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US adds just 235,000 jobs in August as Delta variant spreads
03/09/2021 Comments Off on US adds just 235,000 jobs in August as Delta variant spreadsUS unemployment and employment data US adds just 235,000 jobs in August as Delta variant spreads Unemployment rate declines by 0.2 percentage points to 5.2% from 5.4% in July as employers cut back hiring plans Edward Helmore Fri 3 Sep 2021 11.49 EDT Last modified on Fri 3 Sep 2021 12.07 EDT The US economy […]
Continue reading …Worker shortage will lead to UK food price rises, industry warns
03/09/2021 Comments Off on Worker shortage will lead to UK food price rises, industry warnsWorker shortage will lead to UK food price rises, industry warns Wholesale firms have been trying to mitigate rising costs ‘but will not be able to continue absorbing them’ Joanna Partridge — Fri 3 Sep 2021 04.41 EDT — The UK’s wholesale food industry is warning that it cannot protect consumers from price rises forever, […]
Continue reading …Nike gives head office staff a week off for mental health break
30/08/2021 Comments Off on Nike gives head office staff a week off for mental health breakNike Nike gives head office staff a week off for mental health break Sportswear and sneaker brand joins dating app Bumble in offering extra time off in Covid pandemic Kalyeena Makortoff @kalyeena Tue 31 Aug 2021 03.21 EDT Last modified on Tue 31 Aug 2021 03.46 EDT Nike has given its head office employees in […]
Continue reading …Delta Airlines to impose $200 monthly fee on unvaccinated employees
25/08/2021 Comments Off on Delta Airlines to impose $200 monthly fee on unvaccinated employeesAirline industry Delta Airlines to impose $200 monthly fee on unvaccinated employees Starting 12 September, any US employee who is not fully vaccinated will be required to take a Covid test each week Maya Yang Wed 25 Aug 2021 12.18 EDT Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 12.24 EDT Delta Airlines will impose a […]
Continue reading …‘We’re peons to them’: Nabisco factory workers on why they’re striking
23/08/2021 Comments Off on ‘We’re peons to them’: Nabisco factory workers on why they’re striking‘We’re peons to them’: Nabisco factory workers on why they’re striking While the CEO of Nabisco’s parent company is paid nearly $17m a year, plants are closing, jobs outsourced to Mexico, and older workers are unable to retire on weakened pension benefits By Michael Sainato Mon 23 Aug 2021 […]
Continue reading …Apple delays return to corporate offices until 2022 as Covid cases rise
20/08/2021 Comments Off on Apple delays return to corporate offices until 2022 as Covid cases riseApple Apple delays return to corporate offices until 2022 as Covid cases rise The iPhone maker had previously told its global workforce to plan for a phased return from October Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Mark Sweney @marksweney Fri 20 Aug 2021 06.50 EDT First published on Fri 20 Aug 2021 […]
Continue reading …Australian government warned two weeks ago fake Covid check-in apps being used to bypass contact tracing
12/08/2021 Comments Off on Australian government warned two weeks ago fake Covid check-in apps being used to bypass contact tracingAustralian government warned two weeks ago fake Covid check-in apps being used to bypass contact tracing A public tip-off alerted the police and health departments in three states but the apps still remain online Christopher Knausm @knausc -Thu 12 Aug 2021 13.30 EDT — Federal and state authorities were warned two weeks ago that an […]
Continue reading …Today’s News & Commentary — August 11, 2021
11/08/2021 Comments Off on Today’s News & Commentary — August 11, 2021
After a weekend of sluggish procedural advances, which Fred described on Monday, the Senate finally, after months of grueling bipartisan negotiations, passed a sweeping $1.2 trillion physical infrastructure package, called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 69-30. All 50 members of the Democratic caucus in the Senate voted for […]
Continue reading …Today’s News and Commentary—Friday, August 6, 2021
06/08/2021 Comments Off on Today’s News and Commentary—Friday, August 6, 2021AFL-CIO president and key labor leader Richard Trumka passed away yesterday. Originally a mine worker, Trumka rose through the ranks of the United Mine Workers and eventually became the president of the AFL-CIO, becoming an often-looked-to voice on labor issues. A new report from The Century Foundation estimates that 7.5 million workers in the U.S. […]
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
Today’s News and Commentary — Friday, September 3, 2021
03/09/2021 Comments Off on Today’s News and Commentary — Friday, September 3, 2021A new piece by Vice details how the Teamsters Union has thwarted Amazon’s expansion efforts nationwide despite recent failures by the movement to unionize the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon warehouse earlier this year. The wins – such as getting Fort Wayne, Indiana to shoot down a $7.3 million tax break for Amazon – expose the Teamsters’ […]
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