Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/14/2024 - 3:00am
Workers at two Mercedes plants near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will soon vote for the first time on whether they want to join a union.
Until recently, it would have been safe to presume that a majority of the 5,200 people eligible to participate in this election – scheduled to run May 13-17, 2024 – would reject this opportunity to join the United Auto Workers.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/14/2024 - 2:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Target confirmed that it won't be carrying its LGBTQ+ merchandise for Pride month in June in some stores after the discount retailer received backlash last year for its assortment that also cut into sales.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/14/2024 - 1:00am
Paid caregivers foster independence and improve quality of life for people with all kinds of disabilities, many of whom need help getting dressed, preparing meals, showering and dealing with other activities of daily living.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:00am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — About 700 workers walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip Friday morning in what union organizers said would be a 48-hour strike after spending months trying to reach a deal for new five-year contract with Virgin Hotels.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:00am
In a meeting room at a hotel in California's crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that could help shape the future of farm labor in fields that grow a chunk of the country's food.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 6:00am
KASHAN, Iran (AP) — The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the world over. But for the weavers trying to sell their rugs under its ancient arches, their world has only unraveled since the collapse of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers and wider tensions with the West.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 5:00am
Thirty years ago this summer, on a cool evening in the Brentwood community of Los Angeles, California, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered. The evidence pointed to just one suspect – Nicole’s ex-husband and NFL Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 4:00am
When their first child was born with serious disabilities, Nick Smith and his wife Desiree moved to Nebraska to live closer to family.
Originally from Holdrege, Smith went to school and met his wife in Texas. Both were licensed teachers with four years of classroom experience. None of that mattered when they moved to Nebraska in 2021.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 3:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Google's preeminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up by more than $20 billion spent each year by the tech giant to lock out competition, Justice Department lawyers argued at the closings of a high-stakes antitrust lawsuit.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 2:00am
WASHINGTON — Two Democratic U.S. senators announced Thursday they plan to introduce a piece of legislation that would require large companies to disclose quota practices to workers and prevent those quotas from interfering with a worker’s health.