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[ad_1] Riyadh: About 2.5 million Saudis and expatriates have joined Saudi labor market in the past 15 months, local media reported. The reports monitored by the Arabic daily Okaz based on government data that women made up majority of the total number of 428,000 Saudis who were employed in the local labor market during the period from…
[ad_1] The “Stand with Su” effort is a direct counterweight to some of the forces that have been lobbying against her — including the name choice, as one of the main anti-confirmation groups is called “Stand Against Su.” “Julie Su has been a champion for labor, and labor is mobilizing in the way only we…
[ad_1] A handful of Senate Democrats have yet to commit to confirming Su, who stepped in as acting secretary after Marty Walsh left the Labor Department’s top job in mid-March to take over as head of the NHL players’ union. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), one of Su’s chief proponents, downplayed concerns about her confirmation, saying…
[ad_1] Biden’s first AAPI cabinet secretary, if confirmed Su would be the Biden administration’s first AAPI Cabinet secretary, if confirmed, joining fellow AAPI Cabinet members Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar. Su, a daughter of Chinese immigrants, also speaks Mandarin, Spanish and…
[ad_1] PARIS — French unions vowed to continue demonstrations next week amid another day of protests Tuesday against French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms — the 10th general strike this year. Clashes broke out between small groups of protesters and police, especially in Paris, where some people also ransacked a supermarket. But the number…
[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron is paying a high price for his push on pension reform as a survey on Sunday showed the French president is facing a new low in popularity — as low as during the protests of the so-called Yellow Jackets. As the French take to the streets to protest against Macron’s pension reform,…
[ad_1] The French Senate voted in favor of the controversial pension reform overnight, paving the way for a potential final adoption of the law on Thursday, as thousands of people continue to demonstrate across the country. The widespread opposition to the retirement overhaul is a political test to French President Emmanuel Macron, whose liberal party…
[ad_1] “He has denied meeting and document requests, skirted congressional oversight attempts, and refused to answer any of the serious questions we have asked,” Sanders said in a statement. “Unfortunately, Mr. Schultz has given us no choice, but to subpoena him.” The Senate HELP Committee, which Sanders leads, will vote on the subpoena March 8….
[ad_1] Asian American members of Congress had pushed hard for Su to lead the Labor Department at the beginning of the Biden administration before the president picked Walsh, whose impending departure prompted the lawmakers to again lobby for Su. Influential labor unions like SEIU had also rallied around Su. Others in organized labor were generally…
[ad_1] Since 2018, according to the US Department of Labor, the number of violations has increased by almost 70 percent. Stateside the authorities have announced new measures aimed at eradicating child labour. This is reported by the Reuters news agency. The administration announced the new measures after the number of child labor violations skyrocketed. In…