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- Volkswagen workers vote overwhelmingly to join the UAW https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/business/volkswagen-uaw-vote/index.html 54 comments
- Judge weighs a longer pause on Trump's resignation offer to federal workers https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292042/federal-employees-trump-fork-resignation-buyout-court 7 comments politics
- Hamburg: Several workers killed in scaffolding collapse https://www.dw.com/en/hamburg-several-workers-killed-in-scaffolding-collapse/a-67253400 2 comments europe
- “We don't want to be the bad guys”: Oil industry workers' sensemaking of the sustainability transition paradox | Oil industry business model contradicts the need to mitigate climate change. | Professionals have different ways of making sense of the paradoxical situation. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629622003036 19 comments climate
- House to consider anti-Asian hate crimes bill, protections for pregnant workers this month https://thehill.com/homenews/house/552195-house-to-consider-hate-crimes-pregnant-workers-protection-bills-this-month 5 comments politics
- Union Organizing Amazon Workers Endorses Nina Turner For Congress https://www.huffpost.com/entry/amazon-union-endorses-nina-turner_n_6046c971c5b64433749ec5b7 177 comments politics
- A Home Security Worker Hacked Into Surveillance Systems to Watch People Have Sex https://gizmodo.com/a-home-security-worker-hacked-into-surveillance-systems-1846111569 7 comments privacy
- Instacart Unjustly Fires Workers in Retaliation For Union Activity https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/1/21/22242676/instacart-firing-every-union-employee-coronavirus-pandemic 13 comments politics
- Farm workers killed in 'insane' Nigeria attack https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55120638 3 comments worldnews
- Workers Reveal Disney Is Covering Up Its COVID Cases https://www.thedailybeast.com/workers-reveal-disney-is-covering-up-its-covid-cases?ref=home 65 comments worldnews
- States scramble to recruit thousands of poll workers amid pandemic shortage https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/poll-worker-shortage-2020-election/index.html 15 comments politics
- Amazon says it will hire 100,000 U.S. warehouse workers to keep up with demand https://theweek.com/speedreads/902765/amazon-says-hire-100000-warehouse-workers-keep-demand 6 comments politics
- The typical US worker can no longer afford a family on a year’s salary. https://www.businessinsider.com/america-middle-class-living-expenses-family-of-four-2020-2 8 comments worldnews
- Chile police stopped rescue workers helping dying protester: human rights watchdog https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-protests-rights/chile-police-stopped-rescue-workers-helping-dying-protester-human-rights-watchdog-iduskbn1xr00q 16 comments worldnews
- Trump just expanded drug testing to hundreds of thousands of workers https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/4/20893225/trump-unemployment-drug-testing-rule 41 comments politics
- The government shutdown spotlights a bigger issue: 78% of US workers live paycheck to paycheck https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/09/shutdown-highlights-that-4-in-5-us-workers-live-paycheck-to-paycheck.html 1477 comments politics
- He’s one of the only humans at work — and he loves it: A Chinese e-commerce business looks to go fully automated and make workers obsolete https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hes-one-of-the-only-humans-at-work--and-he-loves-it/2018/09/09/71392542-9541-11e8-8ffb-5de6d5e49ada_story.html 4 comments technology
- (Malta) Thousands of non-EU workers likely to be needed – economist More relaxed restrictions would encourage more to come here https://www.timesofmalta.com/mobile/articles/view/20170902/local/thousands-of-non-eu-workers-likely-to-be-needed-economist.657018 11 comments europe
- The U.S. Might Not Have Enough Construction Workers to Rebuild Houston After Harvey http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/08/28/houston_might_not_have_enough_construction_workers_to_rebuild_after_harvey.html 160 comments politics
- Tech workers vow not to build Trump Muslim registry http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/12/13/tech-workers-vow-not-build-trump-muslim-registry/95407242/ 12 comments politics
