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3:00pm Feb 18, 2022Race Race Health & SafetyLatino workers are caught deciding between their health and livelihood
Cases of COVID-19 in the Latino community in North Carolina skyrocketed in December, and only recently have declined.
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6:00am Sep 07, 2021Economy EconomyAs Federal Unemployment Benefits End, Challenges Remain For Some North Carolinians
Federal pandemic unemployment benefits ended this weekend. This means many out-of-work North Carolinians are receiving their last check.
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Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images 8:59pm Aug 11, 2021Economy EconomyWages Are Going Up — And So Is Inflation. Consumer Prices Have Hit A 13-Year High
Consumer prices rose 5.4% in July, compared to a year ago. Here's one thing to watch going forward: How rising wages impacts inflation. -
Joe Raedle / Getty Images 11:32am Aug 06, 2021Economy Economy Health & SafetyRestaurants Are Dangling Vacation And Matching 401(k), But Many Workers Aren't Biting
As the U.S. economy continues to rebound from the pandemic recession, lots of people are going back to work — but not as quickly as many employers would like. Employers added 943,00 jobs in June. -
Binsar Bakkara / AP 6:41am Jun 10, 2021World News World NewsChild Labor Surges For The First Time In 20 Years. The Pandemic May Make That Worse.
An estimated 160 million children were involved in child labor around the world at the beginning of 2020, according to a new report. -
Toby Scott / SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gettty Images 10:12am May 06, 2021National NationalGoogle Adapts To Long-Term Telework, Offers Employees Hybrid Workweek
More than a year into telework, the tech giant has said about 60% of its employees will work remotely two days a week. Twenty percent will work from home permanently. -
Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images 11:05am Mar 01, 2021National National Politics & GovernmentBiden Backs Amazon Warehouse Workers' Union Drive
More than 5,800 warehouse workers at the Bessemer, Ala., Amazon facility are voting this month on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. -
Mark J. Terrill / AP 12:13pm Feb 05, 2021Economy Economy Health & SafetyU.S. Adds Just 49,000 Jobs In January, 'Not Anywhere Close' To Recovering Those Lost
U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs last month, after a pandemic-driven slump in December. Unemployment fell to 6.3%. -
Chloe Meeske 11:53am Oct 14, 2020Economy EconomyPower Of The Petition: Nonprofit Helps Front-Line Workers Fight For Their Rights
Eight out of every nine American workers don't have a union to represent them in workplace disputes. A nonprofit website is helping push for better wages and working conditions amid the pandemic. -
Maria Fabrizio for NPR 12:41pm Oct 14, 2019World News World News Health & SafetyWhy Are Health-Care Providers Slapping And Yelling At Mothers During Childbirth?
Physical and verbal abuse are a shockingly common experience for mothers, a new study in The Lancet reports. -
Christopher Furlong / Getty Images 2:24pm Jan 15, 2019World News World NewsAs Japan Tries Out Immigration, Migrant Workers Complain Of Exploitation
A Vietnamese laborer tells NPR he was led to believe he would learn construction work but ended up cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear site. Migrant advocates say Japan needs to overhaul the program.
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