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Iran: Air pollution forces Tehran to shut schools & colleges, workers told to stay home
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Iran: Air pollution forces Tehran to shut schools & colleges, workers told to stay home

Firstpost  

Tehran, home to over 10 million people, frequently grapples with some of the worst air quality in the world. The recurring air pollution issues are primarily attributed to its reliance on millions of fuel-burning vehicles and industrial emissions The air quality in Iran's capital city, Tehran, is one of the worst in the world. AFP Severe air pollution in Tehran …

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Gaza medical worker deaths exceed 1,000
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gaza medical worker deaths exceed 1,000

China Daily  

Experts call for more efforts from intl community to stop killing of civilians More than 1,000 medical workers in Gaza have been killed in Israeli strikes since October last year, local authorities have said, as Tel Aviv is accused of waging a "campaign of extermination" in north Gaza. These projectiles penetrate the bodies of our workers, causing severe bleeding and …

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“I will vote for whoever can tackle inflation”
1 month, 3 weeks ago

“I will vote for whoever can tackle inflation”

Hindustan Times  

Raj Kumshikar, 37, Sanitation worker “I will vote for whoever can tackle inflation” Residence: Dharavi Constituency: Dharavi Politics does not interest me much because I struggle to manage my day-to-day existence. I will vote for whichever party promises to tackle this ‘mehengai.’ My wife tried to apply for the Ladki Bahin scheme, but was told her application will be processed …

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YIKES! Seth Meyers Drops Ultimate Trump Takedown On Election Eve
2 months ago

YIKES! Seth Meyers Drops Ultimate Trump Takedown On Election Eve

Huff Post  

“Couldn’t figure out how to close an umbrella, cosplayed as a sanitation worker, even though he almost fell while getting into the truck and pretended to work at McDonald’s, even though he couldn’t remember what the fryer was called. Tried to rip healthcare away from over 20 million Americans, but reassured everyone by saying he had concepts of a plan, …

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'Why we need Medicare for All': Boeing revokes health benefits for striking workers
3 months, 1 week ago

'Why we need Medicare for All': Boeing revokes health benefits for striking workers

Raw Story  

Boeing revoked the company- The workers, who are mostly in Washington state and are represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, went on strike on September 13, and the corporation announced on its website that their healthcare benefits would expire at the end of the day on September 30. "Boeing's greed offers another perfect example of why …

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Bapa Nagar building collapse leaves four dead, 14 injured
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bapa Nagar building collapse leaves four dead, 14 injured

The Hindu  

Three factory workers and a boy were killed and 14 others injured after a five-storeyed building collapsed in central Delhi’s densely populated Bapa Nagar on Wednesday. The reason behind the incident is yet not clear, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi said in a statement, adding that “nothing dangerous was found” at the building in a pre-monsoon survey conducted by it. …

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GFG Alliance cuts 48 jobs at Whyalla steelworks, as contractors say they are owed tens of thousands of dollars
4 months, 3 weeks ago

GFG Alliance cuts 48 jobs at Whyalla steelworks, as contractors say they are owed tens of thousands of dollars

ABC  

Almost 50 jobs have been axed at the Whyalla steelworks with its owner GFG Alliance blaming a prolonged downturn in steel market conditions globally. The ABC earlier revealed GFG Alliance owed several contractors in Whyalla tens of thousands of dollars. "The state government is in frequent contact with GFG about its Whyalla operations and I am pleased to note its …

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Inside Stories Of People From Kerala Who Lost Lives in Kuwait, Watch Full Video | ABP News
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Inside Stories Of People From Kerala Who Lost Lives in Kuwait, Watch Full Video | ABP News

ABP News  

Kuwait Fire: 41 people are feared dead in a massive fire that broke out on Wednesday in a building housing workers in Kuwait. If media reports are to be believed, many Indians may also be included among those who died. Officials said the fire broke out early on Wednesday in the kitchen of the six-storey building located in the Mangaf …

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50 dead in Kuwait fire, mostly from India, minister says
6 months, 4 weeks ago

50 dead in Kuwait fire, mostly from India, minister says

Raw Story  

Most of the victims in a deadly blaze that engulfed a block housing immigrant workers were from India, Kuwait’s foreign minister said on Thursday, raising the death toll to 50. Three Filipinos were among the dead, Philippines officials said, after the fire sent black smoke billowing through the six-storey building south of Kuwait City. “There are other nationalities but I …

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Google fires 28 staff after protests against Israeli government contract
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fires 28 staff after protests against Israeli government contract

The Independent  

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Invoice allegedly sent to Seven Network from Bruce Lehrmann for drugs, sex workers presented to court
9 months ago

Invoice allegedly sent to Seven Network from Bruce Lehrmann for drugs, sex workers presented to court

ABC  

In short: Lawyers for Network Ten have presented an invoice purportedly from Bruce Lehrmann to the Seven Network for drugs and the payment of sex workers. The invoice is part of the evidence given by former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach in Mr Lehrmann's defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson. Network Ten has alleged the Seven Network paid …

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Argentina’s Milei takes chainsaw to the state, cuts 15,000 jobs, prompting protests
9 months, 1 week ago

Argentina’s Milei takes chainsaw to the state, cuts 15,000 jobs, prompting protests

LA Times  

State employees enter their workplace after they were temporarily prevented from doing so due to an anti-government protest in Buenos Aires on April 3, 2024. Argentina said Wednesday that it had cut 15,000 state jobs as part of President Javier Milei’s aggressive campaign to slash spending, the latest in a series of painful economic measures that have put the libertarian …

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GOP debate: What Republican candidates have said about strikes and unions
1 year ago

GOP debate: What Republican candidates have said about strikes and unions

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The following day, he added: “I understand the …

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Mary Ellen Mark: Vintage photos offer rare glimpse of Mumbai’s red-light district
55 years ago

Mary Ellen Mark: Vintage photos offer rare glimpse of Mumbai’s red-light district

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Mary Ellen Mark took these images 45 years ago, when strict standards for privacy and photographing vulnerable people, particularly children, did not exist as they do today. CNN — Mary Ellen Mark couldn’t forget Falkland Road. She told the New York Times magazine in 1987 that the book was “meant almost as a metaphor for entrapment, for how …

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Former fast-food building linked to 1978 unsolved slayings in Indiana to be demolished
1 year ago

Former fast-food building linked to 1978 unsolved slayings in Indiana to be demolished

Associated Press  

— A former fast-food building linked to one of the most heinous unsolved crimes in Indianapolis-area history will be demolished, officials said. The building that was Burger Chef in Speedway was the site where four young workers were abducted in 1978 and found slain two days later in a field a county away. The free-standing building a short distance west …

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Rudy Giuliani owes defamed election workers nearly $150 million, jury rules
1 year ago

Rudy Giuliani owes defamed election workers nearly $150 million, jury rules

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I still feel like I’m in that cycle …

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Giuliani Trial: Jury Awards Election Workers $148 Million
1 year ago

Giuliani Trial: Jury Awards Election Workers $148 Million

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A Washington, D.C., jury has awarded $148 million to the two Georgia election workers defamed by lawyer Rudy Giuliani. My life is really messed up.” Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks to reporters Dec. 11 as he leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. via Associated Press Outside the courthouse following the verdict, Giuliani, who was …

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Cutting immigration is a matter of trust for Tories – Jenrick
1 year, 1 month ago

Cutting immigration is a matter of trust for Tories – Jenrick

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We want to reduce pressure on housing and public services, and also to build …

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She was killed in a carrot field. With her body nearby, workers say, they were told to keep picking
1 year, 2 months ago

She was killed in a carrot field. With her body nearby, workers say, they were told to keep picking

LA Times  

Grimmway Farms, where a work truck, rear, ran over Rosa Miriam Sanchez, 58. They are also demanding an inquiry into safety concerns that they had about the truck and the driver involved, and why workers were told to finish picking the carrot field with Sanchez’s body nearby. A spokesperson for Grimmway Farms said that the company had no confirmation from …

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Return to work or face salary stoppage, Gurugram sanitation workers told
1 year, 2 months ago

Return to work or face salary stoppage, Gurugram sanitation workers told

Hindustan Times  

As the sanitation crisis lingers on in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram on Friday issued an ultimatum to striking sanitation workers to return to work, failing which payment of their salaries will be withheld. Officials aware of the development said that sanitation workers might also face legal action for disrupting the work of private agencies employed for sanitation …

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Inauguration of World’s Largest Temple in US: It Faces Claims of Casteism, Abuse
1 year, 3 months ago

Inauguration of World’s Largest Temple in US: It Faces Claims of Casteism, Abuse

The Quint  

Matthew Frankel, the organisation's spokesperson, told AP that BAPS was only first made aware of the claims early Tuesday morning, when the lawsuit was filed. Lenin Joshi, a spokesperson for BAPS, further contested the charges, emphasising that the men were engaged in intricate tasks involving the assembly of hand-carved stones from India. In a press release on 11 July 2023, …

Biden and Brazil’s Lula focus on workers’ rights while publicly playing down differences
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden and Brazil’s Lula focus on workers’ rights while publicly playing down differences

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, played up their mutual affection for workers’ rights Wednesday as the leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies met in New York, steering clear in public about their differences on Ukraine and other matters. They announced a new partnership on supporting labor while avoiding …

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Platform workers suffer from poor mental health, study finds
2 years, 2 months ago

Platform workers suffer from poor mental health, study finds

NL Times  

Gig workers who work at places like ridesharing companies or meal delivery services have poorer mental health than people who are otherwise employed, the NOS reports from an Erasmus University Rotterdam study. Over 3,600 so-called "platform workers," often self-employed individuals who work for platforms like Thuisbezorgd.nl or Uber, participated in the study. "I see my family a lot less than …

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Workers at ‘South Korean Amazon’ protest ‘boiling pot’ conditions
2 years, 5 months ago

Workers at ‘South Korean Amazon’ protest ‘boiling pot’ conditions

Al Jazeera  

E-commerce giant Coupang is facing accusations that its success is built on the exploitation of workers. With more than 60,000 workers, Coupang is South Korea’s third-largest employer, behind Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Company. Though Coupang workers have organised in order to get air conditioning, some experts say that large spaces like warehouses present unique challenges that make it difficult …

South Korea Air Workers Company South Told Seoul