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Culture Change and Conflict at Twitter
Two years ago, the company brought in a blunt executive to make things move faster and to promote diversity. Then the problems began.
McDonald’s Franchise Settles Suit Involving ‘Dog Diaper’ Masks
11/08/2021 Comments Off on McDonald’s Franchise Settles Suit Involving ‘Dog Diaper’ Masks
Workers at a California restaurant said inadequate safety measures, including unsuitable face coverings, were to blame for a Covid-19 outbreak.
Continue reading …Bangladesh Reopens Economy Despite Covid Third Wave
11/08/2021 Comments Off on Bangladesh Reopens Economy Despite Covid Third WaveThe government is lifting a lockdown despite warnings from health experts that the outbreak could worsen.
Continue reading …They Don’t Want the Shot. They Don’t Want Colleagues to Know.
07/08/2021 Comments Off on They Don’t Want the Shot. They Don’t Want Colleagues to Know.Nearly 40 percent of Americans over the age of 18 remain unvaccinated, and could return to their offices with policies in place that make that status clear.
Continue reading …CNN fires three employees who went into the office unvaccinated.
05/08/2021 Comments Off on CNN fires three employees who went into the office unvaccinated.The network has been relying on an honor system rather than requiring proof of vaccination status.
Continue reading …CNN Fires Three Employees Who Went Into Office Unvaccinated
05/08/2021 Comments Off on CNN Fires Three Employees Who Went Into Office UnvaccinatedThe network has been relying on an honor system rather than requiring proof of vaccination status.
Continue reading …Amazon Delays Return to Office to January
05/08/2021 Comments Off on Amazon Delays Return to Office to JanuaryBlackRock and Wells Fargo also delayed their mandatory return to office until October. Both attributed the changes to new developments in the spread of Covid-19 in the United States.
Continue reading …Amazon Faces Wider Fight Over Labor Practices
03/08/2021 Comments Off on Amazon Faces Wider Fight Over Labor PracticesA second union vote may be held at an Alabama warehouse, and new tactics by the Teamsters and other groups aim to pressure Amazon across the country.
Continue reading …Covid Variant Adds to Worker Anxieties
27/07/2021 Comments Off on Covid Variant Adds to Worker AnxietiesSome see an undue rush by employers to get workplaces back to normal, whether by dropping precautions or imposing new rules.
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