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National Pork Board Conducting euthanasia has been reported as a significant stressor for animal caretakers. Jacob Yarian, Anna Johnson, Suzanne Millman, Jason Ross, Brad Skaar, Kenneth Stalder, Iowa State University; Monique Pairis-Garcia and Ivelisse Robles, North Carolina State University; Andréia Arruda, The Ohio State University; and Cassandra Jass, Iowa Select Farms | May 04, 2021 Swine caretaker turnover rates and labor shortages plague the U.S. swine industry....

Take Care of Your Talent or Else. . . This weeks Herman Trend Alert  was supposed to be about the 4-day work week and how employers will implement it, rather this Alert focuses on a more pressing issue for employers. And though this Alert is about what is happening in the United States, we are certain that there are similar labor market situations worldwide, as we emerge from this challenging global pandemic. Employers need workers to make their products and/or serve their customers. With...

Union Claims Amazon Tainted Election, Wants Vote Overturned The union lost decisively in a preliminary vote count but says the company broke the law. The union that lost an election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama this month has accused the company of breaking labor laws during the campaign and asked federal officials to throw out the results. The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) filed 23 charges at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Friday alleging Amazon creat...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Bridlewood Trails Workers Join CUPE April 13, 2021 GMT KANATA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 13, 2021-- Workers at Bridlewood Trails Retirement Community in Kanata voted almost unanimously today to join The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). “The pandemic has been very challenging for workers in retirement and long-term care residences. Thanks to COVID, everyone knows care workers need to be ...

1 of 24 In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin listen as Assistant Minnesota Attorney General Matthew Frank, questions witness Christopher Martin as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in the trial of Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. Uncredited - pool, Court TV...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A bill that would end police immunity from prosecution in New Mexico to allow civil rights lawsuits in state court cleared its last major hurdle

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada is making all residents ages 16 and older eligible for the coronavirus vaccine starting April 5 as part of its efforts to inoculate the population

1 of 54 Police inspect vehicles at a checkpoint as curfew is imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in metro Manila, Philippines a year after the country imposed a lockdown on Monday, March 15, 2021. The Department of Health has been reporting a surge in infections for more than a week, adding to concerns over a sluggish start of a vaccination campaign that has faced supply problems and public reluctance. Aaron Favila - staff, AP Australian Prime Minister Scott...

Unhappy Employees Are Ready to Bolt From: Unhappy Employees Are Ready to Bolt For years, my late partner Roger Herman and I expected to see unprecedented churning in the labor marketplace. Though eventually in the years after the Great Recession, there was significant employee turnover, then came the COVID-19 Pandemic. Now, as we emerge...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans advanced a proposal Tuesday that would ban transgender students from girls and womens sports in Kansas schools and colleges, and supporters are increasingly confident