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The $90m fine imposed on Qantas for illegally sacking 1,820 workers in 2020 during the start of the pandemic represents one of the largest corporate penalties…

Alex McIntyreBBC News, West MidlandsAnna-Mhairi KaneLeanne McDonald launched Simple Acts of Kindness during the pandemicThe founder of a support group says she feels more working people…

Bill Thompson, fast food worker in Missouri. Photograph: Courtesy of Missouri Workers CenterBeing sick is a costly business for Bill Thompson, who worked in the fast-food…

Tom Torres has worked as a mechanic at the Kraft Heinz plant in Holland, Mich., for 13 years. He says Trump’s immigration policies have forced out…

More than 3,200 unionized workers who assemble Boeing’s fighter jets in the St Louis area rejected Boeing’s latest offer on Sunday and will strike at midnight…

More than three thousand Boeing defence workers are set to go on strike on Monday, in a fresh blow to the embattled aviation giant.It comes after…

In this handout photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two federal law enforcement officers coordinate with other officials in February 2025 near Washington, D.C.…

Poverty and hunger will rise as a result of the Trump administration’s unprecedented cuts to the US federal “food stamps” program, according to experts. Low-income workers…

For hundreds of civil servants, today marks the end of their work at the U.S. Department of Education, though most haven’t been allowed to work since…

President Trump walks to board Marine One at Trump International Golf Links in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, on Tuesday at the end of his trip to Scotland. Brendan…