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Should You Consider Clear Masks and Other Accommodations for the Hard of Hearing? At the end of January Nike agreed to a settlement requiring its California workers to be provided with clear masks.  The settlement was reached to end a class action alleging that the company’s policy requiring store employees to wear masks prevents deaf and hard-of-hearing customers from reading employees’ lips. The settlement requires that Nike provide clear masks to employees when they need to assist deaf ...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. UFCW 8-Golden State Offers Reward in Attack on Union Rite Aid Employee January 29, 2021 GMT DAVIS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 29, 2021-- UFCW 8-Golden State, the Union representing employees at Rite Aid stores in most of Northern and Central California, announced today it is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of a suspect in the attack on a 62-year-old Rite Aid clerk...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Ontario’s Universities Need to Take Evidence-Based Pandemic Precautions to Keep Campus Communities Safe: CUPE January 29, 2021 GMT TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 29, 2021-- The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at the University of Guelph raises questions about the role of post-secondary institutions that have been ignoring the science on transmission and neglecting workplace safety, according to the Canadian...

DETROIT (AP) — Casting his climate policy as a jobs plan, President Joe Biden left out important context and used fuzzy math when he announced sweeping new green initiatives that

BOSTON (AP) — The number of newly confirmed coronavirus deaths in Massachusetts rose by 41 on Tuesday while the number of newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by more than

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his ambitious plan to get California elementary school students back in their classrooms when COVID-19 conditions improve, educators are unwilling

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed that borders should remain open and assessed more measures to counter the spread of coronavirus variants during a video summit Thursday as the

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Nearly Two Hundred Workers at Marathon’s St. Paul Park Refinery Strike Over Workplace Safety January 22, 2021 GMT International Brotherhood Of Teamsters. (PRNewsFoto/International Brotherhood of Teamsters) BLAINE, Minn., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 200 workers at Marathon’s St. Paul Park refinery went on strike this afternoon over unfair labor practices and workplace safety. The workers, rep...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Canada’s Flight Attendants Call for Action Plan From Trudeau Government for Airline Sector January 20, 2021 GMT VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 20, 2021-- Canada’s flight attendants are calling on the Trudeau government to stop stalling and provide urgently-needed support for Canada’s airline sector, and a plan for a safe return to domestic and international air travel. “The a...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Hoffa: President Biden Takes Correct Step In Firing NLRB General Counsel January 21, 2021 GMT International Brotherhood Of Teamsters. (PRNewsFoto/International Brotherhood of Teamsters) WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa on President Biden’s decision to fire National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel Peter Robb af...