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Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese speaks to supporters at a Labor Party event in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, May 22, 2022, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceding defeat to Albanese in a federal election.

Albanese elected Australia's leader in complex poll result

May 21, 2022
Australians awoke on Sunday to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the center-left Labor Party leader, though it remains unclear whether his party can form a majority government.
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Las Vegas Strip resort surprises 5,400 workers with $5K bonuses

May 12, 2022

Joyous bedlam erupted Wednesday at an employee appreciation and awards buffet at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas when the resort chief executive announced that all 5,400 people who work there will receive a $5,000 bonus.

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Housing costs far outpace wage increases across the Mountain West

Jan 11, 2022

“What we’re starting to see is that affordable housing can no longer be ignored,” says Megan Lawson of Headwaters Economics.

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We Got Served

Nov 09, 2021

In the wake of the Great Resignation, Las Vegas needs to rethink its approach to restaurant work

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The Coronavirus Crisis
A server delivers food to customers dining at a restaurant in Los Angeles on Aug. 7. Restaurants are boosting pay to attract workers, and that could have an impact on already-high inflation.

Wages Are Going Up — And So Is Inflation. Consumer Prices Have Hit A 13-Year High

Aug 11, 2021
Consumer prices rose 5.4% in July, compared to a year ago. Here's one thing to watch going forward: How rising wages impacts inflation.
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Fifth Street

August 12, 2021

Aug 12, 2021
Are We About to Have an Indie Film Renaissance Up In Here? | See Hear Do: Dog Days at the Pool, Plus Musical Theater | A New Food Delivery App Is ‘LoCo’ About Fairness | Media Sommelier: On the Bleak Futility of Productivity Apps
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Restaurants in Miami and across the country are seeing surging demand from customers, but they are still struggling to recruit staff.

Restaurants Are Dangling Vacation And Matching 401(k), But Many Workers Aren't Biting

Aug 06, 2021
As the U.S. economy continues to rebound from the pandemic recession, lots of people are going back to work — but not as quickly as many employers would like. Employers added 943,00 jobs in June.
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World
In this Nov. 13, 2017, AP file photo, a child collects palm kernels from the ground at a palm oil plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia. Indonesia is the world's largest palm oil producer.

Child Labor Surges For The First Time In 20 Years. The Pandemic May Make That Worse.

Jun 10, 2021
An estimated 160 million children were involved in child labor around the world at the beginning of 2020, according to a new report.
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Business
Google is also offering four weeks per year where employees can work from anywhere they want.

Google Adapts To Long-Term Telework, Offers Employees Hybrid Workweek

May 05, 2021
More than a year into telework, the tech giant has said about 60% of its employees will work remotely two days a week. Twenty percent will work from home permanently.
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April 15, 2021

Apr 15, 2021
Curator Ashanti McGee on New Exhibit A Common Thread | Found Dog, Lost Cause | The Virtual Reality of Money, and Other Scary Futuristic Things
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More than 5,800 warehouse workers at the Bessemer, Ala., Amazon facility are voting this month on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Supporters are protesting in solidarity with those workers.

Biden Backs Amazon Warehouse Workers' Union Drive

Mar 01, 2021
More than 5,800 warehouse workers at the Bessemer, Ala., Amazon facility are voting this month on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Construction workers are on the job in Simi Valley, Calif., earlier this week. Nationally, hiring resumed in January although the labor market still has a big hole to climb out of.

U.S. Adds Just 49,000 Jobs In January, 'Not Anywhere Close' To Recovering Those Lost

Feb 05, 2021
U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs last month, after a pandemic-driven slump in December. Unemployment fell to 6.3%.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Tekiah Elzey is using Coworker.org to petition for hazard pay to be restored at the New Seasons Market where she works in Portland, Ore.

Power Of The Petition: Nonprofit Helps Front-Line Workers Fight For Their Rights

Oct 14, 2020
Eight out of every nine American workers don't have a union to represent them in workplace disputes. A nonprofit website is helping push for better wages and working conditions amid the pandemic.
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Goats and Soda

Why Are Health-Care Providers Slapping And Yelling At Mothers During Childbirth?

Oct 14, 2019
Physical and verbal abuse are a shockingly common experience for mothers, a new study in The Lancet reports.
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Dem Candidate Buttigieg Stresses Climate Change, Civil Rights

Feb 21, 2020

Many question whether the U.S. is ready to elect a gay president.

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MGM Resorts To Lay Off 1,000; Wynn Gets Another Multimillion Dollar Fine

May 01, 2019

Nevada’s economy is healthy. Its unemployment rate is above the national average.

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Harry Reid And John Boehner Talk Politics At UNLV's Labor Symposium

Apr 24, 2019

Harry Reid and John Boehner are unlikely co-headliners. But they shared the stage yesterday at the Bellagio.

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Asia
An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co. works at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant to decontaminate the area after the 2011 nuclear meltdown. A Vietnamese laborer in Japan on a training program says he was also put to work cleaning up the si

As Japan Tries Out Immigration, Migrant Workers Complain Of Exploitation

Jan 15, 2019
A Vietnamese laborer tells NPR he was led to believe he would learn construction work but ended up cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear site. Migrant advocates say Japan needs to overhaul the program.
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Politics

Judge Invalidates Key Parts Of Trump's Executive Orders On Unions

Aug 25, 2018
A ruling by a federal judge late Friday was seen as a victory for public-sector unions.
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A labor legend on the state of unions

May 21, 2018

Dolores Huerta, labor organizer, is the subject of a new documentary produced by Carlos Santana.

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The Two-Way
South Korea's parliament has shortened the maximum workweek amid the country's low birth and productivity rates. Workers are seen here at a factory in Ansan, South Korea, in 2015.

South Korea Shortens 'Inhumanely Long' Workweek

Mar 01, 2018
"It is impossible to lead a happy life when long hours and overexertion become routine," President Moon Jae-in said recently. The country has one of the world's lowest birth rates.
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Around the Nation
Chavez speaks to striking telephone workers outside the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company headquarters in Boston on Oct. 13, 1989.

Cesar Chavez: The Life Behind A Legacy Of Farm Labor Rights

Aug 12, 2016
From his earliest days picking peas to improving wages and working conditions as a union leader, Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to giving voice to the exploited men and women who grow America's food.
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Clock Ticking Down For Stadium Decision

Jul 11, 2016

Time is running out for the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee, which is studying proposals to expand the Las Vegas Convention Center and build an NFL-ready domed stadium.

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The Two-Way
A riot police officer uses pepper spray Wednesday as unionists protest in Marseille, southeastern France.

Protests Escalate In France As Labor Groups Face Off With Government

May 26, 2016
French President Francois Hollande wants to loosen the nation's strict labor code. The country's largest union is fiercely opposed.
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Graduate workers rally in 2014 at Columbia University for the ability to unionize.

Are Grad Students Employees? Labor Board To Again Weigh In

Apr 07, 2016

It's a labor issue familiar to regulators. For decades, the National Labor Relations Board held that students were not employees, then ruled in favor of students in 2000, then reversed again in 2004.

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