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Federal Workers Might Not Know They’ve Been Fired Thanks to Shutdown
Trump has complained for years that his name has not yet been added to the ranks of prize recipients, who span some of the greatest…
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Trump Says Which Furloughed Workers Get Shutdown Backpay “Depends”
President Donald Trump gave the least reassuring answer Tuesday about ensuring federal workers receive backpay after the government…
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Trump Plans to Stiff Federal Workers Furloughed During Shutdown
“The government is shutdown, but the House refuses to go back in session. Why are we in recess? Because the day we go back into session, I…
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Trump Wants to Use Federal Workers as Pawns to Block Shutdown
To be eligible for federal funds, states were directed to comply with a number of conditions. For instance, they were to provide federal…
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Most Workers Won’t Be as Lucky as Jimmy Kimmel
What employees are discovering, if they didn’t already know, is that free speech protections don’t always extend to private workplaces,…
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White House Pulls 180 on Hundreds of Workers Fired by DOGE
The Trump administration is begging General Service Administration employees fired by DOGE and Elon Musk to come back. The GSA is a…
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Police reveal findings into H‑E‑B México contract worker's death
Coahuila officials have released their findings in the death of a contract worker in H-E-B México, a subsidiary of the H-E-B grocery…
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The Union Leader Fighting to Defend Federal Workers
It used to be that a government job was the very definition of bland security. Land a role with the feds, and you knew you’d be safe. Your…
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Boeing says will hire replacements for striking US defence workers
NG is launching a recruitment drive to find “permanent” manufacturing workers to replace US union employees who went on strike last month,…
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Reëxamining the American Dream in “The Last Carnival”
Watch “The Last Carnival.” Away from the rides and games of a busy fairground is another world. A group of men, immigrants who work at the…
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Happy Labor Day. Donald Trump and Elon Musk Are Screwing Workers.
If our notional employer still feels wronged after the NLRB board rules against him, he or she can file an appeal in federal court. I half…
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Uzbek workers fill gap as Bulgarian population shrinks
Nilfar Nazarova used to work as an accountant in her native Uzbekistan but for the past four summers she has been cleaning hotel rooms in…
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Boeing, striking defence workers union to start talks on Aug 25
The company has held informal discussions with labour leaders since the strike began Boeing and union leaders representing striking…
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Skilled workers in focus as Germany's Wadephul visits Indonesia
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul is continuing his first extended trip to Asia in office with a focus on social and economic issues…
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Qantas fined A$90 million over illegally sacking 1,800 workers during pandemic
Qantas Airways, Australia’s largest airline, has been fined A$90 million (S$75.2 million) for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff and…
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Old clip of casino fire falsely shared as 'arson targeting Thai workers in Cambodian scam centre'
The recent border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia has seen a major surge in misinformation from both sides, including a clip of a…
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Striking Boeing defence workers turn to US Congress
BOEING defence industry workers currently on strike asked for congressional lawmakers’ support on Wednesday as they seek to pressure the…
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British soldiers using sex workers in Kenya despite ban, inquiry finds
An investigation by the British Army has found some soldiers stationed at a controversial base in Kenya continue to use sex workers…
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China’s tech giants Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent spook a generation of workers with job cuts
FOR years, a job at one of China’s technology behemoths was a golden ticket for the country’s ambitious youth. Now, a wave of downsizing…
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Boeing defence workers set to strike on Monday in US: union
Thousands of members of a union representing Boeing defence industry workers in the US states of Missouri and Illinois will go on strike…
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Utility workers in Peru unearth pre-Incan tomb with 1,000-year-old remains
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Utility workers excavating trenches to expand underground gas networks in Peru’s capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs…
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Concerns grow for 3 OSCE workers jailed since shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
VIENNA (AP) — It was late at night when they came for Dmytro Shabanov, a security assistant in eastern Ukraine at the Special Monitoring…
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Boeing workers threaten strikes at fighter jet factories
Members of a union representing workers who assemble fighter jets in two Boeing factories rejected the US aircraft manufacturer’s proposed…
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3 workers trapped in a Canadian mine have air, food and water as rescuers try to gain access to them
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Three workers remain trapped at a gold and copper mine in Western Canada on Thursday as a…