Advertisement Two workers were killed in clashes and riots at an Indonesian nickel processing plant over the weekend, officials said yesterday. Demonstrations at PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI) in Morowali,…
NEW YORK — Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees at its warehouses before the holiday season. The announcement, made Thursday, shows the e-commerce giant is taking a…
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has furloughed at least 50 warehouse employees who refused to work their shifts after a trash compactor fire at one of its New York facilities,…
Ferrara Candy Co. has been cited for alleged safety violations at its Bellwood candy factory, two years after being placed on a severe violator enforcement program for safety issues, the…
Gov. JB Pritzker is removing the state’s requirement that unvaccinated school and daycare workers undergo routine testing for COVID-19, removing one of the few remaining mandates Illinois has to combat…
Hundreds of Google employees are calling on the company to expand its abortion care benefits to contract workers and strengthen privacy protections for Google users who search for abortion information…
With the first day of school in Chicago Public Schools fast approaching, the directors of the Carole Robertson Learning Center were desperately looking for qualified workers to staff their before-…
In this August 26, 2020 file photo, a worker inspects disposable gloves at the Top Glove factory in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Credit: AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File Commercial…
Workers at Chicago-based specialty coffee company Intelligentsia Coffee voted to unionize Monday, the latest in a series of union votes at coffee shops across the city in recent months. The…
A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in 10 countries, mostly in Africa, by 2030 to support 200,000 community health workers, who serve as a critical bridge to…