Striking Autoworkers Just Won A Huge Concession From General Motors

Striking Autoworkers Just Won A Huge Concession From General Motors

The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement on a new contract for 48,000 General Motors workers on Monday, bringing a potential end to the union’s roughly six-week strike against the “Big Three” automakers. The union said it had achieved a core demand in talks with GM: putting battery plant employees under the UAW…

Elliott: New NHLPA executive director understands challenges posed by Gary Bettman and owners

Elliott: New NHLPA executive director understands challenges posed by Gary Bettman and owners

Marty Walsh learned how to build scaffolding and walls while working rugged construction jobs along Boston’s waterfront. Later, as the leader of laborers’ union local 223 and president of the building trades council, he learned how to build consensus between workers and management. Walsh, the son of Irish immigrants, put his negotiating skills to good…

How Innovation Refunds cashed in on the Employee Retention Credit

How Innovation Refunds cashed in on the Employee Retention Credit

The Employee Retention Credit was intended to be a financial lifeline to small businesses struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic. The government program, seemingly flush with cash, led to the emergence of an industry of its own, which focused on helping businesses claim the credits. Suddenly, a parade of ads encouraging businesses to…

Column: A big victory for an Orange County entrepreneur in his legal fight against Apple

Column: A big victory for an Orange County entrepreneur in his legal fight against Apple

Orange County entrepreneur Joe Kiani has just notched a startling victory in his years-long court battle against one of the most powerful companies in the world. And as a result, one of Apple’s key products may be banned from import into the United States. I recently detailed Kiani’s David-vs.-Goliath legal fight against Apple, which Kiani…

The last resort of bankruptcy is rising among Main Street businesses across America

The last resort of bankruptcy is rising among Main Street businesses across America

Liquidation Sale signs in business storefront, Queens, New York. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Small business bankruptcies are on the rise. Subchapter V filings — which most small businesses these days are using to reorganize a floundering business — have outpaced filings from…

How the fog of war spun rumors of terrorism out of a deadly Long Beach crash

How the fog of war spun rumors of terrorism out of a deadly Long Beach crash

After a car barreled through a red light in Long Beach this month and plowed into several pedestrians in a crosswalk, killing one, it did not take long for rumors of a terrorist attack to spread in some corners of the internet. Against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, the Oct. 14 crash, which led…

Column: Holocaust survivors’ son, a pro hockey agent, tries to keep their memory alive

Column: Holocaust survivors’ son, a pro hockey agent, tries to keep their memory alive

Ron Salcer knew that his brilliant father had secured patents on 16 inventions that ranged from plastic table cloths to unbreakable roller hockey pucks, and he sensed that William Salcer’s physical and mental strength had allowed him to survive the Holocaust and make a new life. Ron knew his mother, Katarina, also from a small…

Twins separated by surgeons meet up at hospital party

Twins separated by surgeons meet up at hospital party

Six sets of twins who were born conjoined have gathered at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London, where they were treated. The families got together to share stories about their experiences and stories about how they went on to lead healthy lives. The first successful operation separating conjoined twins at GOSH took place in…

Top cycling teams explore creating new league  | Reuters News Agency

Top cycling teams explore creating new league  | Reuters News Agency

Sports 26 October 2023, 6:15 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported on Wednesday evening that major European cycling teams have been exploring plans to create a new competitive league in a move that could reshape the sport’s landscape and allocate more funding for participants. Reuters was first to reveal the possible shake up to the…