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The government quietly rekindled its relationship with P&O owner DP World just eight months after ministers decried its “brutal” and illegal sacking of almost 800 workers in Britain, newly released …
Ministers let P&O owner back into bed months after sacking scandal Read More
TOKYO, March 13 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor (7203.T), opens new tab agreed to give factory workers their biggest pay increase in 25 years on Wednesday, heightening expectations that bumper pay raises will …
Toyota agrees to biggest wage hike in 25 years, paves way for BOJ shift Read More
Amazon workers will take further strike action this month in an ongoing dispute with the delivery giant for better pay, conditions and union rights. It follows on from the GMB …
Amazon hit with fresh strikes in ‘huge blow’ after second bid for union recognition Read More
In Jakarta, gig riders for the super-app Gojek are part of peer-support groups, known as communities. These closely knit groups — created based on region, gender, and shared interests — …
How Gojek keeps its gig riders close — and away from unions Read More
Ford had a rough quarter. A half-a-billion-dollar loss and big questions about whether it made a bad bet about the transition to electric vehicles. The company is looking to save some money, and what’s …
Ford’s CEO says the UAW strike made him consider offshoring truck jobs Read More
The first sectors to feel the pinch of worker shortages were nursing and elderly care. The problem soon spread to construction and delivery businesses, followed by taxi firms, forestry companies …
Japan bets on tech, immigration as labor crisis worsens Read More
Romanian farmers and truckers resumed protests Monday after negotiations with the government failed Sunday, mirroring similar demonstrations in Germany. The protests, which began on January 10, have disrupted traffic in several cities, …
Romanian farmers, truckers resume protests after government talks fail Read More
Deepak had been working at Amazon India for six years when he was offered an opportunity for an internal transfer to the company’s headquarters in Seattle. In June 2022, he …
U.S. tech layoffs sent Indian workers home to an even worse job market Read More
Having free time need not require great wealth – Guy Standing’s The Politics of Time explains why work is overvalued. Review by Alex Kozul-Wright. The Politics of Time is not …
Time of your life Read More
Digitization has significantly reshaped our relationship with money. The convergence of technology and finance has led to a transformative shift in how we perceive, access, and interact with money in …
How the Digitization of Money Is Changing Us Read More