rarely take place in the U.S. industry because of hurdles set up by the Railway Labor Act, that is not the case in Europe.
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Both numbers represented improvements on a moribund October, during which the lingering effects of a 2015 volcanic explosion severely affected the nation's salmon industry and work stoppages cut copper production.
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But the sale was conducted against the backdrop of work stoppages in Europe that lasted as long as three days, one of the biggest labor actions in the company's history.
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But Durkan said she was particularly concerned about the small businesses and gig economy workers in Seattle who are ill-suited to handle declining economic activity or outright work stoppages.
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Campus administrators have said it would be illegal for them to negotiate with strikers because the protest is unauthorized by the broader union, and their contract prohibits such work stoppages.
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The number of workers who participated in work stoppages nearly doubled from 2016 to 2018, according to the International Labour Organization, with 106 million workers involved in strikes last year.
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The guards at Schiphol, Europe's third largest airport after London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle, have held several short work stoppages in recent weeks, causing no disruption to flights.
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Wal-Mart had argued that it was lawful to discipline workers with unexcused absences to participate in the protests because the strikes constituted "intermittent work stoppages" not protected under labor law.
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Lower pay-rise offers could even increase the threat of work stoppages, further hurting an economy forecast to expand less than 1 percent this year compared with 1.3 percent in 2015.
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The Los Angeles walkout follows a wave of teachers' strikes last year across the United States over pay and school funding, including work stoppages in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Arizona.
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The walkout in Los Angeles follows a wave of teacher strikes last year across the United States over pay and school funding, including work stoppages in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona.
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Work stoppages were also causing a smaller Dutch factory to run at half its capacity on Tuesday, Akzo said, and were expected to hit production at a third plant on Thursday.
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Mexico's work stoppages drew indigenous Zapatista women in the south and foreign ministry employees in the capital into a protest that sought to illustrate what life would be like without them.
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The work stoppages could have consequences for teachers and school employees, including being denied pay, suspended, fired or barred from teaching in public school for a year, the Gazette-Mail reported.
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The measures that could be taken at the Qantas Airways Ltd subsidiary range from things like declining duty changes to even 24-hour work stoppages, the union said in a statement.
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Faraday faces issues include work stoppages on the facility and a lawsuit from a graphics company due to non-payment of contractors, so it's understandable to see it scale back its plans.
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It follows similar walkouts by teachers in West Virginia, Kentucky and Oklahoma that marked the first statewide U.S. teacher work stoppages since the 1990s - all in states where Republicans dominate the legislature.
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Some experts argue that the ongoing strikes in Matamoros are unlikely to reshape Mexico in the short term: The city was uniquely ripe for strikes and work stoppages because of its history.
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They organized work stoppages, and one of their number, Sarah Bagley, would in 21955 found the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association, which pressured the Massachusetts government to hold hearings on working conditions.
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In hindsight, the 6900-day strike, the largest retail strike in the U.S. since 2628, could turn out to be one of the most important work stoppages of the past few decades.
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Work stoppages could occur even if the opposition finds its way to power, as unions seek to extract a better deal for it workers from new leaders, said Eurasia Group's Grais-Targow.
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There are 55 unionized General Motors across ten states, according to the company, all of which are affected by the strike, although the union says work stoppages are happening in 19 states.
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National Briefing | Midwest Angered by teacher sickouts that have closed many Detroit schools, majority Republicans in Michigan's Legislature on Thursday proposed legislation to make it easier to deem such work stoppages illegal strikes.
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Primary school teachers continued a series of smaller work stoppages last year, joined by university staff in September, who demand more than 1 billion euros in extra investment to improve their working conditions.
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South Africa's mining industry has for years complained that government inspectors have been imposing frequent work stoppages over safety, costing billions of rand in lost output and putting mines and jobs on the line.
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Work even more closely with suppliers, and if needed, find alternative sourcingThe coronavirus has caused work stoppages and supply chain lockdowns for many sellers, especially because a lot of their suppliers are in China.
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which collects data on all work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, the strike in Wilmerding, near Pittsburgh, was the largest manufacturing strike of the Trump presidency.
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I predict that in hindsight, the corporate powers that be will live to regret this decision, because the long-term effect will be the kinds of protests and work stoppages we're seeing with teachers.
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PARIS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Unions at Renault have called for protests and work stoppages on Tuesday at the French carmaker's Flins plant west of Paris as they resist demands for greater working time flexibility.
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Ahead of the vote, the opposition organized a series of work stoppages as well as a July 16 protest vote that it said drew more than 7.5 million symbolic votes against the constitutional assembly.
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Construction of Mariner 2, which started in early 2017, was originally expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2017 but has been delayed by repeated work stoppages by Pennsylvania regulators, among other things.
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With the league having a streak of work stoppages surrounding negotiations of each of the past three CBAs, all within Bettman's tenure as commissioner, both parties spoke in cautiously optimistic tones about the early talks.
