Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Train drivers very close to going on strike, union warns

Train

Train drivers at eight UK train companies have voted in favour of strike action. Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan warns there may be a walkout in the coming weeks. worries are that the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will be disrupted. According to their union, train drivers are “quite close” to going on strike and may … Read more

Awoniyi joins Forest in club record move from Union Berlin

Awoniyi

Nottingham Forest have marked Nigeria forward Taiwo Awoniyi from Bundesliga side Union Berlin on a five-year contract. The recently advanced Premier League club said on Saturday. Awoniyi was a Liverpool player from 2015-2021 however didn’t make a solitary first group appearance for the club. English media detailed that Forest had paid Union a club-record charge … Read more

Biden expresses his admiration for Apple employees to form a union

Apple

More than 100 workers in Towson near Baltimore “overwhelmingly voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers”. Unionization efforts are gaining momentum at some large U.S. corporations, including Amazon (AMZN) and Starbucks (SBUX). U.S. President Joe Biden said he was “glad” of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) laborers in Maryland who decided on Saturday … Read more

The union alleges Starbucks is closing its cafes illegally in retaliation

Starbucks

The union claims Starbucks is violating federal labor law by closing an Ithaca, New York, store. Workers at the location voted to unionize in April. Starbucks says that it opens and closes stores “as a regular part” of its operations. It’s the latest escalation in a growing national labor movement. The laborers association at Starbucks … Read more

UK says Twitter ‘must be responsible’ under Musk

UK

Britain on Tuesday said Twitter “has to be responsible” following its purchase by Elon Musk, amid issues it may overly loosen up content material moderation policies beneath the controversial billionaire entrepreneur. Musk, the world’s richest man, struck a deal Monday to shop for Twitter for £35 billion ($44 billion, 41 billion euros), and has vowed … Read more

EU moves forward to capital markets union

EU

RIYADH: The EU is moving forward with plans to build a cross-continental financial system with four new legislative proposals, Bloomberg reported. This comes six years after it was first announced and a year after the latest re-launch. The EU’s executive arm hopes a “capital markets union” will break down barriers between 27 national financial markets and rulebooks … Read more

Unisame condoles with families of Korangi fire victims

SME

KARACHI: Unisame (Union of Small and Medium Enterprises) has expressed heartfelt sympathies with the families of the victims of the Mehran Town fire in Korangi and urged all the SMEs to take preventive measures and avoid such dangerous and injurious situations, causing damage to life and property, a statement said on Sunday. Unisame president Zulfikar … Read more