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Dockworkers’ union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
Posted inBreaking News Business News Consumer News

Dockworkers’ union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

MIAMI (AP) — Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
Posted inBreaking News Business News Consumer News

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods…
Posted by John McCarthy October 1, 2024
Fraud concerns halt parole program for Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians and Nicaraguans
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Fraud concerns halt parole program for Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians and Nicaraguans

MIAMI — The Biden administration has temporarily halted a humanitarian parole program that has allowed nearly half-a-million nationals from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua to live and work in the…
Posted by John McCarthy August 4, 2024
‘The Virgin Islands cannot take the hit of a trash strike’
Posted inBreaking News Business News Community Affairs

‘The Virgin Islands cannot take the hit of a trash strike’

The thought of the V.I. Waste Management Authority calling for a strike is another one of those, “Are you kidding me?” moments — especially now, in the dead of summer.…
Posted by John McCarthy July 13, 2024
McDonald’s and Wendy’s investors group demands fixes to franchisee child labor issues
Posted inBreaking News Business News Health News

McDonald’s and Wendy’s investors group demands fixes to franchisee child labor issues

A group of shareholders in fast-food chains McDonald’s and Wendy’s are demanding the companies’ boards of directors do more to ensure franchisees are not exploiting child labor or labor by incarcerated people.  In…
Posted by John McCarthy May 12, 2024
VIPA looking for a few good airport rescue firefighters
Posted inBreaking News Police News St. Croix News

VIPA looking for a few good airport rescue firefighters

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — VIPA says it needs a few good men and women for its airport rescue firefighter squad. In a message posted to X today, the Virgin Islands Port…
Posted by John McCarthy February 26, 2024
New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Business News

New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour

SACRAMENTO (AP) — A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state’s Democratic leaders…
Posted by John McCarthy September 28, 2023
Federal and Independent Safety Programs Improve Workplace Health and Safety
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Business News

Federal and Independent Safety Programs Improve Workplace Health and Safety

The latest figures for fatal occupational injuries in the Virgin Islands reveal just eight casualties, but, reflecting trends seen throughout the US, they all occurred in the higher risk industrial and construction…
Posted by John McCarthy December 12, 2022
Panama Teachers End Long Strike That Set Off Wider Protests
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Business News

Panama Teachers End Long Strike That Set Off Wider Protests

PANAMA CITY — Panama’s teachers will return to the classroom today after a month-long strike supported by a number of other sectors that blocked commerce and snarled the capital with…
Posted by John McCarthy August 2, 2022
See’s Candies Must Face Worker’s COVID Lawsuit After Cali High Court Denies Appeal
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See’s Candies Must Face Worker’s COVID Lawsuit After Cali High Court Denies Appeal

SACRAMENTO — The California Supreme Court will not review a novel ruling that said a candymaker can be sued by an employee who claims she contracted COVID-19 at work and…
Posted by VI Free Press April 15, 2022

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