Unions

NTUC to help members in enforcing judgments and orders with expanded legal panel

It is widening its Legal Assistance Panel to also support members in filing a magistrate’s complaint, among others

The increase in base pay is crucial to Japan’s stated goal of achieving sustainable wage growth exceeding the pace of inflation.

Japan manufacturers' union to target US$77 monthly base pay hike next year

Japan’s largest labour union group, Rengo, is seeking an overall increase in wages of at least 5% in 2026,

Starbucks Workers United has filed more than 100 charges against the company since December for alleged unfair labour practices, such as retaliation against unionising baristas.

US lawmakers urge Starbucks CEO to restart union talks

Republicans are not included in both letters penned to the company

Twelve Cupcakes' 80 staff lost their jobs overnight when the bakery chain closed suddenly.
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F&B closures: retrenched, unpaid staff may be ahead of most creditors – but will they ever see their salaries?

If there is enough to go round, the next question is when they will be paid

SNEF has been a steady hand for employers for 45 years, balancing business needs with workers’ well-being and national interest, says Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong.

How employers develop their workforce will determine how well they adapt to uncertainty: DPM Gan

To support employers, SNEF is setting up a one-stop centre integrating its advisory, consultancy and transformation services

Although the union group (above) secured the largest nominal pay increases in more than three decades in its latest negotiations, the nation’s real wages haven’t been keeping up.

Japan’s unions seek minimum 5% wage hike in upcoming pay talks

Sustained wage growth remains a key focus for the Bank of Japan, seen as essential for justifying its continued policy tightening

Workers protest during a walkout by members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) over contract negotiations, outside Boeing company's facility, Berkeley, Missouri, Aug 4, 2025.

Boeing Defence, union reach tentative deal to end strike

BOEING Defence and the machinists union have reached a tentative deal to end a five-week-long strike in the St. Louis area, union officials announced on Wednesday.

About 3,200 employees based in the midwestern states of Missouri and Illinois walked off the job on Aug 4 after voting down a contract.

Boeing says will hire replacements for striking US defence workers

BOEING is launching a recruitment drive to find “permanent” manufacturing workers to replace US union employees who went on strike last month, the company said Thursday.

The talks come as union members approach a key juncture, the loss of their company-paid health care benefits at the end of August.

Boeing, striking defence workers union to start talks on Aug 25

The company has held informal discussions with labour leaders since the strike began