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Janitors fight for better wages and working conditions in Colorado
CBS News· 4 days agoOver 2,400 janitors, some of whom clean the biggest buildings in the Denver metro area, are asking...
Alaska Airlines reaches tentative deal with flight attendants
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlaska Airlines reached a tentative agreement with its union of flight attendants, marking the...
‘They’re hiding in plain sight’: How hand car washes became fronts for organised crime
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 13 hours ago“We heard one story of two car wash workers being hospitalised because the hydrochloric acid in...
‘You feel death at your doorstep but have no choice’: Extreme heat takes toll on outdoor workers
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoSlowing down small businesses It’s barely just now summer, and heatwaves are...small businesses,...
Home care workers won higher wages, but then many lost health insurance
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 5 days agoOn Jan. 1, more than 22,000 Minnesota home care workers saw their wages rise to $19 an hour as part...
Sewage on the train tracks: will the rail industry clean up after itself?
Railway Technology via Yahoo Finance· 7 days agoIn 2017, the UK Department for Transport and Network Rail’s former chief executive Mark Carne...
How California’s $100 billion surplus became a ‘budget emergency’
Washington Post· 1 day agoTwo years ago, California was so flush that Gov. Gavin Newsom was moved to make a bold declaration...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 7 days agoKeeping a watch on Norfolk Southern cleaning up the toxic chemical spill from its train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was only the start. Transport secretary...finally ...
How Vannevar Bush Engineered the 20th Century
IEEE Spectrum· 7 days agoIn the summer of 1945, Robert J. Oppenheimer and other key members of the Manhattan Project gathered in New Mexico to witness the first atomic bomb test....
How a quest for greater profits upended the global supply chain during the pandemic
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 18 hours agoThis is FRESH AIR. Do you remember how in the early months of the pandemic, you couldn't find toilet paper or cleaning products on store shelves? DAVIES: In his new book, ...