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U.S. President Joe Biden told a group of Republican senators on Monday he hoped his proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package could pass with bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress, but he "will not settle for a package that fails to meet the moment," the White House...

Alphabet Inc's Google will spend $3.8 million, including $2.6 million in back pay, to settle allegations that it underpaid women and unfairly passed over women and Asians for job openings, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Monday.

Ten moderate Republican U.S. senators urged President Joe Biden on Sunday to significantly downsize his sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package to win bipartisan support as Democrats in Congress prepared to push ahead with his plan this week.

Cash-strapped Air Namibia survived liquidation attempts by defunct Belgian flyer ChallengeAir SA on Friday when the two firms reached a 10 million euros ($12 million) settlement minutes before liquidation proceedings were due to kick off.

2 Min Read SANTIAGO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Argentina’s grain inspectors’ union, Urgara, said on Thursday that its members will continue to strike over the weekend after failing to strike a wage deal despite two meetings with the Chamber of Private and Commercial Ports (CPPC). The strike comes after Argentina’s soy crushing companies signed a contract with oilseed workers’ unions on Tuesday night, ending a stoppage that delayed the loading of ships and stalled soy crushing since workers wal...

By Reuters Staff (Updates with start of strike) MEXICO CITY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Unionized employees at Mexican airline Interjet went on strike on Friday, a union spokesman said, after weeks of flight cancellations as the company struggles to maintain operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Videos shared on social media showed groups of striking workers at Interjet counters in Mexico City’s Benito Juarez International Airport and outside Toluca International Airport, about 41 miles (66 km) awa...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read WINDHOEK (Reuters) - The Namibian government said on Wednesday it supports calls to boycott Shoprite Holdings in an effort to force Africa’s largest grocery chain to amicably resolve a four-week strike over pay. Shoppers are seen outside the Shoprite store at the Garden City mall along Thika Road in Nairobi, Kenya November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya The Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFU) has been pleading with consumers not to buy from Shoprite and ...

Britain's unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly five years in the three months to November, when coronavirus cases began to rise for a second time and most of the country returned to a partial lockdown.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday that Democrats may try to pass much of President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief bill using a process that would bypass a Republican filibuster and could pass with a majority vote.

Google employees from across the globe are forming a union alliance, weeks after workers at the search engine giant and other units of parent company Alphabet Inc formed a labor union for U.S. and Canadian offices.