A Philadelphia Whole Foods Became the First to Unionize. This Labor Expert Explains What’s Next–and How Trump Could Stall Workers’ Efforts
Paul Clark, a professor of labor and employment relations at Penn State University, dissects the situation at the Amazon-owned grocery chain.
Tacoma grocery’s workers prepare for union vote after changes implemented by new owner
Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins grocery chain of California acquired Marlene’s in November in the chain’s first expansion ...
Amazon’s Whole Foods asks agency to set aside the results of a union win at Philly store
In a filing with the NLRB, the Amazon-owned retailer accuses the union of interfering with the vote. The union called the ...
Whole Foods says Trump’s actions make union win moot
Amazon’s Whole Foods says Trump’s firings that paralyzed a federal labor regulator invalidate a union vote at a Philadelphia store.
Asian Development Bank10d
Agriculture and Food Security
ADB announced plans to provide at least $14 billion over 2022-2025 in a comprehensive program of support to ease a worsening food crisis in Asia and the Pacific, and improve long-term food security by ...
The Guardian Nigeria15d
Minimum wage: Workers lament as food inflation soars
Some government workers have lamented the ineffectiveness of the new minimum wage in the face of rising food inflation in the country. The workers disclosed this in separate interviews with the ...
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Higher Organising Committee of IDEX 2017 and NAVDEX 2017 holds first meeting at ADNEC
ABU DHABI, 31st July, 2016 (WAM) -- The higher organising committee of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2017, and the Naval Defence Exhibition and Conference, NAVDEX 2017, ...
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Trump’s Immigration Threats Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry
Fear of increased ICE raids have already negatively affected the nation’s agricultural sector, causing alarm that food prices could ... off in the number of field workers showing up for work ...
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Domestic workers sell food at Lucky Plaza bus stop, 50 packets in 3 hours
Scenes of woman believed to be foreign domestic workers setting up makeshift stalls to sell homemade food at MRT exits and a bus stop near Lucky Plaza of late have sparked controversy. Nearby ...
Harvard Business Review17d
Trump’s Trade and Deportation Plans Could Be Disastrous for the U.S. Food Supply
On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, he signed a sweeping executive order on immigration, threatened to impose a broad range of tariffs, including a 25% tariff on goods imported into ...
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Executive Order: Union tells federal workers to comply with orders but file grievances
The union’s advice to remote workers is clear: follow the order but act quickly to defend your rights if it conflicts with collective bargaining agreements. This developing story has profound ...