Gig Economy & Technology
NEW YORK — NYPD Rolls Out Robotic “Digidog”
The New York Police Department (NYPD) recently announced a series of high-tech security, including a robotic “digidog” to be used in life-threatening situations.
Labor & Employment
BOSTON — REI Workers File for Union Election
REI workers in Boston have formally filed for a union election, adding to the group of retail workers who are organizing at large stores across the country. The Boston REI store is the sixth in the past year to request union recognition.
CHICAGO — Chicago State University Strike Suspended After 10 Days
Faculty and staff will return to classrooms at the Far South Side campus on April 17 after reaching a tentative deal with Chicago State University administrators.
LOS ANGELES — With L.A. Tourism Rebounding, A Push To Raise LAX, Hotel Workers’ Minimum Wage
Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price is pushing to raise the wages of thousands of city hotel and airport workers ahead of a predicted boom in local tourism, introducing a motion for a proposed ordinance that would raise the wages of tourism workers, including privately contracted workers at LAX, to $25 an hour.
LOS ANGELES — Worker Shortage Closes Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach Amid Labor Dispute
A shortage of West Coast port workers forced the busiest U.S. ocean trade gateway to largely shut on April 14, after months of strained labor negotiations between the union dock workers and their employers.
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