Meatpacking giants to pay $8 million for child labor violations
JBS USA and Perdue Farms will each pay $4 million for employing children through third-party staffing agencies, officials ...
Labor Department puts spotlight on child labor in slaughterhouses with 3 settlements this week
The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a ...
Child labor, charter school transparency, public transit among bills signed by Whitmer
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a series of bills into law that impact Michigan's child labor, transit and education laws.
Here's how much unemployment claims in Missouri increased last week
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Missouri rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...
New York sees largest drop in unemployment claims in the nation last week
U.S. unemployment claims 217,000 last week on a seasonally adjusted basis. Kentucky saw the largest percentage increase in ...
Slaughterhouses Settle 3 Child Labor Cases With Feds
Agribusiness giants Purdue Farms and JBS Foods, along with a slaughterhouse cleaning company, paid about $8.4 millions in ...
Eggs are about to get even more expensive, expert says. Here’s how much
Eggs are nearly 40% more expensive now than they were a year ago, the Labor Department said this week. It’s about to get even ...
Why Chinese EVs are displacing Teslas
These affordable, widespread EVs are expected to outsell gas cars in China for the first time this year. As combustion engine ...
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Farming Industry Braces for Deportation Of Many Of Its Workers as Trump Returns to Power
Legal workshops surge nationwide as immigrant farmworkers secure guardianships, wages, and travel plans amid fears of mass ...
Why eggs are so expensive right now, and when could prices start to drop?
The USDA projected that New York’s average egg price would stay high at $4.80 in the early part of the year, but gradually ...
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Local sandwich shop owner ordered to pay back wages
The owner of six sandwich shop franchises located in different Central Massachusetts communities will be required to pay back ...
‘It all ended in a second’: Thousands of low-income and immigrant workers lost jobs in LA fires
Gardeners, housekeepers and car wash workers living paycheck to paycheck are out of work as LA fires damaged homes and ...