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The construction industry is America's backbone, but it is facing a labor shortage that is extreme in an already tight market for workers across the country.

Long Covid has led affected patients to miss work, making it hard to keep up with rent, mortgage and utility payments, research finds.

Workers across the U.S. are in short supply, and companies are targeting states where jobseekers are plentiful.

The “Nanny” star and SAG-AFTRA president gave an impassioned speech as the union representing roughly 160,000 Hollywood performers voted to strike.

Wyeth Nutrition and its workers union went into negotiations through the regional National Conciliation and Mediation Board of the Department of Labor and Employment in May.

Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said that meetings at the regional National Conciliation and Mediation Board office in Laguna started Tuesday and will resume Thursday.

Faigmani said that the union believes the retrenchment of its members is also a tactic to weaken the union "and at the same time take away the wages and benefits that Wyeth are getting now."

"That should have been the role of government, to advocate for workers," IBON Foundations Sonny Africa says. "But the government sides with employers. If employers say that they cannot afford to raise wages, the government just agrees."

Two 10-year-olds were among over 300 minors found to be working in violation of federal labor laws at McDonald's franchises across Kentucky and other states.

A Labor Department investigation uncovered the violations of child labor law, which spurred a total fine of $212,744.