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Wind farm and nuclear power plans 'at risk' due to nationwide welder shortage

Renewable energy and water infrastructure projects could be hit by a shortage of skilled labour, with overseas workers needed to fill gaps, a new...

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Everyone’s Making Millions But the Super Bowl Haltime Show Wants to Hire New Orleans Locals for $12 an Hour

The conventional wisdom holds that the Super Bowl is the most lucrative sporting event in the world, generating as much as $1 billion in revenue....

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DEI Was Never Going to Save Us

Trump’s racist attacks on diversity initiatives must be resisted—but that shouldn’t prevent an honest conversation about the limits of what DEI...

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The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug

A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get.

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How Amazon Is Taking Its Union-Busting to New Heights

Organizers describe fear tactics, amped-up security, and daily town halls as workers vote on whether to unionize.

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DOGE Sparks Surveillance Fear Across the US Government

The US government has increased the use of monitoring tools over the past decade. But President Donald Trump’s employee purges are making workers...

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How chocolate entrepreneur's values shaped York

From Fruit Pastilles to parks, chocolate entrepreneur and philanthropist Joseph Rowntree, who died 100 years ago this week, has an enduring legacy.

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The hidden theft epidemic that is hindering our housebuilding plans

Why is no one talking about this £98m a year crime?

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After a North Carolina Election Loss, Amazon Union Organizers Must Think Bigger, Bolder

Local organizers built a multiracial, multigenerational union with grassroots energy and tenacity. But Amazon is too big to beat through site-by-site...

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DOGE Email Throws Federal Agencies Into Chaos and Confusion

Across the US government, workers failed to get clear guidance on whether or how to respond to an email asking what they did this week, despite Elon...

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