DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is laying off about 1,000 workers worldwide, shedding costs as it tries to compete in a crowded global automobile market.
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Dockworkers’ union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
MIAMI (AP) — Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a
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Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite
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Fraud concerns halt parole program for Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians and Nicaraguans
MIAMI — The Biden administration has temporarily halted a humanitarian parole program that has allowed nearly half-a-million nationals from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua to
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‘The Virgin Islands cannot take the hit of a trash strike’
The thought of the V.I. Waste Management Authority calling for a strike is another one of those, “Are you kidding me?” moments — especially now,
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McDonald’s and Wendy’s investors group demands fixes to franchisee child labor issues
A group of shareholders in fast-food chains McDonald’s and Wendy’s are demanding the companies’ boards of directors do more to ensure franchisees are not exploiting child
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VIPA looking for a few good airport rescue firefighters
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — VIPA says it needs a few good men and women for its airport rescue firefighter squad. In a message posted to X
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New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment
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Registration Open for UVI’s Beginner Culinary Program
Future Chefs Poised to Gain Hands-on Experience in State-of-the-Art Professional Kitchen CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Aspiring cooks seeking to gain the skills needed to work in
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Airport Worker ‘Violently’ Sucked Into Plane Engine After Warnings To Stay Back: NTSB
MONTGOMERY — An Alabama airport worker who was sucked into a plane engine was pulled in so violently that it shook the entire aircraft, killing her after
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