A new business concept opening this weekend in Jacksonville will add some pizazz to your social media and fun to your life. JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Get the camera ready! A new business concept opening this weekend in Jacksonville will add some pizazz to your social media and fun to your […]
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Raising The Curtain For South Florida Arts Economy And Workers
Kelly Brown and her husband bought a home just before COVID-19 closed the economy and shut down the arts industry. She is the production stage manager at Miami City Ballet. “That was terrifying,” she said. COVID-19 forced art out of the studios, concert halls and theaters. It meant stages were […]
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National Trust’s scheme where children educated workers on colonial history was funded by taxpayer
The National Trust’s controversial ‘colonial countryside’ project which has examined links between the trust’s stately homes and Britain’s imperial past was funded with £160,000 taxpayers’ and lottery money, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal. The project with Leicester University – titled ‘Colonial Countryside: Reinterpreting English Country Houses’ – received £99,600 from […]
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Essential workers get emotional at Oakland County mass vaccination
Novi — It was cold outside, the sun had just come up and Debbie Rosenblatt was miles from home, yet the school social worker could not contain her excitement about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. After confirming her appointment with Oakland County health officials at a mass vaccination site inside […]
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Black market for illegal coronavirus vaccines thrives with Chinese workers in the Philippines
No coronavirus vaccine has been approved for general use in the Philippines, nor is one expected to arrive, officially, until at least February. It is illegal to import unauthorized pharmaceuticals. But soaring demand among Chinese workers, many of them employed in the Philippines’ lucrative online casinos catering to gamblers in […]
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Turning music lessons into ‘trauma informed care’ for frontline health care workers
“The expectation for them is not that they get to be on the Carnegie Hall stage. The expectation is for them to have an instrument, and to learn to heal through it, and to express themselves,” said Wong, a pediatrician who codirects the Arts and Humanities Initiative at Harvard Medical […]
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Minimum wage hike, Family and Medical Leave Act take effect Jan. 1; here’s what businesses and workers say it means to them
NORTHAMPTON — Jeremiah Micka has been dealing with a lot lately. Like many, the owner of the Union Station complex in Northampton — which includes the Tunnel Bar, the Roosevelt Room banquet facility, the Platform Sports Bar and a patio bar called The Deck — has struggled to keep his […]
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1 House, 5 Grocery Store Workers And A Very Long Year
Above: Ralphs employees Mike Kurtz, a meat manager (left); Joseph Salorio, a front-end manager; Raquel Salorio, a front-end manager; and Jack Dawe, a meat manager in the backyard of Joseph’s home in San Diego, California on December 18, 2020. Credit: Ariana Drehsler for HuffPost As coronavirus cases rose in San Diego […]
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Pandemic crushes global supply chains, workers at both ends
In her last weeks working the freight shift at the local J.C. Penney store, Alexandra Orozco took out her phone and hit record. The 22-year-old shot videos as she and her co-workers slid down a metal shoot (technically meant for empty boxes) in the store room, their heads falling back […]
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Logic School teaches tech workers how to fight for change at work
From the Google walkout protesting the company’s sexual harassment issues to the letter from Facebook employees of color detailing the micro (and macro) aggressions they say they’ve experienced at the company, tech workers have been trying to demand better from their employers. Some Amazon workers demanded that Jeff Bezos stop […]
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Muskogee County Healthcare Workers To Receive 3-D Printed Masks
Personal protective equipment is a life-saving necessity for healthcare workers and some people in Muskogee County have found a creative way to help with the shortage of PPE. Some healthcare workers in Muskogee County are concerned about the lack of proper Personal Protection Equipment, that’s why County Commissioner Ken Doke […]
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Election workers carried on vote count under historic scrutiny
Water splattering on the floor halted counting for two hours on Election Day, but it didn’t damage any ballots. And it was nothing compared to the seemingly Augean task of processing nearly 150,000 mail ballots, the unfounded accusations of fraud, the physical threats and the online harassment — and the […]
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Warmer weather in the Valley means more productive days for outdoor workers
Local businesses say the unseasonably warm weather is helping them get more work done by: Desirae Gostlin Posted: Nov 5, 2020 / 05:11 PM EST / Updated: Nov 5, 2020 / 05:40 PM EST BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – There’s plenty to enjoy with the weather and that includes for people […]
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A Health Care Worker’s New Normal : The Picture Show : NPR
The daughter of health care worker in the New York City area portrays her family during the pandemic. Her photography gives witness to her mother’s determination to live fully in a new normal. — Laura Beltrán Villamizar, NPR photo editor Raymonde Elian no longer does her hair and makeup before […]
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From ‘role models’ to sex workers: Kenya’s child labor rises
A teenage girl who became a sex worker after schools in Kenya were closed in March due to coronavirus restrictions, sits in the rented room where she and others work, in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. The girls saw their mothers’ sources of income vanish when Kenya’s government restricted […]
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Uber, Lyft Are Spending Millions To Fight Labor Protections For Their Workers
About a year ago, Steve Smith stood outside a press conference at a hotel in Sacramento where Uber, Lyft and DoorDash announced plans to spend millions on a statewide ballot initiative that would exempt them from a state law requiring the gig economy companies to hire most of their independent […]
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What Happened When Nintendo Lawyers Came for a Sex Worker’s Name
Popular Twitch streamer and TikTok star Pokeprincxss was bullied in school for loving video games. Her obsession with Pokemon, in particular, formulated much of her childhood memories. When she grew up, she got tattoos of her favorite Pokémon and built a successful persona based on her love of the franchise, […]
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Federal workers should have option to pay Social Security taxes now, senators say
Starting in September, Social Security payroll taxes have been suspended for the majority of the 2.1 million federal workers apart from the U.S. Postal Service, in what amounts a loan they must pay back starting January. The bill’s introduction follows letters from members of Congress and federal employee unions asking the […]
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JobsNOW: Local hotels with big names looking for workers in several positions
Two hotels at the Eastwood Mall are hiring by: Dave Sess Posted: Oct 6, 2020 / 06:39 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 6, 2020 / 06:39 PM EDT YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – If you’re looking to break into the hospitality industry, now is the time. For hotels, the first impression […]
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How to Support Restaurants and Their Workers Right Now
InvestorPlace 7 Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Buy for October With so much death and economic destruction wrought by the novel coronavirus, it’s hard to find the silver lining. But if there is one on Wall Street, it’s the rise of artificial intelligence stocks. Yes, there is the profitability angle from […]