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Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just walked out
By: Bill Chappell I NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Pharmacists working for CVS stores are walking off the job, resorting to a drastic form of protest to highlight what they say are unsafe and stressful work… Read More
![Students protest higher ed bill at Ohio Statehouse on June 14, 2023](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-4-e1694469757368-900x422.webp)
Dozens of unions in Ohio are coming together to oppose the controversial higher education bill
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition of unions known as “We Are Ohio,” along with 73 additional unions sent a letter to Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill),… Read More
![A black and white Help Wanted sign sits on the side of the road](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-1-e1693940748481-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s economy is hot. What will make it even better for workers and businesses?
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s economy is tipping toward workers, after years of favoring businesses and employers. That’s the conclusion in an annual report from a progressive think… Read More
![United Airlines pilots participate in a picket line at Washington Dulles International Airport on May 12, 2023. They hold blue, white and yellow picket signs.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gettyimages-1489507976-26d5e09dff9928c31ac8a325f47b2b45ee58381d-scaled-e1684776128425-900x422.jpg)
The latest workers calling for a better quality of life: airline pilots
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — In the departures hall of Washington Dulles International Airport, hundreds of uniformed airline pilots filed silently past travelers pulling suitcases and children toward the check-in kiosks. Faces… Read More
![A guy works on a laptop at his desk. He has headphones, a keyboard, a mouse and his phone in front of him.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_2146943003-e1676912319174-900x422.jpg)
The costs and benefits of switching to a 4-day work week
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — In 1926, Henry Ford instituted a five-day, 40-hour work week with no loss in pay for having Saturdays off. Now, there’s a push to consider a four-day, 32-hour… Read More
![Workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center on January 20, 2015 in Tracy, California.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/gettyimages-461841936-39296711f1a35b0a5d01aa30080a864c5529ddaa-scaled-e1674073213956-900x422.jpg)
Behind your speedy Amazon delivery are serious hazards for workers, government finds
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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Updated January 18, 2023 at 2:01 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Federal safety inspectors have concluded that the twisting, bending and long reaches that Amazon warehouse workers perform as… Read More
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What is ‘quiet quitting,’ and how it may be a misnomer for setting boundaries at work
By: Amina Kilpatrick | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Closing your laptop at 5 p.m. Doing only your assigned tasks. Spending more time with family. These are just some of the common examples used to… Read More
![Georgia Linders sits on a couch with a laptop in her lap.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/georgialinders-6d1274570c47eff4a3c48311f874f1f5084952d8-e1659364087274-900x422.jpg)
Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — More than two years after Georgia Linders first got sick with COVID, her heart still races at random times. She’s often exhausted. She can’t digest certain… Read More
![Jonathan Pruiett sits at his home desk behind his computer. He just has his bare feet out in the pic. Like, dawg, put those grippers away.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_3456-preview-a858dfbfc0bcc15b009d5ae4f515d9942bd73d7d-e1654534817666-900x422.jpg)
The idea of working in the office, all day, every day? No thanks, say workers
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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BOTHELL, Wash. (NPR) — To Jonathan Pruiett, it just didn’t make sense. A geospatial analyst who updates Google maps for a living, Pruiett had been called back to his company’s… Read More
![A man approaches a van from a COVID-19 vaccine mobile clinic hosted by McDonald's and the California Department of the Public Health in September in Los Angeles.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gettyimages-1235410296-12f60b0c81ba9ab4d49788c9cfb22fe001f40d57-scaled-e1636044096607-900x422.jpg)
Biden’s vaccine rules for 100 million workers are here. These are the details
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In early September, President Biden announced he was taking steps to get more Americans vaccinated and turn the tide on COVID-19. On Thursday, the administration rolled… Read More
![The KFC in Athens is just one on many business looking for employees.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_0041-e1634834785337-900x422.jpg)
Lawmakers want to let teens work later on a school night
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bill would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9pm on a school night. Current law says those teenagers have to stop working at… Read More
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Growing number of U.S. workers are pushing back against employers during “Striketober”
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees union reached an agreement on a new film and TV contract this weekend, averting a strike that would have ground… Read More
![Ohio Department of Health conducting tests for COVID-19 with testing equipment.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/covid_testing_equipment-e1592514121811-900x422.jpg)
The Pandemic Influenced Americans’ Desire To Work In Health Care
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare many vulnerabilities in America’s healthcare system, including a worsening shortage of nurses and physicians. But recent data indicates a new surge… Read More
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WATCH: Why More Older Workers are Finding Themselves Unemployed as Retirement Approaches
By: PBS Newshour
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Many Americans plan to do the bulk of their retirement saving in their 50s. But what happens if you lose your job at that age instead? According to researchers, the… Read More
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Petitioners Can Now Gather Signatures For $13 Minimum Wage Ballot Issue
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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A group trying to increase the minimum wage through a constitutional amendment can begin collecting signatures to put the issue on the November ballot. The so-called “Raise The Wage” amendment… Read More
![A sales clerk speaks with a customer in front of Microsoft Corp.'s display at an electronics store in Tokyo. Microsoft's division in Japan says it saw productivity grow by 40% after allowing employees to work for four days a week rather than five.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/microsoft-4-day-work-week-9640a9ef81762cbe77f4d66c387019aa7988335e-e1572970633688-900x422.jpg)
4-Day Workweek Boosted Workers’ Productivity By 40%, Microsoft Japan Says
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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Employees at Microsoft Japan worked four days a week, enjoyed a three-day weekend — and got their normal, five-day paycheck. As part of the trial, the company also capped meetings at 30 minutes.
