Investment in green technology in the EU is being held back by a lack of skilled workers, a European Investment Bank poll of more than 12,500 businesses and around 680 authorities has found. The warning comes as the EU prepares to increase support for clean technology amid mounting… Read Full Article Here FT
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By Jon Swartz ‘This has happened before’: As in the aftermath of the dotcom bust, nontech companies are rushing in to snap up the experienced tech workers Silicon Valley is cutting loose. Could the next big migration of tech workers be to other industries? Workers who jumped from one high-paying job to another as Big […]
Tesla has denied that it terminated employees at its Buffalo, New York Autopilot facility in response to a new union campaign. Days after workers at the facility sent a letter to company chief Elon Musk stating their intention to unionize, the campaign’s organizers accused the automaker of illegally terminating employees in retaliation. In a blog […]
Tesla vehicles at charging stations at a dealership in Rocklin, California, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dozens of employees at a Tesla factory in upstate New York have been fired just days after launching a union campaign, organizers alleged Thursday. In a complaint with the National […]
A group of Tesla workers say the electric-car maker fired employees a day after the start of a union organising drive and asked a US regulator to intervene. Workers United on Wednesday announced an effort to form Tesla’s first labour union at the company’s Gigafactory 2 plant in Buffalo, New York. On Thursday, the union […]
Earlier this week, it was reported that Tesla workers in the company’s Buffalo, New York Autopilot facility had sent a letter to CEO Elon Musk stating their attention to unionize. Now, organizers at the same location are accusing the company of illegally terminating employees “in retaliation for union activity and to discourage union activity,” Bloomberg […]
STREWTH! Australian government officials want to lure more than 30,000 key British workers Down Under with an offer of better pay and a “surf and sunshine” lifestyle. They are sending a delegation over to persuade doctors, nurses, teachers, police, builders, plumbers and other professionals and tradespeople that the future is brighter in Oz. Anyone tempted […]
Tyson said beef sales fell 6% from a year ago, and average prices dropped 8.5%, because of a decline in US demand © Frederic J Brown/AFP via Getty Images The largest meat producer in the US warned of a tough few months ahead as issues such as softer demand for beef and higher costs, which […]
More than six out of 10 (61 percent) say unions representing staff in the ambulance, rail and fire sectors should be forced to guarantee basic services. The polling by Redfield & Wilton Strategies comes as health secretary Steve Barclay issued a new plea for this week’s planned strikes to be scrapped. Thousands of nurses and […]
Around seven million children will reportedly miss lessons on Wednesday as 500,000 workers stage the biggest strike in over a decade, a news report has claimed. An estimated 85 percent of English and Welsh state schools – up to 23,000 in all – are expected to close their doors to some or all of their […]