Labor
Jose Sarmento Matos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating HelloFresh over allegations that the popular meal kit service employed migrant children at a cooking and packaging facility in Illinois as recently as this summer, ABC News has learned. At least six teenagers, at least some of whom migrated from Guatemala, were found working […]
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are gearing up to head to the airport or hit the highway for the last long weekend of summer. Here’s what to know about Labor Day weekend travel: Air travel More than 17 million people are forecast to be screened at U.S. airports from Thursday, Aug. […]
Ditto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are gearing up to head to the airport or hit the highway for the last long weekend of summer. Here’s what to know about Labor Day weekend travel: Air travel More than 17 million people are forecast to be screened at U.S. airports from Thursday, Aug. 29, […]
Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris has received a flurry of endorsements from many of the nation’s largest labor unions since she announced her candidacy for president. Concern has emerged within the labor movement, however, over the potential selection of Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., as a running mate because he has […]
Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg, STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Randi Weingarten, head of the 1.7-million member American Federation of Teachers and a close ally of President Joe Biden, said she’d forgotten to bring something on stage with her at the union’s national convention in Houston, Texas on Monday. “I don’t have tissues — I should, unfortunately,” Weingarten said, before […]
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the summer winds down, Labor Day weekend travel is about to get underway. Here’s what you need to know before hitting the road or heading to the airport. The skies Labor Day weekend is projected to be the third-busiest travel weekend of the year, according to the Federal […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The job market is booming, despite headline-grabbing layoffs at tech behemoths like Amazon and Google. As illustrated by that contrast in fortunes, however, the hiring surge hasn’t been distributed equally. For waiters and bartenders, job boards are lighting up; for computer programmers, they’re relatively dim. The strong job market […]
Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images (New York) — The Labor Department has detailed an investigation that found one of the nation’s largest food safety sanitation services providers illegally employed more than 100 children in hazardous work conditions across 13 facilities in eight states. DOL said its investigation into Packers Sanitation Services Inc., based in Wisconsin, found […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As Americans get ready to celebrate the end of summer, health officials are once again urging the public, particularly those who are still unvaccinated, to act responsibly during the Labor Day weekend, given the country’s ongoing struggle with the virus. “First and foremost, if you are unvaccinated, we would recommend not […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As Americans get ready to celebrate the end of summer, health officials are once again urging the public, particularly those who are still unvaccinated, to act responsibly during the Labor Day weekend, given the country’s ongoing struggle with the virus. “First and foremost, if you are unvaccinated, we would recommend not […]
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