t be obliged to join a union if they are not interested. These supporters believe that states with a right-to-work law attract more businesses than states without it. This is because companies would rather function in an environment where workplace disputes or threats of labor strikes would ...
Federal Labor Law Preemption and Strikes: What Can State and Local Governments Doto a low point of 40 in bargaining units of over 1000 members, and involved a total of only 118,000workers, the lowest figures since the federal government began to Act consistent with Mackay);State Strike...
But what are they, and how do they work? Sept. 20, 2023 Hollywood Inc. All the major movies and TV shows delayed by the strikes Here’s how the Hollywood strikes have affected some of the most highly anticipated films and TV series. This comprehensive list will be continuo...
UAW President Shawn Fain “didn’t do things the same way that had been done in the past,” Creighton added, noting the tactic of hitting General Motors, Ford and Stellantis at once through a build-up of targeted strikes, which were communicated to members on platforms like F...
Systematic risk is a non-diversifiable risk or a measure of overall market risk. These factors are beyond the control of the business or investor, such as economic, political, or social factors. Meanwhile, events that affect a specific company are unsystematic risks, such as a labor strike or...
As strikes are likely to occur again on a global scale, shippers must prepare to address how labor strikes affect the supply chain. Today, trains move two-fifths of American freight and one-third of exports. If tens of thousands of rail workers had gone on strike this month, the shipping...
There have been some 185 strikes at 255 locations this year, with at least 40 occurring in October, according to the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations' tracker. The researchers behind the tracker define a strike as a "temporary stoppage of work by a group of workers...
In a series of 45 strikes, the Luftwaffe "softens" the defenses of Moscow prior to a ground attack. The United States loses its first ship in combat when the destroyer Reuben James sinks off the Icelandic coast, claiming the lives of 115 sailors. November: Over the next month, some 11,...
Other types of events, such as the unexpected death or departure of key personnel, supply chain disruptions due to war or labor strikes, and consumer boycotts, are equally difficult to plan for. Successful companies therefore develop business continuity plans to provide a template for how managers...
Her success was aided by ongoing labor strikes known as the Winter of Discontent. Once in power, Thatcher reduced social programs and enacted sweeping privatization of public housing and mining industries. In this photo by Aubrey Hart, the prime minister appears with husband Denis and son Mark. ...