Minister Stanislas Guerini Proposes Compulsory Annual Negotiations in Public Sector

Minister Stanislas Guerini Proposes Compulsory Annual Negotiations in Public Sector

Minister Stanislas Guerini says he is ready to establish compulsory annual negotiations in the public sector, as exists in the private sector. We must make up for lost time, insist the public service unions. The index point, which determines the salary of civil servants, had not increased for twelve years before being successively revalued in … Read more

Akwel Shows Strong Turnover Increase in First Nine Months of 2023

Akwel Shows Strong Turnover Increase in First Nine Months of 2023

Thursday November 9, 2023 NINE-MONTH TURNOVER INCREASED BY +5.8%AND +12.8% AT CONSTANT SCOPE AND EXCHANGE RATES AKWEL (FR0000053027, AKW, PEA eligible), system equipment manufacturer for the automotive and heavy goods vehicle industry, specialist in the management of fluids, mechanisms and structural parts of electric vehicles, recorded, over the first nine months of year 2023, a … Read more

Actor-Comedian Russell Brand Accused of Sexual Assault on Set of “Arthur”

Actor-Comedian Russell Brand Accused of Sexual Assault on Set of “Arthur”

British actor-comedian Russell Brand was accused in a complaint filed Friday of sexually assaulting an extra on the New York set of the romantic comedy “Arthur,” in which he plays the role of an heir to fortune alcoholic and womanizer. The complaint follows a recent wave of allegations reported in the British media against the … Read more

ISM Survey: Slowing Growth in US Service Sector Signals Acceleration of New Orders

ISM Survey: Slowing Growth in US Service Sector Signals Acceleration of New Orders

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Growth in service sector activity in the United States slowed in October for the second consecutive month, shows the monthly survey from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) published on Friday, which nevertheless signals an acceleration of new orders. The ISM services index stood at 51.8, a five-month low, after 53.6 in … Read more

U.S. Job Growth Slows in October, Manufacturing Payrolls Weighed by UAW Strikes and Wage Inflation Slows

U.S. Job Growth Slows in October, Manufacturing Payrolls Weighed by UAW Strikes and Wage Inflation Slows

U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in October, in part because strikes by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union against Detroit’s Big Three automakers weighed on manufacturing payrolls, while wage inflation has slowed, indicating easing labor market conditions. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 150,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) … Read more

Improving the U.S.-Africa AGOA Trade Program: Updates from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai

Improving the U.S.-Africa AGOA Trade Program: Updates from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration wants to work with Congress to improve the U.S.-Africa AGOA trade program, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday in a video message to a U.S.-Africa trade summit in South Africa. . U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said at the same summit that the United States believes it is … Read more

US Manufacturing Activity Contracts for Twelfth Consecutive Month in October

US Manufacturing Activity Contracts for Twelfth Consecutive Month in October

Washington (awp/afp) – Manufacturing activity in the United States continued to deteriorate in October, contracting for the twelfth month in a row, falling further compared to September, according to data published Wednesday by the professional federation ISM . The index measuring this activity fell by 2.3 percentage points compared to September, and fell to 46.7%. … Read more

September Job Openings in the US Rise: Latest JOLTS Report by Department of Labor

September Job Openings in the US Rise: Latest JOLTS Report by Department of Labor

(Reuters) – The number of job openings increased in the United States in September and the previous month’s figure was revised downward, shows the department’s latest “JOLTS” (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) report. of Labor published Wednesday. Job openings reached 9.553 million in September, according to the report, while those in August were revised … Read more

US Manufacturing Activity Contracts Again, Marking 12th Consecutive Month of Decline

US Manufacturing Activity Contracts Again, Marking 12th Consecutive Month of Decline

Manufacturing activity contracted for the 12th consecutive month in the United States in October, with a pace which even increased compared to the previous month. According to the results of the latest survey from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), the index measuring the manufacturing sector fell to 46.7 last month, a drop of 2.3 … Read more

Private Sector Jobs in the US: 113,000 New Jobs Created in October, Education and Health Surpass Leisure and Hospitality

Private Sector Jobs in the US: 113,000 New Jobs Created in October, Education and Health Surpass Leisure and Hospitality

The private sector in the United States generated 113,000 new jobs in October, according to the monthly survey published this Wednesday by ADP, a specialist in the outsourcing of human resources management. ‘Hiring in leisure and hospitality has driven the post-pandemic employment recovery, but the sector has lost its place as the leading job creator … Read more