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May 10 2024
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Trucker fell asleep at wheel in leadup to wreck that killed 3 PA workers, authorities say
A truck driver fell asleep at the wheel before striking a construction vehicle and killing three workers on the shoulder of a Pennsylvania highway in April, authorities said Friday. TRUCK DRIVER CLEARED IN DEADLY NH MOTORCYCLE WRECK TESTIFIES TO GET LICENSE BACK Pennsylvania State Police said the 24-year-old driver from Roxbury, Massachusetts fell asleep on Interstate 83, about 8 miles south
Fox News (Online News)May 10 2024
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Iowa Workforce Development to hold job fair May 16 in Perry for Tyson workers
Iowa Workforce Development will soon host a job fair in Perry for Tyson workers to help them find new careers in light of the upcoming layoffs. The career fair is the next step forward in support of impacted workers and has involved close coordination between state and local officials.The job fair will take place from 12-5 p.m. on May 16 at the National Guard Armory in Perry. The location is
Des Moines RegisterMay 02 2024
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Eden Prairie refrigeration facility laying off 91 workers
Copeland Cold Chain, an HVAC and refrigeration technology company based in St. Louis, will lay off 91 employees at its Eden Prairie facility this year. The layoffs will start on June 30 and finish by the end of the year. Copeland's letter to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) indicated 31 employees in engineering and support roles will continue to work at
Star TribuneMay 12 2024
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A year after Biden ended the pandemic, he can’t get federal workers to return to the office
A year after President Biden officially ended the pandemic, his agencies have struggled mightily to get employees back into their offices — and some of them are still trying to figure out how to monitor them when they’re at home. The White House has set a goal of 50-50, which means that employees with office jobs are expected to spend at least five days out of every 10-day work period in the
Washington TimesMay 12 2024
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Retail workers at an Apple store in New Jersey vote against unionizing in the first such defeat for the CWA
Apple Inc. retail employees in New Jersey have voted against unionization, the Communications Workers of America said, a setback for organizing efforts at the tech giant. Employees at the store, located within a mall in upscale Short Hills, cast ballots Friday and Saturday in an election run by the US National Labor Relations Board. CWA, which has filed complaints with the NLRB alleging
FortuneMay 02 2024
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How healthcare workers would improve maternal health in NWA
This year's NWA Health Summit took place all day yesterday in Fayetteville and honed in maternal health care in Arkansas. Why it matters: Arkansas' maternal mortality rate has doubled the national average in recent years. • Arkansas had the second-highest infant mortality rate in the country in 2021, with 8.59 deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the CDC. During a panel with doctors and
AxiosMay 07 2024
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Labor board rules Apple violated workers’ rights in New York store
The National Labor Relations Board on Monday said Apple illegally interrogated staff about union sympathies in 2021. According to the ruling, Apple management at the company’s World Trade Center store in New York City violated federal labor law by questioning employees about their positions on unionization and confiscating pro-union fliers in break rooms. Monday’s decision upholds the ruling
Washington TimesApr 23 2024
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F.T.C. Issues Ban on Worker Noncompete Clauses
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday banned employers from limiting their workers’ abilities to work for rivals, a sweeping change that the agency says could help raise wages and increase competition among businesses.
The move bars contracts known as noncompetes, which prevent workers from leaving for a competitor for a certain amount of time, in most circumstances. The agency has
New York Times (News)May 11 2024
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Casino workers strike against Virgin Las Vegas for first time in over 20 years
The Culinary Workers Union began its strike against Virgin Hotels Las Vegas Friday and will continue through Sunday. Some 700 union workers went on strike after their contract expired almost a year ago. Their union has been in negotiations with Virgin Hotels for five months without an agreement on a raise for workers’ wages. The hotel surpassed one strike deadline before missing the most
Washington ExaminerMay 03 2024
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Long Beach taco truck worker beaten, robbed in violent confrontation
A man recalls the terrifying moment he was beaten and robbed while working at his family’s taco truck in Long Beach — the second time they’ve now been targeted. The victim, Erick Flores, was working at the Los Bros Tacos truck located on Junipero Avenue and 7th Street when two suspects suddenly approached him on Thursday, May 2. “They crossed the street and came walking up,” Flores recalled.
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