Tag: Workers
Government recommends 3.5% pay rise for nurses and other workers
Nurses, teachers and police officers would get below inflation rises, under government proposals.
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Tesla Workers in Buffalo Begin Union Drive
If successful, the workers who help develop Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assistance system would be the first group at the company to organize.
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Workers Fighting America’s Overdose Crisis Are ‘Hanging by a Thread’
President Biden has endorsed “harm reduction,” which aims to cut down on overdoses by encouraging safer drug use. But the organizations carrying out t [...]
UK rescue workers heading to Turkey after quake
Search specialists with equipment and trained dogs will contribute to an international response.
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Immigration Rebound Eases Shortage of Workers, Up to a Point
While the Biden administration has accelerated processing after Trump-era restrictions and a pandemic slowdown, visa backlogs remain large.
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Exclusive NFT presale to treat all the hard workers, feat. Snoop Dogg and Billy Ray Cyrus
Blue-collar workers are the gears that make the world go round. They turn in a hard day’s work day after day, so there is little question that these p [...]
Ambulance strikes: Unite workers announce 10 new days of walkouts
Ahead of previous strikes in January and December, patients were told that all Category 1 calls - classed as the most life-threatening situations, suc [...]
The San Francisco Bay Area is winning back workers after pandemic exodus
Unsurprisingly, people are still moving to Austin, Texas. More surprisingly, people are also moving to San Francisco.
Over the last 12 months, San [...]
Fidelity-Backed Exchange OSL Cuts Workers Amid Ongoing Crypto Winter: Bloomberg
The number of layoffs at the Hong Kong crypto exchange was not specified.
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How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low
The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against mini [...]
Workers may be able to still claim sickness benefits
Under the proposals, some claimants would be allowed to keep receiving payments even if they find work.
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The Agenda podcast explores how DAOs can strengthen workers’ rights
Collective action, labor struggle and protest go hand in hand, and it’s no secret that unionizing and organizing to fight for workers’ rights is a ted [...]
Ambulance workers in England to strike again in January
The action is a direct result of the government's refusal to negotiate over pay, union leaders say.
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Ambulance workers are exhausted, GMB chief Rachel Harrison tells select committee
Rachel Harrison, GMB chief, tells the Health and Social Care Committee ambulance workers are experiencing the highest level of sickness out of NHS sta [...]
Quitting, unionizing, working remotely — how workers fought back in 2022
Marissa Peterson quit her job as a bartender in Durham, North Carolina, in June, after she was sexually assaulted by a customer and felt management [...]