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CUPE tells members they have averted strike with tentative deal
29 Jan 2025 05:16 GMT
… provincial government, averting a strike that could have paralyzed … of government employees, including security officers, bridge workers, forestry workers, carpenters, painters … days, labour leaders were complaining about government negotiators.
“Wages were …
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Greece’s food industry workers strike on January 30th for Collective Labor Agreement
28 Jan 2025 17:20 GMT
On January 30th, fruit and vegetable packing plants, warehouses, greenhouses, and other productive facilities all over Greece are expected to come to a halt, as a nationwide 24-hour strike in the food industry will take place on that date. The strike has …
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AGRIWEEK – January 31, 2025
31 Jan 2025 18:43 GMT
January 31, 2025
U.S. health agencies cancelled external meetings, travel after Trump administration directives
U.S. health agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cancelled meetings with external groups, paused some public health …
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Agriculture nominee defends Trump's deportation plans, says she'll help farmers worried about labor
23 Jan 2025 18:54 GMT
… will lead to a crippling labor shortage.
Ms. Rollins … Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee at a confirmation … employers bring foreign workers to the U.S. to fill temporary agricultural jobs … in the president to strike balanced trade deals in …
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The Sydney rail dispute and Labor’s war on workers’ democratic rights
17 Jan 2025 04:09 GMT
… workers all face the same real-wage cutting offers from the Labor … original offer.
Throughout the strike, despite its vast resources, … of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) under … hundreds of thousands of jobs. This was followed in …
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Business plan called important step for farms
31 Jan 2025 01:02 GMT
A business plan is like a road map for a farm.
Producers can plan their route, set a destination and track progress, but without a map or a plan, how do they know what success looks like, or even what they’re capable of achieving? Most importantly, how do …
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Keizer firefighters on the job helping check massive LA wildfires
16 Jan 2025 18:23 GMT
… deployed as part of another strike team.
From left: CJ Thorne … built to do a single job and that’s put out … dispatched 370 firefighters on 21 strike teams with 75 engines and … a Polk County strike team.
The Oregon Department of Forestry separately has …
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Central Region Strike Team assigned to Palisades Fire in Southern California
16 Jan 2025 00:34 GMT
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The Central Region Strike Team deployed from Washington … to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL … sent an additional two strike teams, including the Central … for Washington residents, public employees and state retirees to help …
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SA fruit exporters dodge disaster as US averts port strike
14 Jan 2025 07:14 GMT
South Africa’s fruit exporters are relieved after the US East Coast ports narrowly avoided a strike that could have caused major disruptions and delays to their seasonal exports.
Dockworkers, represented by the International Longshoremen Association (ILA), …
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Chilean grape exporters breathe sigh of relief over port strike being averted
10 Jan 2025 16:08 GMT
After news that the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) employer group have reached a tentative deal and thus avoiding a potential U.S. port strike, shippers of Chilean grapes–and many other …