Crews at Baltimore bridge collapse continue meticulous work of removing twisted steel and concrete
BALTIMORE (AP) — As crews continued the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel a...
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US farms are increasingly reliant on contract workers who are acutely exposed to climate extremes
Six years ago, Illinois farmer John Ackerman didn’t hire any contract workers at all. Now he typical...
North Carolina labor chief rejects infectious disease rule petitions for workplaces
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s elected labor commissioner has declined to adopt rules sought ...
UN migration agency seeks $7.9 billion to help people on the move and the communities that host them
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s migration agency is launching its first “global appeal,” seeking $7.9 billi...
France’s government and conservative lawmakers find a compromise on immigration bill
PARIS (AP) — Parliament members from French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist majority and a cons...
Why it took 17 days for rescuers in India to get to 41 workers trapped in a mountain tunnel
NEW DELHI (AP) — The rescue mission was expected to last only a few days. Instead, it took 17 days t...
Rescue operation to save 40 workers trapped under a collapsed tunnel in north India enters 3rd day
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Rescuers are working around the clock Tuesday to remove debris to extract 40 w...
Germany’s government and Elon Musk spar on X over maritime rescue ships
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of ...
Greece is planning a major regularization program for migrants to cope with labor crunch
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s minister for migration says the government is planning a major regula...
Poland’s opposition accuses the government of allowing large numbers of migrants, corruption
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s main opposition leader accused the conservative government on Thursda...
The UK government moves asylum-seekers to a barge moored off southern England in a bid to cut costs
LONDON (AP) — A small group of asylum-seekers was moved Monday onto a barge moored in southern Engla...
As these farmworkers' children seek a different future, who will pick the crops?
TOPPENISH, Wash. — By 6 in the morning, Paola Mendoza has pulled her hair back under a baseball cap ...
Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a nightmare
Following Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of welders and pipefitters were recruited from India t...