Labor issues

FILE - German interior Minister Nancy Faeser raises the rainbow flag for the first time at the German Interior Ministry in Berlin, Germany, on May 17, 2022. Qatar has summoned the German ambassador over remarks by Germany’s interior minister, who appeared to criticize the decision to award the World Cup to the Gulf Arab nation because of its human rights record. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Qatar summons German envoy over World Cup rights criticism

Qatar has summoned the German ambassador over remarks by Germany’s interior minister, who appeared to criticize the decision to award the World Cup to the Gulf Arab nation because of its human rights record.

FILE - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks during a presentation on the planned factory to build electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles on, Sept. 28, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. As U.S. support for labor unions climbs in polling and union shops sprout up in businesses from Starbucks storefronts to an Amazon warehouse, Republican-led Tennessee will officially take its voters' temperature on an organized labor issue in November. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

GOP-led Tennessee ballot proposal to test labor interest

Canadian labor issue brings long delays at border crossings

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Commercial truck drivers trying to cross the border into Canada from New York and elsewhere in the United States endured massive delays on Friday, after a labor dispute between customs workers and the Canadian government escalated.

Fewer Living-Wage Jobs in U.S. Economy for November, Ludwig Institute Analysis Finds

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- More than a quarter of Americans desiring full-time work found themselves without a living-wage job in November, with women losing substantial ground in the workforce, according to a report released by the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LIS

Qatar World Cup stadium workers struggle to secure salaries

LONDON (AP) — Migrant workers building a World Cup stadium in Qatar have been struggling to secure pay they are owed, a human rights group and the Qatari government said Wednesday, highlighting ongoing labor issues in the country.

With anti-Semitism on the rise again, there are steps everyone can take to counter it

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Workers, activists mark May Day with defiant rallies

MOSCOW (AP) — Workers and activists around the world marked May Day on Tuesday with rallies and other events to press their governments to address labor issues.