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Business
A German Initiative to Keep Workers Employed by Retraining Them
When Emrullah Karaca began working at a factory in Gifhorn, Germany, where the auto parts supplier Continental builds components for…
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Style
How Poor Tracking of Bird Flu Leaves Dairy Workers at Risk
Farmworkers have been exposed to milk infected with the bird flu virus. But there has been virtually no testing on…
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World
Body of Final Victim in Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is Found
The victim, José Mynor López, was a member of a work crew that had been filling potholes on the bridge…
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Style
Your Neighbors Are Retiring in Their 30s. Why Can’t You?
Even before he really knew what it meant, Allen Wong wanted to be rich. As a kid, he didn’t yet…
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Books
At SFMOMA, Disability Artwork Makes History
In 1974, Florence Ludins-Katz and Elias Katz — she an artist, he a psychologist — turned the garage of their…
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World
It Took Decades, but Japan’s Working Women Are Making Progress
Employers have taken steps to change a male-dominated workplace culture. But women still struggle to balance their careers with domestic…
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Books
Tyshawn Sorey Wins Pulitzer for Composing an ‘Anti-Concerto’
The composer and instrumentalist was honored for “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith),” an unconventional concerto written for saxophone and orchestra.
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World
5 Dead After Inhaling Hazardous Gas at a Water Plant in Sicily
An official said the workers were killed by hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic in high concentrations. Italian officials and unions…
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Newyork
What Happened When the Skating Coaches Wanted a Union
A simmering labor dispute involving figure skating coaches at Sky Rink in Manhattan ramped up in recent days after two…
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Business
The ‘Fall Guy’ Filmmakers Have a Cause: Give Stunts an Oscar
The academy is keeping mum about the prospect, but the movie is part of a renewed push for a new…