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A five-day strike by Starbucks baristas has closed almost 60 stores across the United States as of Monday according to the union organising the protest. ADVERTISEMENT The five-day strike from the Starbucks workers’ union which began in Los Angeles, Chicago and the coffee shop’s hometown of Seattle is threatening to quickly spread nationwide over continued contract disputes. The strikes have …

Senator Bernie Sanders has publicly criticized Jeff Bezos for dining with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago while Amazon workers went on strike across multiple U.S. locations Thursday, December 19.   In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sanders condemned Bezos and his partner, Lauren Sanchez, for their Wednesday night double date with Trump and Melania, accusing the Amazon founder of illegal …

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said workers at seven Amazon facilities will begin a strike on Thursday morning, an effort by the union to pressure the e-commerce company for a labour agreement during a key shopping period. ADVERTISEMENT The Teamsters say the workers, who authorised strikes in the past few days, are joining the picket line after Amazon ignored a …

Amazon workers in the US could go on strike ahead of Christmas, after members of the Teamsters union voted to support industrial action. The workers say online retail giant has refused to recognise their union and ignored a 15 December deadline to hold talks over their contract. Amazon’s facilities in Southern California, New York and Illinois could be affected, according …

Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, has filed a preliminary objection asking the Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court to strike out the defamation suit filed against him by legal expert, Afe Babalola.   This comes ahead of tomorrow’s hearing of the case.   The preliminary objection dated December 9, 2024, was filed through his lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, leading …

Thousands of employees downed tools for four hours in nine German plants as the car maker and its unions opened a new round of negotiations aimed at finding a resolution to the standoff. ADVERTISEMENT Further industrial action has been taking place at Volkswagen in Germany as bosses and unions began a new round of negotiations over pay cuts and plant …

Volkswagen workers are set to strike in Germany in early December and union IG Metall said in a circulated pamphlet that it is “necessary”. ADVERTISEMENT The employee strikes across German production plants come after negotiations with management over proposed drastic cost-cutting measures collapsed. “Accordingly, strikes are possible and also necessary from the beginning of December,” the union said. “Volkswagen will …

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, Comrade Abubakar J. Abdullah, said the union will shut down all polytechnics nationwide by December 2 due to the Federal Government’s failure to meet its demands.    He explained that the union leadership issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government on October 6, 2024, outlining pressing …

An Air Peace flight from Abuja to Lagos was abruptly aborted at the point of takeoff this morning, November 14, following a bird strike on the aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.     Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who was one the passengers aboard the aircraft,  took to his Facebook page to disclose the incident. …