Employment News
Amazon raises its minimum wage, but St. Louis-area workers say it's not enough - STLPR
More than 800 Amazon employees who work at facilities in St. Peters and Sauget signed a petition demanding a pay increase to a minimum of $25 an hour and improved working conditions. On Wednesday,...
Read moreWatchdog slams EPA for retaliation on chemical reviews - E&E News by POLITICO
Whistleblowers from EPA’s chemicals office were reassigned, skipped for promotions and generally harassed by senior-level managers who said they were “too ‘conservative'” when determining if a new...
Read moreProposed California AI Bill Contains Whistleblower Provisions - JD Supra
California's SB 1047, also known as the “Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act,” has passed the state’s Assembly and Senate and now awaits its fate on Governor ...
Read moreSnowden’s lead attorney slated for Zoom discussion on Friday - Sonoma Index-Tribune
The lead attorney for National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden will be featured in a Zoom discussion offered by Praxis Peace Institute in Sonoma this week. The event, “Civil Rig...
Read moreNYC Labor Complaints Surge 260% as Delivery Workers Lead Fight for Fair Wages - Documented NY
The NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection received a 260% increase in worker protection complaints, increasing from 439 complaints in fiscal year 2023 to 1,581 in 2024, according to rec...
Read more5 Months After California Raised Fast-Food Minimum Wage to $20, Chipotle Is Already Bringing in the Robots - The Western Journal
When it comes to matters of people’s livelihoods, there is absolutely no glee in saying, “We told you so,” but … We told you so. As anyone with a rudimentary, high school-level knowledge of econom...
Read moreFalse Claims
Pakistan Blasphemy Case: Mother of Christian man Samuel Arif claims false implication, seeks justice - organiser.org
JAMMU: The family of a 26-year-old Christian man in Lahore has rejected allegations of blasphemy because of which he was arrested in August. The family has said that his arrest was baseless as the...