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A Chick-fil-A in Louisiana is doing a $35 'summer camp' where kids see what it's like to work at the restaurant
The Chick-fil-A location is one of several that host the three-hour events where kids age 5 to 12 g…
Dominick Reuter
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In potential leadership shakeup, Amazon Labor Union agrees to hold new elections for top positions
The Amazon Labor Union will hold new leadership elections, which could see the departure of the cur…
Katherine Long
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Disney drops 'Simpsons' episode in Hong Kong in which character references 'forced labor camps' in China, reports say
A character in the Simpsons episode says: "Behold the wonders of China: Bitcoin mines, forced labor…
Kate Duffy
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Cuba votes to legalize same-sex marriage, decades after LGBTQ people in the country were persecuted and sent to labor camps
According to election results, around two-thirds of people who voted in the Family Code referendum …
Jake Epstein
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How my mother endured hardship and found joy while growing up in a Chinese labor camp
The pandemic has felt like a relentless, worst-case scenario. But my mother taught me there is valu…
Irene Jiang
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Obama wants companies to strip degree requirements from more six-figure jobs to address the labor shortage
Barack Obama and Joe Biden are promoting state policies gaining traction that make it easier for pe…
Jason Lalljee,Ethan Dodd
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A shadowy club in California recently associated with Clarence Thomas is being sued for multiple labor violations. Here's what the secret retreat is known for.
The Bohemian Club, an all-men's private society in California that counts former presidents among i…
Hannah Getahun
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Warren Buffett's wife Astrid is overheard complaining about a $4 cup of coffee at 'summer camp for billionaires' in Sun Valley, report says
Astrid Buffett griped to a resort employee in Sun Valley, Idaho, about the coffee's cost, the New Y…
Grace Kay
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Starbucks is using 'illegal tactics' to stop workers in New York state from unionizing, the NLRB claims
The NLRB accused Starbucks of closing stores, surveilling staff, and discharging organizers to stop…
Grace Dean
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Artist's discovery of an 'execution wall' sheds light on the brutal history of Nazi concentration camps on British soil
Thousands of prisoners were forced under horrifying conditions into labor and concentration camps i…
Isobel van Hagen
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Young Gen Zers are 'flocking' to summer jobs as businesses desperate to fight the Great Resignation offer higher pay and require less experience
Wages for jobs that typically attract teenagers are rising, and some businesses are willing to hire…
Madison Hoff
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Iowa Republicans voted just before 5 a.m. to roll back child labor laws, letting teens work on packaging lines and serve alcohol
An Iowa state labor leader said it was a "disgrace" that the GOP-controlled Senate passed the bill …
Rebecca Cohen
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A 101-year-old former Nazi guard was just sentenced to 5 years in prison for aiding in more than 3,500 murders during the Holocaust
The man insisted that he was a farm laborer during World War II, but the court ruled that his ident…
Matthew Loh
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Teens can expect 9% higher wages for jobs like lifeguards, camp counselors, waiters, and retail workers even as summer office jobs dwindle
Employers are looking to teens to fill labor gaps this summer, and they are willing to pay well. Th…
Gloria Dawson
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Biden's labor secretary says he's watching tech layoffs closely, but for now it's still a good time to find a job
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said he's not sure if the tech layoffs will be an issue for just a coup…
Juliana Kaplan
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Starbucks union organizers react to Howard Schultz return as CEO
Starbucks called in Schultz to speak to workers ahead of the first union votes in Buffalo in 2021, …
Mary Meisenzahl
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China is reportedly sending Tibetans to work in military-style labor training camps, echoing the persecution of Uighurs in Xinjiang
In Xinjiang, China is already brainwashing Uighur Muslims and making them work production lines. Th…
Bill Bostock
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A Texas farm owned by one of the US' biggest potato growers paid over $1.3 million in back wages to workers after denying them overtime pay
Larsen Farms didn't pay overtime premiums to almost 500 warehouse workers, and also didn't properly…
Grace Dean
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Days after Tesla opened a Xinjiang store, White House press secretary Jen Psaki says private sector 'cannot look the other way' when it comes to human rights abuses of Uighur Muslims
"The international community, including the public and private sectors, cannot look the other way w…
Morgan Keith
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Starbucks accused of using 'overwhelming psychological force' against workers at a Buffalo store who considered trying to unionize
Dozens of managers at a Starbucks location used intimidation tactics that led to employees failing …