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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...
‘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,...
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...
How hand car washes became fronts for organised crime
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 21 hours ago“We heard one story of two car wash workers being hospitalised because the hydrochloric acid in...
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...
How California’s $100 billion surplus became a ‘budget emergency’
Washington Post· 2 days agoTwo years ago, California was so flush that Gov. Gavin Newsom was moved to make a bold declaration...
How a quest for greater profits upended the global supply chain during the pandemic
KTEP 88.5 El Paso· 1 day 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, ...
Restoring Town of Niagara cemetery becomes labor of love
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 22—TOWN OF NIAGARA — It all started with a casual visit. In 2019, Town of Niagara historian Pete Ames went to an old cemetery off Witmer Road to do some research. When he got there, he ...
India Economic Inequality to Persist Despite Roaring GDP Growth: Reuters Poll
US News & World Report· 6 days agoThe Indian economy is likely to remain the fastest-growing major one in coming years, but a majority of independent economists and policy experts polled by Reuters are not confident it will ...
City of Cincinnati to pay over $80K to Homeless Coalition over 2018 tent city lawsuit
WCPO Cincinnati· 7 days agoThe City of Cincinnati has settled a lawsuit that stemmed from the way former city officials in 2018 handled a large camp of people living in tents on Third Street Downtown. In the settlement ...