Report: Rising wages reshape hotel operations

CPOR rose 12.8 percent year over year to $48.32

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Daycare workers call for N.S. government to release $3.5M in backpay
A union that represents some daycare workers in Nova Scotia says the province is withholding an estimated $3.5 million in wages dating back as far as two years.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/daycare-workers-3-5-million-backpay-owed-9.7126218?cmp=rss
Nissan fully accepted the labor union's pay increase demand during this year's spring wage negotiations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/11/nissan-wage-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #nissan #wages #shunto #carmakers
Nissan accepts union's wage hike demand in full

The struggling Japanese automaker agreed to raise monthly salaries by ¥10,000, including pay scale increases, and to provide bonuses equivalent to five months' salary this year.

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Japanese workers’ wages adjusted for inflation have risen for the first time in 13 months, a development that may bolster consumer sentiment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/09/economy/japan-real-wages-advance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #wages #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #boj
Japan’s real wages advance for first time in 13 months

Real wages increased 1.4% from a year earlier in January, exceeding economists’ median forecast of a 0.9% gain, the labor ministry reported Monday.

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Trump wages Iran war from his own Situation Room at Mar-a-Lago

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Last weekend, President Donald Trump greeted guests at a children’s charity gala inside his private Mar-a-Lago club. “Have a good time, everybody,” Trump told the crowd, clad in gowns and tuxedos. “We gotta go work.”Then,...

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Trump wages Iran war from his own Situation Room at Mar-a-Lago

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Last weekend, President Donald Trump greeted guests at a children’s charity gala inside his private Mar-a-Lago club. “Have a good

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Unions seeking wage increases this year of almost 6%

The spring offensive results are likely to be in line with last year’s.

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B.C. teachers ratify new 4-year agreement with 3% annual wage boost
The B.C. Teachers' Federation, which represents 52,000 educators in the province, said the contract follows a year of negotiations where it raised priorities such as improved classroom conditions, stronger mental health supports for kids and plans to recruit and retain teachers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-teachers-ratify-new-deal-wage-boost-9.7116834?cmp=rss
UA Zensen, one of Japan’s largest labor union groups, will ask employers for wage increases that exceed what it requested a year ago in a signal of sustained confidence during the annual salary negotiations season. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/05/economy/japan-union-ambitious-pay-hike-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #unions #wages #japaneseeconomy #boj #inflation
Japanese labor union group sets more ambitious pay goal as BOJ watches

The push by UA Zensen, which represents unions across the retail, restaurants, materials and service sectors, follows other labor groups’ ambitious targets.

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Nike Is Moving Jobs to Low-Wage Regions of Indonesia
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Over the last decade, Nike has sharply expanded production in regions of Indonesia where workers don’t earn a living wage while cutting its workforce in places where they do.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-jobs-indonesia-living-wages?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Nike Wants Factory Workers to Earn a Decent Living. In Indonesia, It’s Moved Into Areas Where Workers Don’t.

After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and into less-developed areas.

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Six months after a ruling making it illegal for workers and employers to avoid social insurance payments, many say compliance remains partial, raising questions over China's ability to pursue structural economic shifts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/02/economy/china-parliament-economic-reform-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #economy #economicindicators #wages
As parliament meets, China is yet to pass last year's economic reform test

Economists see the ruling making it illegal for workers and employers to avoid social insurance payments as a pivotal test for Beijing, but many say compliance remains partial.

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