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The strike in Chicago follows a wave of teacher protests and work stoppages nationwide, including in conservative states like West Virginia and Oklahoma, as well as in large, liberal cities including Los Angeles and Denver.
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Around the southern Indian city of Chennai, often dubbed the "Detroit of South Asia", there have been a series of work stoppages at the motorcycle makers, mainly over union recognition, contract labor and wage issues.
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What made the teacher strikes most remarkable, other than their sheer size, was the fact that many work stoppages happened in states where government employees have no legal right to unionize or go on strike.
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Copper, which is largely the motor of Chile's economy, has experienced a price rally in the last several months, due to solid demand in China, a key export market, and tightened supply amid major work stoppages.
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So far, Shell has made no proposal to settle the dispute over wage increases which has led to work stoppages at Europe's largest refinery and Moerdijk chemical plants in the Netherlands since April 8, unions said.
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There hasn't been a strike in the industry since very brief work stoppages at GM and Chrysler in 2007, when the union was forced to accept concessions such as changes in the retiree health care coverage.
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America experienced an average of 16 major work stoppages (affecting 1,000 workers or more) each year from 2001 to 20093, down from 52 per year between 1981 and 2000, and 300 per year from 1947 to 1980.
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This helps to explain why so many prisoners are joining hunger strikes and work stoppages, demanding better living conditions and an end to exploitative forced labor that does nothing to prepare them for their return to society.
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American teachers have, in a significant way, resuscitated the county's ailing labor movement with a series of massive strikes that caused an uptick of major work stoppages in the U.S. for the first time in three decades.
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It was the first major increase in work stoppages in three decades, and it was nearly entirely driven by 379,000 teachers and other education workers, who accounted for 78 percent of all those who went out on strike.
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Major League Baseball and the players' union reached an agreement Wednesday night on a five-year collective bargaining agreement, beating a midnight deadline and ensuring labor peace through 2187 for a sport once regularly entangled in work stoppages.
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Attorneys, think tanks, activists and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — the agency that issues visas, work permits and naturalizations to foreign nationals — have proposed ways to fix vulnerabilities under law created by the coronavirus work stoppages.
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A total of 2000,0003 employees were involved in major work stoppages last year — the highest number since 2000, when flight attendants, garbage collectors, and steelworkers walked off the job, demanding higher pay raises and lower health insurance premiums.
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On Monday, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island and the grocery delivery startup Instacart engaged in work stoppages to protest what they described as failures by management to adequately protect workers amid the ongoing health crisis.
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PARIS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - France's CFDT trade union gave its backing on Monday to carmaker Renault's plans to make the company more competitive, which had previously led to a period of work stoppages in protest at the proposals.
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These risks include [...] difficulties in managing, growing, and staffing international operations, including in countries in which foreign employees may become part of labor unions, employee representative bodies, or collective bargaining agreements, and challenges relating to work stoppages or slowdownsU.
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Voces de la Frontera, one of the organizing groups, touted on its website "work stoppages, business closures and student walk-outs" in support of a broader effort to kill the bills and make a showing of immigrant economic power.
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Current demands that the bill be fully withdrawn and Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam step down have prompted the continuous demonstrations across the city, including massive groups of activists and work stoppages by both individuals and local businesses.
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Fears about the coronavirus have caused the economy as a whole to suffer as industries expect supply chain problems thanks to work stoppages in places like China as well as decreased demand for certain products and services, like travel.
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The protests were part of a wave of demonstrations and work stoppages led by the hardline CGT union against government plans to reform labour law to make hiring and firing easier and help lower the jobless rate from 10 percent.
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The cash-strapped power utility, which generates more than 90 percent of the country's power, is desperate to end the work stoppages and push ahead with a turnaround plan that is centrepiece of President Cyril Ramaphosa's pledge to reform the economy.
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The strike is the latest in a wave of work stoppages across the United States by educators who have called for more resources and emphasized the need to help underfunded schools, framing their demands as a call for social justice.
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In the city's mean season of terrorist attacks, floods, unending demonstrations and work stoppages, a days-old garbage strike was the latest insult just as the weather warmed and noisy fans poured into France for the European Championship soccer tournament.
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Now as anti-Trump demonstrations continue — with science-related protests, work stoppages, calls for the president's tax forms to be released, and boycotts of consumer spending all in the works — I urge organizers to be more inclusive with their demonstrations.
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"The spread of the Wuhan virus isn't accelerating, but markets becoming more concerned about future earnings and economic growth as companies implement work stoppages to reduce the chance of the disease spreading," said Tom Essaye, founder of The Sevens Report.
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When he succeeded Bud Selig as commissioner in 2015, supporters lauded his success as the league's chief labor negotiator, having ushered in more than two decades of relative peace with the players' union after a generation of enmity and work stoppages.
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MANILA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Work stoppages and market closures in China stemming from a coronavirus epidemic are hurting small- and medium-sized banana growers in the Philippines, the world's second largest exporter of the fruit, an industry group said on Monday.
