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Amazon.com exercised “overwhelming control” over subcontracted drivers it claimed weren’t its employees, U.S. labor board attorneys told a judge Sept. 22.

The company’s top labor official, Daniela Cavallo, on Sept. 2 urged Blume to step aside as head of Porsche AG, where he has remained CEO even after taking the helm at Volkswagen in 2022.

Workers at Tyson’s beef plant in Amarillo, Texas, have agreed to a strike as they fight for higher wages and accuse the company of unfair labor practices.

Initial applications for U.S. unemployment capped 2024 at an eight-month low, reflecting the muted levels of job cuts in a labor market that has remained surprisingly resilient.

The world’s No. 2 container carrier urged customers to remove cargo from East and Gulf Coast ports in the U.S. to avoid the possible strike.

Facing a mid-January deadline to reach a deal, the planned talks are a welcome sign for shippers bracing for a labor disruption that would shut every major port on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts.

If insufficient progress is made on a deal by early Dec. 18, the board of union IG Metall is prepared to hold a vote at the end of the week to pave the way for 24-hour walkouts.

Imports at the Port of Los Angeles last month totaled 462,740 20-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs. The port also handled 122,716 export containers and 319,570 empty containers in October.

OMAHA, Neb. — The flurry of contract agreements announced this fall offers evidence that railroads and their unions are working to avoid the standoffs that led them to a brink of a strike in 2022.

The U.S. dockworkers union that halted cargo at every major port on the country’s eastern and southern coasts last month has called off talks with their employers over automation.