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Negotiations between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance began breaking down in June 2024. [6] One major sticking point was wages. The ILA wanted members to receive a $5/hour raise each year of the next six-year contract, whereas the Maritime Alliance proposed a $2.50/hour raise each year.
In addition, state and local governments consist of another 19,134,000 bringing the total government sector employees to about 15% of the total labor force. [24] This sector of the population is entitled to paid time off designated as federal holidays by Congress in Title V of the United States Code (5 U.S.C. § 6103). Both federal and state ...
From actors to autoworkers, more than 450,000 workers have participated in 312 strikes in the United States this year, according to Cornell University’s Labor Action Tracker.
Earlier this year, Amazon announced a $2.1 billion investment to raise pay for fulfillment and transportation employees in the United States, increasing base wages for employees by at least $1.50 ...
The impact on employers and workers within the restaurant industry is a major focus of the Fight for $15 movement. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, restaurants and other food services employ about sixty percent of all workers paid at or below the minimum wage, as of 2018. [59]
The company says it also invested $2.2 billion in 2024 to increase wages and benefits, equivalent to a $3,000 average annual increase for full-time employees. In a statement to multiple news ...
The United States federal government requires a wage of at least $2.13 per hour be paid to employees who receive at least $30 per month in tips. [4] If wages and tips do not equal the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour during any week, the employer is required to increase cash wages to compensate.
Buy-now-pay-later payment provider Klarna boasted in February that it was able to have AI do the work of 700 employees—roughly the size of a layoff the company undertook almost two years before ...