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Apr 18 2024
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Maine Bureau of Highway Safety reminds public not to smoke and drive on 4/20
April 20 has become known as a "weed holiday" for cannabis enthusiasts, and the BHS says, "If you feel different, you drive different." MAINE, USA — April 20, also known as 4/20, has become associated with smoking cannabis, and in recent years law enforcement has noticed an uptick in motorists driving high. This year, the "weed holiday" falls on a Saturday, promising an increased number of
News Center MaineMar 28 2024
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Migrant eviction statistics need to be more 'transparent,' Chicago alderpersons say
A City Council committee is demanding more details about migrants evicted from city shelters, two weeks after Mayor Brandon Johnson implemented a 60-day eviction policy. The Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights on Thursday advanced an ordinance that would provide more information about who is affected by the policy. The ordinance requires daily reporting of age, gender, time in shelter,
Chicago Sun-TimesApr 30 2024
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Canada risks losing investment to Mexico as labor productivity skids
OTTAWA, April 30 (Reuters) - Canada's low labor productivity level puts the country at risk of losing of billions of dollars of investments to Mexico, as the so-called nearshoring boom spurs companies to move supply chains to North America, economists and lobby groups say. Mexico is fast becoming a global destination to manufacture products for supply to the U.S., where companies are seeking
ReutersMay 06 2024
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Apple Illegally Interrogated NYC Retail Staff, US Labor Board Rules
Apple Inc. illegally interrogated staff at its World Trade Center store in New York City, the US labor board ruled Monday.
A trio of Democratic-appointed members of the National Labor Relations Board ruled against the company, affirming the findings of an administrative law judge. Apple, which didn’t have an immediate comment, has previously denied wrongdoing.
BloombergApr 28 2024
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UAW’s Latest Labor Victory Is a Huge Climate Win, Too
Angel Gomez, a second-shift underbody mechanic at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was on the line when United Auto Workers won the factory union election. “I heard hollering,” said Gomez, as the news broke through the shop floor on Thursday, April 18. “There were people who’d been trying to do this for fourteen years, they’ve been putting in the work through all these failed
New RepublicMay 03 2024
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Overlooked No More: Min Matheson, Labor Leader Who Faced Down Mobsters
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. It was in northeastern Pennsylvania that Min Matheson earned her reputation for fearlessness. Over her 20 years as director of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union there, she repeatedly faced down mobsters in her fight for fair wages and
New York Times (News)Mar 25 2024
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Better Business Bureau warns about scams following severe storms
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - Plenty of damage can happen during a storm, but what about after? The Better Business Bureau says some scammers sell fake services after a huge storm has torn through town. Following a heavy storm like this weekend, scammers go door to door selling fake contracting to those in need of home repairs. We spoke with Monica Horton, the president of the Better Business
News Channel 6 Wichita FallsApr 19 2024
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VW Workers in Tennessee Vote for Union, a Labor Milestone
In a landmark victory for organized labor, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Automobile Workers union, becoming the first nonunion auto plant in a Southern state to do so. In a statement late Friday, the company said that the union had won 2,628 votes, with 985 opposed, in a three-day election. Two earlier bids by the U.A.W. to organize the
New York Times (News)Apr 14 2024
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Burnes labors through 5 in start vs. Brewers
BALTIMORE -- Milwaukee's offensive tear finally ran into a roadblock in the form of the Brewers' former ace. Not that Corbin Burnes had it easy. Burnes allowed a home run to the first batter of the game, and Baltimore's new star pitcher left after five innings Sunday against the Brewers. He allowed three runs along with six hits and two walks, but he struck out five and pitched out of trouble
ESPN.comApr 07 2024
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The Perilous Existence of a Hamptons Day Laborer
Early in the evening of Dec. 30, Julio Florencio Teo Gomez, a carpenter from Guatemala City who had shifted around different living situations on Long Island for more than a decade, went looking for money he was owed for a job he had completed before the holidays. Like so many other day laborers operating in the far reaches of Long Island, he had found the work at a roundup one morning in the
New York Times (News)