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Thermal, California – Climate Injustice in a Nutshell
27/08/2021 Comments Off on Thermal, California – Climate Injustice in a Nutshell
By Elizabeth Weil — The first time ProPublica traveled to Thermal, California, in June 2020, the temperature happened to be 114 degrees, and we felt stupefied, literally unable to think. Everyplace, here in the eastern Coachella Valley, looked gorgeous … for 20 minutes at dusk. Nothing was beautiful at midday. The difference between the watered […]
Continue reading …Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts Didn’t Force People Back To Work
26/08/2021 Comments Off on Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts Didn’t Force People Back To Work
Unemployment insurance benefits cuts did not force people back to work, research by the Economic Policy Institute found. The July state employment and unemployment data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that the strong job growth reported earlier this month in the national jobs data was widespread throughout the country. And, notably, the states that chose not to cut pandemic […]
Continue reading …Delta Variant Dangers Focus Government And Employer Action, New Surge Threatens
25/08/2021 Comments Off on Delta Variant Dangers Focus Government And Employer Action, New Surge Threatens
As new information about the Delta variant emerges, authorities announce initiatives, incentives and mandates. This analysis by Dr. Jeff Levin-Scherz, Population Health Leader, Health and Benefits, North America, for Willis Towers Watson’s clinical response to COVID-19, provides a thorough outline to this emerging pandemic threat. Scherz is a practicing physician and is an Assistant Professor […]
Continue reading …European Commission Proposes New Rules And Actions For Artificial Intelligence
24/08/2021 Comments Off on European Commission Proposes New Rules And Actions For Artificial Intelligence
The European Commission proposes new rules and actions aiming to turn Europe into the global hub for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI). The combination of the first-ever legal framework on AI and a new Coordinated Plan with Member States will guarantee the safety and fundamental rights of people and businesses, while strengthening AI uptake, investment and […]
Continue reading …AI Policy Proposal In EU Could Change Hiring Landscape
24/08/2021 Comments Off on AI Policy Proposal In EU Could Change Hiring Landscape
AI policy proposals – ideas for laws and regulations covering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) – for the workplace and for hiring are incubating throughout the world as the technology rapidly evolves. AI not only promises to take jobs from humans, AI will also play a role in how humans who are still in […]
Continue reading …New Careers And New Lives Begin With Job Corps
22/08/2021 Comments Off on New Careers And New Lives Begin With Job Corps
New Careers And New Lives Begin With Job Corps Meet Alexis Hawkins. Thirteen years after being expelled from high school, she graduated from Howard Law School and today has two college degrees, a career she’s passionate about and a vision for her future. Currently studying to take the bar exam, Alexis aspires to “become a public […]
Continue reading …Job Corps Celebrates 57 Years Of Job Training For Young Adults
22/08/2021 Comments Off on Job Corps Celebrates 57 Years Of Job Training For Young Adults
By Rachel Torres • August 20, 2021 — This August, we’re celebrating the anniversary of Job Corps, the nation’s largest free residential job training program for young adults ages 16 through 24. Meeting the demand for skilled workers during the pandemic and beyond For 57 years, this Department of Labor program has been helping students […]
Continue reading …The Right To Strike In The United States
22/08/2021 Comments Off on The Right To Strike In The United States
Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act states in part, “Employees shall have the right. . . to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.” Strikes are included among the concerted activities protected for employees by this section. Section 13 also concerns the right […]
Continue reading …CARES Act Cliff: 7.5 Million Workers Lose Unemployment Benefits On Labor Day
18/08/2021 Comments Off on CARES Act Cliff: 7.5 Million Workers Lose Unemployment Benefits On Labor DayWith the CARES Act the U.S. government took bold policy actions so that workers impacted by this epochal pandemic would not suffer long-term economic damage. By Andrew Stettner, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation — The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed an unprecedented wave of unemployment impacting a wide variety of Americans, from those who lost jobs when […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill