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USPS worker is nearly mowed down during brazen mail heist

A harrowing video shows the moment a female postal worker was almost run over by ruthless robbers after robbing a mailbox at a California post office. The cellphone recording, which went viral on Instagram, shows a dedicated, uniformed U.S. Postal Service employee physically intercepting the robbers' black getaway car. Instead of stopping, the driver pushed […]

New Hampshire man denied bail in MA crash that killed officer, utility worker

A judge denied bail for truck driver Peter Simon, 54, of Woodsville, New Hampshire. Authorities said Simon collided with a Massachusetts police officer and a public works employee, resulting in their deaths. After the fatal crash last December, Simon allegedly pulled a knife on another officer, stole his cruiser and crashed it. The truck driver […]

Amazon hit with $35M fine for ‘excessively intrusive’ worker productivity monitoring

French regulators fined Amazon $35 million on Tuesday, determining the e-commerce giant had an “unduly intrusive system” for monitoring warehouse employees. French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)has announced that its domestic subsidiary, Amazon France Logistics, will use barcode scanners to track the progress of tasks such as stocking products on shelves and packaging them for shipment. […]

Poultry plant slapped by feds after underage worker dies in deboning machine mishap

A Mississippi poultry factory where an underage worker was dragged into machinery and beaten to death over the summer was solely responsible for the horrific incident, federal regulators have ruled after an investigation. A “disregard for safety standards” at Hattiesburg's Mah Jack poultry plant directly led to the death of Duvan Thomas Perez in July, […]

Maine looks to migrant surge to remedy worker shortage

Maine Gov. Janet Mills and a state lawmaker from Somalia unveiled a proposal Friday that seeks to solve the state's severe labor shortage by tapping into its rapidly growing immigrant community. Maine has traditionally had one of the lowest immigrant populations in the country. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, only about 4% of the […]