![More Americans are getting less than seven hours sleep in the last several years, especially in professions like health care.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sleep-deprived-doctor-76ba4fd1111ce91b80e73cf53d32a7a712bc4cb5-e1572273388589-900x422.jpg)
Working Americans Are Getting Less Sleep, Especially Those Who Save Our Lives
By: Patti Neighmond | NPR
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The number of workers getting less than seven hours of sleep a night is rising. Stress and our culture of constant connection may be to blame.
![Jacob Dyer at the Coalfield Development Corporation site.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0006-e1570222080176-900x422.jpg)
Why Worker Training Programs Alone Won’t Save Coal Country
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Bobby Bowman mined coal in West Virginia for 12 years before his employer shut down. “I don’t think that mine will ever open again,” he said. Bowman lives in Welch,… Read More
![Sen. Sherrod Brown speaks at Ohio University's Baker Student Center in Athens, Oh on August 29, 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Green_Sherrod-Brown_WOUB-1_FeatureImage-900x422.jpg)
Brown Says 50K Ohioans Left Out Of Trump’s New Overtime Rule
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is taking on President Donald Trump’s new overtime rule, saying the increased salary threshold to require overtime pay isn’t high enough. A rule created under… Read More
![A long-awaited update to federal overtime rules means about 1.3 million workers will be entitled to extra pay when they work more than 40 hours.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gettyimages-668614838-9bc08388081d0bb59e6d2a522f264c6880f64ff1-e1569338613469-900x422.jpg)
1.3 Million More Workers Eligible For Overtime Pay, But Some Say Rules Fall Short
By: Yuki Noguchi | NPR
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A long-awaited update to federal overtime rules means about 1.3 million workers will be entitled to extra pay when they work more than 40 hours. But critics say it doesn’t go far enough.
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Ohio Jobless Rate Increases Slightly from July to August
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased slightly from July to August. State officials on Friday said the unemployment rate was 4.1% in August, compared with 4%… Read More
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Kentucky Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly in August
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials say the state’s unemployment rate rose slightly in August. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate was 4.4% last… Read More
![Workers at General Motors' Lordstown Assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio put the final touches on Chevy Cobalts.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AP_16314754462786-e1543255207929-900x422.jpg)
Slow Progress Reported in Talks as GM Strike Enters 3rd Day
By: Tom Krisher | AP
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DETROIT (AP) — Union and company bargainers are making progress toward a new contract as a strike by United Auto Workers that brought 33 General Motors factories to a halt… Read More
![In this June 6, 2011 photo, this historical marker along W.Va. Route 17 in Blair, W.Va., is the only visible sign of the 1921 battle here between thousands of armed, unionizing coal miners and the thousands of law enforcement officers and security guards hired to defeat them. At least 16 men died on the mountain](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AP_110602056027-e1567537148425-900x422.jpg)
On Labor Day, Miners Mark Historic Union March
By: Emily Allen | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ninety-eight years ago, thousands of pro-union miners marched toward West Virginia’s Logan County, to protest abuses by coal operators in what was then a largely anti-union territory. The marchers were… Read More
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Kentucky Democratic Lawmakers to Push for Minimum Wage Increase
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Two Democratic lawmakers in Kentucky say they have a proposal that would eventually more than double the state’s minimum wage. Sen. Reggie Thomas of Lexington and… Read More