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Administration pauses new miner safety measures amid pledge to reinvigorate coal
Safety advocates are bemoaning the delay of new safety standards to protect coal miners from deadly dust exposure.ABC News - 13h -
Trump floats plan for undocumented farm and hotel workers to work legally in the U.S.
Trump said in a Cabinet meeting that workers vouched for by employers would "go out" and "they’re going to come back as legal workers.”NBC News - 12h -
Hundreds of Video Game Workers Join New Union as Trump Attacks Labor Rights
The United Videogame Workers union is open to any gaming worker in the US and Canada and will focus on industry-wide job loss.Wired - 14h -
DHS Wants Workers to Quit. The $25,000 Buyout Has Hidden Costs
Severance payments are mostly uncharted territory for federal workers. Here’s what you need to know.Inc. - 23h -
OpenAI slashes AI model safety testing time
Testers have raised concerns that its technology is being rushed out without sufficient safeguardsFinancial Times - 6h -
How to Retain Your Frontline Workers
In uncertain economic times, these employees have added concerns you can address.Inc. - 15h -
DOGE’s AI Monitoring of Federal Workers Is Alarming — but Not Illegal
Employee surveillance isn’t new, but after gutting several agencies, Elon Musk’s team is now using AI to monitor communications, which could involve secure data that could leak.Inc. - 1d -
Canada Will Use Its Retaliatory Tariff Earnings to Aid Workers and Businesses
But exactly what the country will do remains unclear and the scale of the current disruption makes decision-making difficult.The New York Times - 1d -
Birmingham’s bin worker strike highlights gap between rich and poor
Wealthy residents of UK’s second city can afford private rubbish collection as deprived areas watch waste pile upFinancial Times - 14h -
Children of war: six orphans’ 1,000-mile journey across Sudan in search of safety
After dysentery killed their mother and the civil war came to their home in Omdurman, Haroun and his young siblings were forced to set off on an epic quest to reach El Geneina . They were ...The Guardian - 5h -
The Age-Old Question: Do You Risk a Great Friendship For a Shot at Love?
Jacqueline Spata and Cameron Paton, former co-workers, eventually settled on an answer.The New York Times - 6h -
Five years since Bahrain 2020: The tech that saved Grosjean's life
It's been five years since Romain Grosjean's fiery Bahrain crash. F1's ongoing search for safety saved him.ESPN - 16h -
FirstFT: Stock sell-off resumes as Trump’s China tariffs spook investors
Also in today’s newsletter, EU agrees to start trade talks with UAE and OpenAI slashes AI model safety testing timeFinancial Times - 5h -
Trump administration adds immigrants to Social Security dead list to encourage self-deportation
Immigrant workers put on the list will not be able to legally hold jobs or use financial servicesMarketWatch - 8h -
Subway tunnel collapses during construction in South Korea, likely leaving 2 trapped
A subway tunnel under construction near Seoul collapsed on Friday, leaving two workers presumed to be trapped at the site, officials saidABC News - 1h -
Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files
Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health and safety cases open at OSHA. Union leaders and former OSHA officials are concerned.Wired - 18h -
Dining across the divide: ‘He has a very rosy view of empire and colonialism’
They both support the underdog, but can they find common ground on Britain’s past?. Frankie, 28, London . Occupation Aid worker Continue reading...The Guardian - 22h -
Sweeping semiautomatic gun restriction signed into law by Colorado governor
Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has signed a bill requiring people to pass a background check and complete a state-sanctioned safety course to buy most semiautomatic guns with detachable ...ABC News - 2h -
Kennedy falsely claims measles vaccine protection 'wanes very quickly'
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for people to get the measles vaccine, while falsely claiming it has not been “safety tested” and its protection is short-lived.NBC News - 1h -
Dr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town Hall
Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers.Wired - 2d