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...Chiefs of companies on the US S&P 500 index were paid three times more in 2022, earning on average $16.7mn (£13.6mn at the time), according to labour union federation AFL-CIO....
...I sat down with four of America’s top union leaders — Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO (the federation of US trade unions); Claude Cummings, president of the Communications Workers of America; Randi...
...Germany and France called for an international investigation into the deaths of dozens of Gazans seeking humanitarian aid after Israeli troops opened fire close to an aid convoy....
...Same-store sales in North America grew 5 per cent in the first quarter of 2024, missing the 5.5 per cent growth consensus forecast....
...Miranda GreenYeah, but winning a local elections and then running local councils is actually about administering billions of pounds worth of important services....
...“Those at the top of the supply chain have incredible power and resources,” argues worker rights advocate Cathy Feingold, director of the international department at AFL-CIO, the US’s largest trade union...
...a one-day strike, while National Education Union (NEU) members at schools in the north of England (followed by the rest of the nation and Wales in the following two days) and teachers in Scotland strike...
...I’ll never forget an interview I did years ago with the late Richard Trumka, the then-president of the AFL-CIO, America’s largest labour union....
...It follows a warning by Dr Rahul Gupta, the White House drugs tsar, that the fentanyl epidemic in North America would inevitably spread to Europe, Asia and elsewhere without better international collaboration...
...Local schools now teach the International Baccalaureate; Pride flags flutter over suburban picket fences; the farmers’ market sells CBD products (“for humans and dogs”); and three local restaurants have...
...federation AFL-CIO and a former labour department official in the Obama administration....
...Germany, G20 president Indonesia, African Union chair Senegal and the chair of the Caricom Caribbean grouping Belize US hosts a summit for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Washington Friday...
...What sticks out is how outside of the US, equity markets have enjoyed a strong run: the story of the past month has been one of European and UK shares outpacing the S&P 500 in both local and US dollar terms...
...“Joe Biden understands we need to go big, and this announcement brings us one step closer to delivering the aggressive changes we need to rebuild our country,” tweeted the AFL-CIO, the largest US trade union...
...The pick was welcomed by trade groups and the AFL-CIO, the biggest union umbrella organisation....
...It is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America union, and now has more than 800 members....
...The Writers Guild of America, East, which has 7,000 members, this week called on the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest union federation, to sever ties with the International Union of Police Associations, which...
...Our person in the news is Richard Trumka, who heads up the AFL-CIO union....
...Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO union, said Ms Tanden understood how to “connect policies and programmes” to the issues working families cared about....
...I mean come on — this man has a bust of César Chávez in his office and is close friends with AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka....
...It accounts for 97,000 local jobs, according to the Broadway League — from costume markers to union hands who load equipment, as well as the surrounding restaurants and hotels....
...Tim Burga, head of the Ohio branch of the AFL-CIO, the biggest US union organisation, said the state had been losing jobs for years, opening the door to Mr Trump in 2016....
...Ms Pelosi was able to extract enough concessions from Mr Trump for the deal to be endorsed by the AFL-CIO, the largest trade union federation....
...The north-east states of New Jersey and Connecticut have also reported a rise in infections after quelling earlier outbreaks....
...The labour provisions were crucial to securing the support of labour unions like the AFL-CIO, which have traditionally opposed US trade agreements....
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