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Ethiopia starts building local rival to Facebook
23/08/2021 Comments Off on Ethiopia starts building local rival to FacebookEthiopia starts building local rival to Facebook Government wants its own social media platform to replace Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Zoom Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block the global services, the state communications security agency has said. For the […]
Continue reading …US Department of Labor urges workers, employers and public to be aware of hazards after Tropical Storm Henri
22/08/2021 Comments Off on US Department of Labor urges workers, employers and public to be aware of hazards after Tropical Storm Henri
August 22, 2021 US Department of Labor urges workers, employers and public to be aware of hazards after Tropical Storm Henri
Continue reading …Judge rules California gig workers law is unconstitutional
20/08/2021 Comments Off on Judge rules California gig workers law is unconstitutional
(CN) — A California Superior Court judge ruled Friday evening that a 2020 ballot measure that considered California gig workers as independent contractors with limited benefits is unconstitutional. The movement behind Proposition 22 was supported by gig economy companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, who spent more than $200 million to promote the ballot […]
Continue reading …Boston contractor extensive violation history fined $1.3M for two workers killed
20/08/2021 Comments Off on Boston contractor extensive violation history fined $1.3M for two workers killed
BOSTON – A contractor with an extensive history of workplace safety violations faces $1.3 million in fines after two workers were killed. On Feb. 24, 2021, at a sewer repair worksite on High Street in downtown Boston, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero, 27, and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez, 33, died after a dump truck struck and […]
Continue reading …California jobless rate steady at 7.6%, but experts say labor market picking up steam
20/08/2021 Comments Off on California jobless rate steady at 7.6%, but experts say labor market picking up steam(CN) — California’s unemployment rate remained at 7.6% in July, with employers adding 114,400 payroll jobs. That rate remains above the national 5.4% unemployment rate, according to numbers released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the California Employment Development Department. July’s numbers mirror the state’s unemployment rate for June, which was initially […]
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 …FTC complaint against Facebook seeks to break up company’s monopoly power
19/08/2021 Comments Off on FTC complaint against Facebook seeks to break up company’s monopoly powerUS renews fight with Facebook arguing company holds monopoly The agency also dismissed a request by the tech giant that chair Lina Khan recuse herself from the case Kari Paul in San Francisco, Thu 19 Aug 2021 16.17 EDT — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday refiled its antitrust case against Facebook, arguing the […]
Continue reading …US Department of Labor proposes $1.3M in penalties for contractor with extensive history of violations after two workers die at Boston dig site
18/08/2021 Comments Off on US Department of Labor proposes $1.3M in penalties for contractor with extensive history of violations after two workers die at Boston dig siteAugust 18, 2021
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CEO pay 351 times more than the typical worker CEO compensation soars while millions were jobless due to the pandemic-driven recession in 2020. CEO compensation at the top 350 U.S. firms grew 18.9% to $24.2 million on average, according to a new EPI analysis. Meanwhile, typical worker compensation rose 3.9% in 2020. But this wage growth is overstated: high job loss among low-wage workers skewed the average wage higher. […]
Continue reading …US Department of Labor cites Colorado home manufacturing company for continuing to expose workers to falls at Pueblo facility
16/08/2021 Comments Off on US Department of Labor cites Colorado home manufacturing company for continuing to expose workers to falls at Pueblo facilityAugust 16, 2021 US Department of Labor cites Colorado home manufacturing company for continuing to expose workers to falls at Pueblo facility
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