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Cadets remember Canadian airmen of WWII
The small town of Irvinestown in County Fermanagh is the final resting place for 82 young airmen.Top stories - BBC News - 13 hours ago -
A strike by Greek teachers triggers a broader labor dispute
Striking Greek public school teachers have marched in protest through central Athens as tensions grow between labor organizations and the center-right government over workers’ rightsWorld - ABC News - October 23 -
What a new labor contract could mean for Boeing
About 33,000 striking Boeing workers were voting Wednesday on whether to ratify a new contract with the embattled aircraft manufacturing giant. The four-year deal comes with a 35% pay hike, as well ...Top stories - CBS News - October 23 -
Alabama Prison Labor Program Faces Legal Challenges
A work-release program for Alabama prisoners provides labor for corporations and income for the state. Lawsuits are challenging its constitutionality.Business - The New York Times - October 26 -
Nerves frayed in Canada and Mexico over US trade relations
As Americans prepare to vote in the presidential election, Canadians and Mexicans mull the likely impact.Top stories - BBC News - October 21 -
Canada alleges Indian Home Minister Amit Shah ordered campaign targeting Sikh separatists
Canada has alleged that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence-gathering targeting Sikh separatists inside CanadaWorld - ABC News - October 29 -
Voters consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisoners
California and Nevada voters will decide in November if they want to ban forced prison labor by removing language from their state constitutions rooted in the legacy of chattel slaveryTop stories - ABC News - October 15 -
Boeing’s labor strike is forcing this company to send hundreds of employees home
Spirit AeroSystems is furloughing 700 employees due to the impact of the strike by Boeing’s machinists.Business - MarketWatch - October 18 -
Immigrant Labor Powers the Economy. What Will Happen After November 5?
Will the election value or imperil the workers doing jobs that keep GDP growth humming? Campaign rhetoric suggests two starkly different outcomes.Business - Inc. - October 21 -
Boeing machinists reject new labor contract, extending strike
Nearly six weeks after walking off the job, members of the union representing more than 30,000 machinists voted Wednesday to reject Boeing's latest offer, a 35 percent raise over four years, and ...Top stories - NBC News - October 24 -
Short on Time, Harris’s Labor Allies Sprint to Reach Working-Class Voters
Unions and their affiliates think they can still break through with the Democrats’ worst demographic, white working-class voters, by hustling on the ground. But it has been a slog.Top stories - The New York Times - October 24 -
Review: Labor organizers score against Amazon in 'Union,' a complex, essential documentary
In 2022, Amazon's Staten Island warehouse became the site of a defiant labor showdown that made national headlines, here chronicled in its many twists and turns.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 25 -
Hundreds of Jews murdered at a little known Nazi labor camp are remembered
The son of a Holocaust survivor has fulfilled a yearslong personal mission with the unveiling of memorials to hundreds of Jews murdered by German forces during World War IIWorld - ABC News - October 30 -
Kamala Harris will be a president for the labor movement – and for working women | Liz Shuler
As the first female president of the United States’ largest labor federation, I’m proud to support the vice-president. The 6.6 million union women in this country – nearly half of today’s labor ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
White House blames jobs reports on hurricanes and labor strikes
The White House on Friday blamed the stall in job growth in October on the hurricanes and labor strikes in recent weeks. The U.S. added 12,000 jobs and the jobless rate stayed flat at 4.1 percent ...Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
Elon Musk’s canvassing operation sued in California for alleged labor law violations
Plaintiffs accuse America Pac of several violations during its operation to support Orange county’s Michelle Steel. Elon Musk’s troubled canvassing operation on behalf of Donald Trump and the ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
The Biden-Harris Department of Labor is politicizing your retirement savings
The Biden administration's new rule allows retirement plan managers to invest without the consent of participants to achieve their political, social or ideological goals, potentially reducing ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
Boeing machinists accept labor contract, ending 7-week strike
Boeing sweetened its offer to thousands of striking factory workers, leading machinists union to back the deal.Top stories - CBS News - 4 days ago -
Boeing machinists end strike after approving labor contract with 38% raises
The vote is the third time since September that Boeing's machinists are considering a new labor deal.Business - CNBC - 3 days ago -
New York Times Launches Election 'Needle' Despite Labor Strike
The news organization had warned that its election-forecasting tool might not be operational; some staffers debate the merits of the labor action.Business - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago -
India’s Ambassador Is Person of Interest in a Canadian Investigation, India Says
The move by the Indian government comes as the two countries have been locked in a dispute following the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Canada last year.World - The New York Times - October 14 -
Canadian police accuse Indian diplomats of ‘criminal’ activities including homicides
Accusations made hours after both countries expel senior diplomats in escalating row over killing of Sikh activist. Canadian police accused Indian diplomats and consular staff of “clandestine” and ...World - The Guardian - October 14 -
Canadian police accuse India of working with criminal network to kill dissidents
Modi government agents alleged to have collaborated with syndicate run by mob boss Lawrence Bishnoi. Canadian police have accused the Indian government of working with a criminal network run by one ...World - The Guardian - October 15 -
Private forums show Canadian doctors struggle with euthanizing vulnerable patients
A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, grieving widowsHealth - ABC News - October 16 -
Canadian doctors who provide euthanasia struggle with the ethics of killing vulnerable patients
A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, grieving widowsWorld - ABC News - October 16 -
Trudeau: India made ‘horrific mistake’ in violating Canadian sovereignty
Canada prime minister testifies at public inquiry amid worsening diplomatic row over murder of Sikh separatist. Why has Canada accused Indian diplomats of ‘criminal’ activities? Justin Trudeau ...World - The Guardian - October 16 -
Mysterious white blobs washing up on Canadian beaches stump experts
White blobs of "a mystery substance" dotting beaches across Canada's far northeast Newfoundland and Labrador province spark an investigation.Top stories - CBS News - October 16 -
India denies Canadian allegation that it uses mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada
India’s government is denying that it works with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic disputeWorld - ABC News - October 17 -
A Canadian former Olympic snowboarder is wanted in a US drug trafficking case
A former Olympic snowboarder for Canada has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring that authorities say shipped vast amounts of cocaine across the Americas and killed four peopleSports - ABC News - October 17 -
Canadians with nonterminal conditions sought assisted dying for social reasons
Some people have asked to be killed due to non-medical reasons – including isolation and homelessness. An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada ’s most populous province has ...World - The Guardian - October 17 -
Tobacco giants near $24bn settlement over long-running Canadian lawsuit
British American Tobacco, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco close to resolving class action suitBusiness - Financial Times - October 18 -
Canada's foreign minister says India's remaining diplomats are on notice not to harm Canadians
Canada’s foreign minister says India’s remaining diplomats in the country are “clearly on notice” not to endanger Canadian livesWorld - ABC News - October 18 -
The Canadian comedian who became China’s most famous foreigner
Mark Rowswell, aka Dashan, on doing stand-up — and ‘Shawshank’ — in perfect MandarinWorld - Financial Times - October 19 -
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