MONTREAL—Restaurants in Quebec will be allowed to reopen Monday for the first time in more than a month, but some former workers say they won’t be looking for new jobs in the industry. Milovan Danielou said he decided to start looking for a new job during the province’s second closure of restaurant dining rooms in…
Quebec Restaurants Are Reopening, but Some Former Workers Don’t Plan to Go Back
Gunmen Kill Pakistani Policeman Guarding Polio Workers
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Gunmen shot and killed a Pakistani policeman who was providing security for polio vaccination workers in the northwest on Tuesday, according to police. The assailants fled the scene, and no one claimed responsibility for the attack in Kohat, local police official Dikdar Khan said. He added that the body of the slain policeman had…
Hershey Office Workers Face Jab or Job Choice
January 11, 2022
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Office workers at The Hershey Company say that while they must be vaccinated or face job loss, employees working in food production and Chocolate World, the company’s retail outlet stores, do not have a vaccination requirement. The Pennsylvania snack company has continued food production operations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Its retail stores are now fully…
Workers at Unionized New York Starbucks Store Continue Walk out Over Staffing, Safety
January 9, 2022
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NEW YORK—Baristas at a Starbucks Corp. location in Buffalo, New York, walked off the job for a second day on Thursday in protest of what they say are unsafe working conditions amid a new rise in COVID-19 cases. Workers left their positions on Wednesday at the Elmwood Avenue location—the only unionized corporate-owned Starbucks store in…
US Economy: The Main Shortage Is Workers
Commentary Washington has explained the entire inflation through supply chain problems. It’s why Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell initially described the pressure as “transitory.” Though he has withdrawn that descriptor, he continues to speak in terms of supply matters—so does President Joe Biden. The inflation probably has other causes as well, but even in…
‘A Nightmare’: Chinese Worker Spends Months in Hotel Quarantine in Indonesia After Dispute With Employer
In early December, Xiao Yonghong spent his 48th birthday alone, stranded in a hotel in a foreign country, blocked by his employer from returning home. Xiao, a Chinese electrician, said that his employer made him “quarantine” in a hotel in Indonesia for over fourth months under the excuse that his COVID-19 antibody test results did…
China’s Shrinking Population Is a Big Economic Issue
News Analysis China’s 2020 census is finally available. It has brought Beijing some good news but only relative to fearful expectations. The statistics still issue a warning for the future. The census announces that the country’s population as of 2020 totaled 1.41 billion, up 5.4 percent from 2010. Since there was some considerable fear that…
Amazon Workers Walk Off Job, Say the Company Cut Break Times Because the Pandemic Is ‘Supposedly’ Over
By Amanda Breen Dozens of Amazon employees at two Chicago-area facilities walked off the job during the final stretch of holiday deliveries on Wednesday, citing the company’s shortened break times and unwillingness to increase wages, Business Insider reports. The walkouts took place at Amazon’s delivery centers in Gage Park and Cicero, according to the Chicago…
Striking Kellogg Workers Could Return After Christmas as Tentative Deal Reached
Kellogg Co. and the union representing striking workers at its U.S. breakfast cereal plants have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract that could pave the way for the employees to return to work two days after Christmas. The 1,400 workers have been on strike since Oct. 5 and earlier this month overwhelmingly…
2 Confirmed Dead as Rescuers Search for Workers Trapped in Amazon Warehouse Hit by Tornadoes in Illinois
December 11, 2021
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At least two workers were confirmed dead when an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse collapsed near St. Louis after tornadoes and strong storms roared through the area late Friday, local authorities said. Several people remained unaccounted for as rescuers frantically searched for workers who may be trapped in the facility in Edwardsville, Illinois, Police Chief Mike Fillback…
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