FAA panel rips Boeing’s ‘disconnect’ between management, workers on safety culture
An expert panel that investigated Boeing’s safety management processes found a “disconnect” between the company’s senior management and employees regarding safety culture and raised other concerns. The committee’s report, released Monday, was directed by Congress in the wake of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people. The report criticized […]
Female workers making $18k less than males in Australia
Women workers in Australia earn on average A$18,461 less than their male counterparts, new company-level pay statistics reveal. Pay comparison data for all employers with 100 or more employees released by the Office for Workplace Gender Equality on Tuesday revealed that workers’ pay packets are sharply divided between men and women. Nationally, the median income […]
Republicans would cripple the IRS by forcing its workers back into the office
In the bustling corridors of power where the future of American governance is being debated, a new battleground has emerged, both surprisingly intimate and all-important. It’s an office space for federal employees. The Internal Revenue Service, the linchpin of the federal government’s machinery, has become the epicenter of the debate, as Republican leaders have issued […]
Why tech companies are laying off thousands of workers
Big tech companies have cut thousands of jobs since early 2024 as the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and rising interest rates upend the tech industry. Although the overall U.S. job market remains remarkably strong, tech companies have cut nearly 40,000 jobs in the first two months of 2024, according to Layoffs.fyi. Just last week, […]
900 American Workers at West Virginia Plant Laid Off After Feds Refuse Tariffs on China
Approximately 900 American workers at a factory in Weirton, West Virginia, lost their jobs after the federal agency denied the Commerce Department’s permission to impose tariffs on cheap tin imports from Canada, China, Germany and South Korea. The prospect of losing it. On February 15th, Cleveland Cliffs executives announced The company’s tin production plant in […]
Construction workers being replaced by AI robot bricklayers
Imagine being a bricklayer. They work all day in the hot sun, bending their backs and knees every time they handle bricks, hands peeling away from the mortar. It’s not a career that’s on most young people’s dream list. That’s where the robot bricklayer developed by Monumental comes in. This could save him a spine […]
Taxes: Remote and hybrid workers could face double taxation on state taxes – AOL
If your employer is located outside of the state where you performed remote work in 2023, you could face double taxation. Being a hybrid worker can also leave you feeling stuck. With the onset of the pandemic, many employees worked remotely for the first time. Post-pandemic, hybrid work schedules have become more prominent and have […]
Washington legislators push bill making it a felony to threaten election workers
The Washington State Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution Thursday that would make harassment of election workers a felony. It comes three months after four county election offices were forced to evacuate after receiving envelopes containing suspicious powder (including three people who tested positive for fentanyl). “This is something we cannot accept as normal,” Democratic Sen. […]
Dallas postal workers experience uptick in armed robberies, assaults
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More than 400 Starbucks workers at 21 stores seek to join union
More than 400 employees at 21 Starbucks stores filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Tuesday asking them to join the Starbucks union. This is the largest single-day filing by Starbucks workers since the unionization drive began in 2021, the union said in a statement. in letter Workers told Starbucks CEO […]