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Sewn with pride: Flag factory gears up for 250th anniversary of nation
American flags are made from start to finish at Allied Materials, a factory in Missouri. The process includes cutting dyed ...
From Greenwood To Farish Street: Young Black Leaders Are Creating A New Economic Renaissance
Many Black Americans, especially the leaders striving to rebuild post-disinvestment communities, find the holiday’s promises ...
Filling Jobs, and Bridging the Blue-Collar Gap
Today’s factories run on broadband, robotics, A.I., data analytics and networked machines. Workers need robust digital skills ...
Telangana factory blast exposes gaps: Sigachi unit was inspected only once - not marked hazardous
According to a 2023 Labour Bureau report, about 5,000 workers are involved in hazardous tasks across 603 factories in Telangana. A reactor blast at the Sigachi pharma plant in Telangana's Pashamylaram ...
The pandemic is still disrupting young people’s careers
The pandemic also magnified existing vulnerabilities. It exacerbated hardship and job insecurity for young people who were ...
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‘Undervalued and Overworked’: How Young Chicago Artists Make A Living Without a Living Wage
Artists on the South and West sides rely on free or subsidized community housing and the support of mission-driven arts ...
What America's youngest workers want from jobs, and how they rate the biggest corporations: CNBC-Generation Lab survey
Young Americans have many concerns about corporations and careers, but one fear is currently dominating, according to a ...
The humble superstar: How Diogo Jota refused to forget his working class roots as the boy who 'never asked for branded boots' and avoided wild nights out became …
Diogo Jota has died at the age of 28 in a tragic accident that has also killed his brother and left the world of football ...
Super Freak Boutique, run by co-founders of The Butter Factory, to close in end-July
Retail was not a detour from, but an extension of, club culture, says the store's co-owner Mr Bobby Luo. Read more at ...
This is how Ford CEO Jim Farley has made young workers want to be in his company
The automotive giant made the change in 2019 after learning that some Ford employees were taking shifts at Amazon to make ...
Where is Dov Charney now?
The Cult of American Apparel,' explores the brand's controversial rise and fall under founder Dov Charney. Here's where he is ...
Uta Briesewitz Talks ‘American Sweatshop', Early Days On ‘The Wire' & The Hollywood Agent Who Told Her: "No-One Wants To Work With A Female DP"
Uta Briesewitz delivered a Munich International Film Festival Masterclass on her new movie American Sweatshop and also shared tales of her time on The Wire and the resistance she met as a woman coming ...