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Biden Presses Democrats to Embrace His Economic Agenda
05/10/2021 Comments Off on Biden Presses Democrats to Embrace His Economic Agenda
The president canceled a trip to Chicago in an attempt to salvage a pair of bills containing trillions of dollars in spending on infrastructure, education, climate change and more. WASHINGTON — President Biden and his aides mounted an all-out effort on Wednesday to salvage Mr. Biden’s economic agenda in Congress, attempting to forge even the […]
Continue reading …Teachers across the US are leaving their jobs in record numbers
04/10/2021 Comments Off on Teachers across the US are leaving their jobs in record numbers
By Michael Sainato, Mon 4 Oct 2021 05.00 EDT — Teachers around the United States are quitting or retiring early as schools have reopened for the new academic year and Covid-19 cases among children have surged in recent weeks in the face of some states banning mask mandates. There have been more than 200,000 reported […]
Continue reading …Bringing a centuries-old craft back to life in County Tyrone
02/10/2021 Comments Off on Bringing a centuries-old craft back to life in County Tyrone
A centuries-old skill is being revived in Northern Ireland.Glass and crystal-cutting in County Tyrone was once world-renowned and the craft in the area dates back to 1771.However, it wasn’t until the company Tyrone Crystal was founded in 1971 that its glass and crystal products were shipped across the world.The company was founded by Catholic priest Fr Austin Eustace, who was a nuclear physicist as well as an expert on glass production.He started the business as a solution to rising unemployment in the area at the time.The Dungannon-based business was a success as crystal became popular for wedding and retirement gifts in the 1970s and 1980s.However, the company experienced a downturn as a demand for its products decreased. The Tyrone Crystal factory closed in 2010 and this saw the glass-cutting craft virtually disappear from the county.Now, more than a decade later, there are fresh attempts to ensure these skills are kept alive.A community-based glassworks has been set up to help train the next generation of glass and crystal craft workers.Tyrone Crafted Glass includes ex-employees of Tyrone Crystal and former master glass-cutters.It has been supported by the Lough Neagh Partnership, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Mid Ulster District Council.Video journalist: Niall McCracken
Continue reading …Workplace vaccine refusal consequences: workers get fired, not hired or die of COVID
28/09/2021 Comments Off on Workplace vaccine refusal consequences: workers get fired, not hired or die of COVID
Consequences for workplace vaccine refusal are quickly becoming reality as workers get fired for not complying with vaccine mandates, not hired for being unvaccinated or sometimes getting sick from contact with unvaccinated colleagues or customers. Most of the major airlines reported this week that they are moving ahead with vaccine mandates ahead of the federal […]
Continue reading …Millennials emerge as the U.S.’s most confident generation: LinkedIn
28/09/2021 Comments Off on Millennials emerge as the U.S.’s most confident generation: LinkedIn
By George Anders, LinkedIn — They’re bartenders, aerospace workers and web developers. They’re YouTube stars, financial analysts and nurses. Look for millennials in the U.S. economy, and you’ll find these workers — ages 25 to 40 — practically everywhere. Even so, in both pre-pandemic and current times, there’s a constant media tendency to treat this […]
Continue reading …Who Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing Longer
27/09/2021 Comments Off on Who Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing LongerWho Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing Longer September 27, 2021 –On Friday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said people whose jobs put them at risk of coronavirus infection qualify for a shot to boost the protection of their covid-19 vaccination. That step to include people with “institutional […]
Continue reading …Workplace Vaccine Mandates: Unvaxxed Say They’ll Quit First, Few Do
25/09/2021 Comments Off on Workplace Vaccine Mandates: Unvaxxed Say They’ll Quit First, Few DoWorkplace Vaccine Mandates: Unvaxxed Say They’ll Quit First, Few Do By Jack J. Barry, University of Florida; Ann Christiano, University of Florida, and Annie Neimand, University of Florida — Are workplace vaccine mandates prompting some employees to quit rather than get a shot? A hospital in Lowville, New York, for example, had to shut down […]
Continue reading …Angela Rayner calls for a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work
25/09/2021 Comments Off on Angela Rayner calls for a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s workLabour deputy leader Angela Rayner is outlining the party’s plans for fair pay agreements between businesses and employees if it returns to power.The agreements would set legally binding wage levels and terms and conditions on a sector by sector basis – starting with adult social care. Angela Rayner will set out the details when she opens the party’s conference in Brighton.
Continue reading …How toxic leaders destroy people as well as organizations
24/09/2021 Comments Off on How toxic leaders destroy people as well as organizations
How toxic leaders destroy people as well as organizations Theo Veldsman, University of Johannesburg — There is a growing incidence of toxic leadership in organisations across the world. This is clear from anecdotal evidence as well as research which suggests that one out of every five leaders is toxic. My own research shows that closer […]
Continue reading …American wage and job growth to chill this fall, warm by year-end
20/09/2021 Comments Off on American wage and job growth to chill this fall, warm by year-end
American wage growth in 2021 has been the most robust in 20 years, spurred by economic reopening as workers get vaccinated, according to economic research group The Conference Board. But that may be about to change. That spurt of American wage growth may be about slow despite continued labor shortages in some businesses and the […]
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