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Doug Emhoff to attend memorial for World Central Kitchen workers killed in Israeli strike
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will represent the Biden administration at a memorial Thursday for the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza earlier this month, according to a White House official.NBC News - Top stories - Israel -
Workers earning up to $58K a year could soon become eligible for overtime pay
The Biden-Harris administration announced a final rule Tuesday that raises the minimum salary threshold to qualify for overtime pay.CNBC - Business -
Workers earning up to $58K a year could soon become eligible for overtime pay
The Biden-Harris administration announced a final rule Tuesday that raises the minimum salary threshold to qualify for overtime pay.CNBC - Business -
Workers earning up to $58K a year could soon become eligible for overtime pay
Millions more Americans could become eligible for overtime pay.NBC News - Top stories -
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‘Every day I cry’: 50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system
Denounced as giving a ‘veneer of legality to slaveholding’ and despite claims of reform, kafala laws persist, allowing bosses to abuse women, who vanish from society. This is their testimony, gathered over two years in a Guardian investigation. ...The Guardian - World -
Room & Board Sets Up Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Giving Workers A Stake
Room & Board, the Minneapolis-based modern furniture retailer, is giving employees a financial stake in the company via a new employee stock ownership plan.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Middle East crisis live: US and other countries link ‘immediate ceasefire’ to hostages’ release
White House releases joint letter signed with 17 other countries saying such a deal would lead to the ‘credible end of hostilities’. Here are some of the scenes in Jerusalem, where people, including Israeli interior security minister Itamar ...The Guardian - World -
While Biden Touts Chip Plant Funds, Prospective Workers Wait for Production to Start
The long lag time before U.S. factories start making semiconductors leaves workers waiting, and voters wondering when the payoff arrives.Inc. - Business - Joe Biden -
Walmart US CEO talks inflation, self-checkout, and non-college degree workers
Walmart US CEO talks inflation, self-checkout, and paying six-figures to non-college degree workers.ABC News - Top stories -
Biden’s new overtime rule could help millions of ‘stuck’ salaried workers. But there are hurdles ahead.
The new rule expands the number of employees eligible for extra pay after working more than 40 hours. Legal challenges have derailed previous changes.MarketWatch - Business - Joe Biden -
Ex-mortuary worker pleads guilty to selling 24 boxes of body parts stolen from Arkansas cadavers
A former mortuary worker in Arkansas pleaded guilty to transporting stolen body parts across state lines, federal prosecutors said Thursday.NBC News - Top stories -
Workers accuse Google of ‘tantrum’ after 50 fired over Israel contract protest
Tech giant fired number of people who protested against $1.2bn Project Nimbus, which supports Israeli military and government. Google has been accused of throwing a “tantrum” after sacking more than 50 workers in response to a protest over the ...The Guardian - World - Google -
United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike in North Carolina
The deal covers workers at various plants in North Carolina.ABC News - Top stories -
World Central Kitchen will resume operations in Gaza after killing of 7 aid workers
World Central Kitchen announced that it will resume operations in Gaza on Monday, almost one month after seven of its aid workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the enclave.NBC News - Top stories -
Restaurants in California are raising menu prices after the state increased the minimum wage for workers in the fast-food industry.
Restaurants in California are raising menu prices after the state increased the minimum wage for workers in the fast-food industry.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Former NSA worker gets nearly 22 years in prison for selling secrets to undercover FBI agent
Jareh Sebastian Dalke sold classified information to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian official. His attorneys had asked for 14 years in prison.NBC News - Top stories