Workers' Rights

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African workers are taking on Meta and the world should pay attention | Workers’ Rights
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African workers are taking on Meta and the world should pay attention | Workers’ Rights

In 2025, the world’s largest social media company, Meta, has taken a defiant new tone on the question of whether and to what...

Trump mass layoffs cause uncertainty among federal firefighting workforce | Donald Trump News
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Trump mass layoffs cause uncertainty among federal firefighting workforce | Donald Trump News

Many of Trump’s efforts to reshape the federal government have been challenged in court, often by employee unions or Democrat-led states that argue...

At least 4 killed, some still missing, in avalanche in India’s Uttarakhand | Environment News
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At least 4 killed, some still missing, in avalanche in India’s Uttarakhand | Environment News

Rescue operation still under way after avalanche in Chamoli region, adjoining Tibet, trapped dozens of workers. At least four people have died after...

Lives on the line: Low pay has US wildland firefighters quitting | Environment News
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Lives on the line: Low pay has US wildland firefighters quitting | Environment News

It is July 9, 2001, and a camper near the Thirtymile Trailhead in Washington State’s Okanogan National Forest in the United States has...

Workers saved from burning factory in Brazil
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Workers saved from burning factory in Brazil

Watch the moment workers in Rio de Janeiro were rescued from the window ledge of a factory after it caught fire.

Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to close US government agencies? | Donald Trump News
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Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to close US government agencies? | Donald Trump News

The Department of Government Efficiency – the Trump administration’s cost-cutting agency, headed by billionaire business owner Elon Musk – has put hundreds of...

Fact check: Did Clinton set the precedent for mass federal worker buyouts? | Donald Trump News
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Fact check: Did Clinton set the precedent for mass federal worker buyouts? | Donald Trump News

As unions and Democrats denounced the Trump administration’s effort to slash the federal workforce through worker buyouts, some social media users have said...

What is the role for out of power Democrats on Big Tech? | Technology News
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What is the role for out of power Democrats on Big Tech? | Technology News

United States President Donald Trump has seemingly formed an alliance with some of the country’s most notable tech billionaires. Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg,...

Target becomes latest US firm to end DEI initiatives | Business and Economy News
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Target becomes latest US firm to end DEI initiatives | Business and Economy News

The move comes after US President Trump ended DEI hiring in government jobs and encouraged the private sector to do the same. Target...