- Qatar is ending its labour sponsorship system that forces foreign workers to seek their employer's permission to change jobs or leave the country. It says a new contract-based law will replace the "kafala" system, ensuring greater flexibility and protection. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38298393 51 comments worldnews
- Co-worker made a silly website http://starblacksmenu.com/ 9 comments angularjs
- Amazon to hire 120k seasonal workers in U.S. — a new peak that could signal a big holiday ahead http://www.geekwire.com/2016/amazon-hire-120k-seasonal-workers-u-s-new-peak-signal-big-holiday-ahead/ 3 comments economy
- Happy International Worker´s Day https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/4h81up/happy_international_workers_day/ 296 comments europe
- Domestic Workers Sue Saudi Prince for Sexual Assault at Drug-Fueled Party in Beverly Hills https://news.vice.com/article/three-domestic-workers-sue-saudi-prince-for-sexual-assault-during-drug-fueled-party-in-beverly-hills? 4 comments worldnews
- Daycare Workers Arrested For Creating Toddler ‘Fight Club’ http://www.bodyrock.tv/life/daycare-workers-arrested-for-creating-toddler-fight-club/ 26 comments nottheonion
- British airlines to be sued because 'planes contain toxic air'. A union is funding cases for cabin crew who are planning to lodge legal action against unidentified British airlines. The 17 workers, made up of former and current employees, claim they have been poisoned by toxic cabin air http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-airlines-to-be-sued-because-planes-contain-toxic-air-10304369.html 3 comments worldnews
- What Happens to Society When Robots Replace Workers? https://hbr.org/2014/12/what-happens-to-society-when-robots-replace-workers 9 comments business
- Liberia health workers to go on strike over Ebola danger pay http://news.yahoo.com/liberia-health-workers-strike-over-ebola-danger-pay-221434771.html 3 comments worldnews
- Small Businesses Weigh Sending Sick Workers to Obamacare Exchanges http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-07/small-businesses-weigh-sending-sick-workers-to-obamacare-exchanges 10 comments politics
- BJP worker hacked to death; hartal tomorrow in Kannur http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131201/news-current-affairs/article/bjp-worker-hacked-death-hartal-tomorrow-kannur 7 comments india
- Germany rethinks its liberal ways on sex workers: Prostitution was decriminalised in 'the bordello of Europe' in 2002. Now feminists want to overturn that law http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/30/german-brothels-illegal-feminists-fight-law-prostitution 142 comments europe
- Why Are Children Working in American Tobacco Fields? -- Young farm workers are falling ill from “green tobacco sickness” while the industry denies it and government lets it happen. http://www.thenation.com/article/177136/why-are-children-working-american-tobacco-fields 31 comments politics
- Retired union workers facing 'unprecedented' pension cuts http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/15/retirement/pension-cuts/index.html?iid=hp_ln 46 comments politics
- UK police gathered intelligence on trade union activists and passed the information to a clandestine blacklisting agency that unlawfully stored secret files on thousands of worker http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/18/police-activists-blacklisting-agency-alleged 29 comments worldnews
- The Farm Bill & ‘Libertarian Populism’ - "Can the GOP be pro-worker and anti-government? A bill that showers subsidies on agribusiness is the opposite." http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-farm-bill-libertarian-populism/ 3 comments moderatepolitics
- This Burger Was Made Entirely by a Robot. There are cca 3 million workers employed in food preparation and serving in the USA alone. How do you think unemployment will progress in the future thanks to the automated economy? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elie-ayrouth/burger-robot_b_2160251.html 122 comments economy
- GG Lenovo CEO - Distributes $3M personal bonus to workers & junior employees http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/20/3171590/lenovo-ceo-worker-3-million-bonus 5 comments technology
- Steve Jobs' death doesn't absolve Apple: Many Chinese workers who fell ill making Apple products still have harsh words for the company's co-founder http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/111007/steve-jobs-dead-china-economy-foxconn-labor-abuses 31 comments technology
- "Companies will lay off more workers and hoard more cash during the next 12 months." http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/26/news/economy/nabe_survey/index.htm 19 comments business