Workforce & Careers
Workforce and careers news covering layoffs, leadership changes, labor disputes, workplace safety and automation's impact on employees and organizations.
NatWest to Require 30,000 UK Staff in Office Twice Weekly
Civil servant on trial over five concurrent government jobs
Prosecutors allege Chowdhury held up to five full-time civil service jobs at once, with total earnings of £349,378 across eight employers. The overlaps, they say, were found by reconstructing employment dates rather than any shared payroll check. He denies the charges.
VA Ends AFGE Contract Covering 320,000 After Court Stay
465 Orange County Crews Strike Over Stalled Contract
More than 465 Teamsters Local 952 workers struck Orange County on Oct. 13, 2026, halting road and flood channel maintenance, landfill operations and vehicle repairs after contract talks failed. No wage gap figure or county counteroffer has been made public.
IMSS protests spread as pay vote and supply shortages collide
IMSS workers blocked hospitals and highways across at least a dozen states, protesting a union leadership conflict and rejected salary offer. Supply-shortage accounts come from workers and union materials, not an independent audit.
FCT Strike: Two Teachers' Unions, Opposite Orders
The Nigeria Labour Congress FCT Council declared an indefinite strike on Oct. 7, 2026. ASUSS has told secondary teachers to stay in classrooms, while the NUT FCT wing says to refuse attendance registers; Wike's no-work-no-pay directive applies.