How limestone kilns are slowly killing entire families in Pakistan

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Thousands of workers in southern Pakistan spend their lives mining and cooking limestone. The process releases plumes of toxic smoke, polluting the environment and poisoning workers.

The most impactful strikes in history — for better or worse

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Workers from Amazon, Walmart, FedEx, Target, Instacart, and Amazon's Whole Foods Market went on strike amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 1, 2020.

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Gen Z workers are freaking out about AI

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Expectations are high for Gen Zers to reap the benefits of AI.

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A survey of 15,000 workers around the world found that less than a third think they have a 'healthy' relationship with their job

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Workers commuting to the office in London.

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Millionaire CEO who called for high unemployment to remind workers who's in charge apologizes for 'deeply insensitive' remarks after viral backlash

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Property developer Tim Gurner says he "deeply regrets" calling for higher unemployment to "remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around."

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A millionaire CEO is rooting for higher unemployment, saying it's time to 'remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around'

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Tim Gurner says he the unemployment rate needs to rise to remind workers who's in charge.

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Ex-employees at Taser-making company felt pressured to get tattooed or shocked in front of crowds, report says

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The company Axon is known for its Tasers, a weapon designed to cause temporary paralysis.

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US postal workers say agency's productivity tracking and inconsistent training is life-threatening amid extreme heat

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Earlier this year, Texas letter carrier Eugene Gates Jr. died on the job while the heat index was at 110 degrees.

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Workers at San Francisco's Anchor Brewing are trying to buy the brewery as it faces liquidation under Sapporo ownership

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Anchor Brewing's employees are trying to buy the brewery and run it themselves after executives this month said it would liquidate the brand.

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Should you quit your job because you're paid too much? One worker wrote to an advice columnist to ask.

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Should you quit your job if you make too much — and it's just too darned easy? That's what a nonprofit worker wrote to ask a New York Times columnist recently.

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