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Exports were the main drag on the economy in the third quarter, falling by 10.2 percent on an annualized basis as shipments of vehicles and parts fell amid work stoppages and changes to certain models sent to the U.S. market.
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As the city's first assistant corporation counsel, Mr. Nathan was assigned by Mayor John V. Lindsay's administration to enforce the new Public Employees Fair Employment Act, known as the Taylor Law, which prohibited work stoppages by state and municipal employees.
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With a focus primarily on the events of rank-and-file work stoppages, Loomis occasionally gives the impression that labor activism happens primarily on the shop floor, and that it extends little further into the political arena than in electing allies to office.
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It's the right thing for companies to do, from both a health and safety perspective, and to ensure that the hourly workers who are most impacted by work stoppages and shortages are not adversely affected by events that are beyond their control.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - China's economy will take a big hit in the first quarter due to widespread work stoppages caused by the fast-spreading coronavirus, but should recover rapidly unless the outbreak worsens again, a Chinese official told Reuters on Friday.
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The big picture: Miller was head of the MLBPA from 1966 to 1982, leading the union through five work stoppages, overseeing the birth of free agency and bringing team owners to the table to hammer out professional sports' first collective bargaining agreement.
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In copper, the short-term outlook was supported by a shortage of concentrates, Binns said, after several disruptions at mines and the potential for work stoppages over wage agreements in Chile and Peru into 2018, as well as changes to China's scrap import regulations.
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Economic experts including a top economist at Bank of America have warned in recent days that the U.S. and countries around the world have entered a recession as a result of the ongoing outbreak, which has caused major work stoppages and other economic disruptions globally.
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Since 2010, labor battles have led to at least 14 work stoppages at orchestras — half because of strikes, and half because of lockouts — according to the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians, a players' conference of the musicians' union, the American Federation of Musicians.
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A surge in the number of workers who participated in large-scale strikes that began in 2018 continued last year, according to data released on Tuesday, with nearly 50,000 General Motors Co workers and 0003,000 teachers in North Carolina engaging in work stoppages in 2019.
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Amazon workers in smaller European markets like Germany and the UK unionized years ago, providing guidance for their counterparts in the US. The way Amazon's business is structured might also be more amenable to union actions like work stoppages than its retail behemoth predecessor, Walmart, is.
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The wildcat teacher strikes of the past two years and the ongoing UAW strike against GM prove this fight is still alive among the workers—in 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 485,000 workers took part in work stoppages, the highest number since 2007.
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With no resolution to the standoff, ICTSI said in its claim, union workers began engaging in work stoppages, slowdowns and safety gimmicks to pressure the company to try to get the jobs from the port, when the port alone should have been the target of their protests.
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But the judge found the "Ride for Respect" differed materially from other previous work stoppages not protected by law because, among other factors, it was not a brief strike — meaning the risk for workers was higher — and because it was not scheduled close in time with other strikes.
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Trump needs to tell his economics team to stop trying to coach the stock market, and start trying to think of actual policy remedies he can take to Congress — there may be a need to deliver emergency financial assistance directly to families if people have work stoppages, for example.
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It was responsible for hospital closings in the United Kingdom, caused work stoppages at a Spanish telecom, infected 1,000 computers at the Russian Ministry of the Interior and elicited an apology from U.S.-based FedEx, which said an unannounced number of systems downed by Wanna Cry might interrupt normal service.
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The legislative history of the NLRA shows that Congress recognized key differences between private and government employers in terms of labor relations, and did not want the kind of labor strife and work stoppages that could paralyze federal, state, and local governments, jeopardizing public health and safety in the process.
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Their demands: Jailhouse Lawyers Speak says the inmates have planned work stoppages, sit-ins, and hunger strikes, and demand: Higher wages and job rights on release Restoration of voting rights for felony convicts A better channel to hear grievances Abolishment of the death penalty "They're pretty mild and reformist demands," Peril said.
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Many analysts say that Boeing decided to put its second Dreamliner aircraft assembly line in the state to reduce the leverage of the machinists' union, which represents Boeing's work force in the Puget Sound region of Washington State and has used work stoppages to exact concessions from the company in the past.
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A large number of factories around China that make products ranging from auto parts to iPhones to Bratz dolls have been closed since before Lunar New Year in late January, and transportation of goods slowed almost to a halt last month as the government imposed severe travel restrictions, work stoppages, and quarantines on hundreds of millions of people.
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Two photographers document the lives of incarcerated men at Angola, a former slave plantation that is now the largest maximum-security prison farm in the US. Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads LOS ANGELES — On August 21, 2018, a series of work stoppages, hunger strikes, and boycotts began to take place in prisons across the US. Among the 53 demands of the national prison strike were improvements to living conditions, an end to prison slavery, and the restoration of voting rights to prisoners and formerly incarcerated people.
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