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Leonard Sanderson was scheduled to start a long-term substitute teaching assignment on March 16, the day Jefferson County Public Schools closed to deal…
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Farmworker advocates are accusing the U.S. Department of Agriculture of trying to cut the wages of farmworkers who come to the U.S. on temporary guest worker visas.
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Labor advocates say the lack of enforceable federal standards to ward off the coronavirus allows farmers to prioritize the harvest over worker safety.
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From correctional officers to TSA employees, federal workers say their jobs are made more dangerous by the coronavirus.
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Kimberly Iacono lost her job when the Bardstown Cracker Barrel closed its dining room in March.Kentucky’s unemployment office approved her benefits but…
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The National Association of State Workforce Agencies tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill that it would take most states 8-20 weeks to move to a modified system of awarding benefits.
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New unemployment insurance claims in the Ohio Valley began to taper off this week as states make their way through the backlog of applications amid…
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On a blistering August afternoon in Cumberland, Kentucky, David Pratt, Jr. stood in the middle of a two-lane highway, holding a sign that read “COAL…
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Coal miners who went without pay when mining company Blackjewel declared bankruptcy this June are one step closer to receiving lost wages. The checks come…
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The Department of Labor and a company associated with Blackjewel agreed this week to put nearly $5.75 million toward coal miners left unpaid in the…