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New Survey Finds American Workers Canceling Thanksgiving Dinner for Variety of Reasons  
New Survey Finds American Workers Canceling Thanksgiving Dinner for Variety of Reasons  

Labor Landscape More than a quarter of American workers plan to pass on Thanksgiving dinner this season citing high food costs and uncomfortable political overtones from the current Trump administration.    New research from Empower reveals […]
Workers Locked Out of Jobs at Greco Steel Products
Workers Locked Out of Jobs at Greco Steel Products

Labor Landscape Workers are still being locked out of their jobs at Greco Steel’s Springdale, Pa., headquarters as some employees continued their yearlong struggle for a contract with the company.  Nine of the company’s 16 […]
Government Shutdown May Impact Holiday Shopping As Retailers Scramble for Customers 
Government Shutdown May Impact Holiday Shopping As Retailers Scramble for Customers 

Labor Landscape The prolonged government shutdown, the third longest in U.S. history,  could slow holiday shopping as consumers struggle to afford basic services like food, shelter and transportation, according to Robert Strauss, a professor of […]
Researchers Give Artificial Intelligence Failing Grade in use by Employees 
Researchers Give Artificial Intelligence Failing Grade in use by Employees 

The Trained A-Eye A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University, conducted in collaboration with Salesforce, has found that artificial intelligence agents are currently unable to reliably complete most office tasks, with failure rates approaching 70 […]
Health Professionals Joining Unions at Increased Rates
Health Professionals Joining Unions at Increased Rates

Labor Landscape Advanced health professionals are flocking to join unions for improved working conditions and increased access to administrative decision-making but the move will probably increase costs to consumers. A group of 60 advanced practitioners […]
FAA Taps Community Colleges to Solve Air Traffic Controller Shortage  
FAA Taps Community Colleges to Solve Air Traffic Controller Shortage  

Labor Landscape SUNY Schenectady, located in upstate New York,  is the latest community college to be enlisted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to train the next generation of air traffic controllers and to help […]
Nippon, U.S. Steel Vow to Pump Money into Coke Works Where 2 Steelworkers Died  
Nippon, U.S. Steel Vow to Pump Money into Coke Works Where 2 Steelworkers Died  

Safety at Work Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- At a press conference Tuesday, U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt said Nippon has pledged to pump $2 billion into the Clairton Coke Works to make it more efficient and […]
Nippon Steel Merger with U.S. Steel to Boost Jobs, Economic Growth in Western Pennsylvania  
Nippon Steel Merger with U.S. Steel to Boost Jobs, Economic Growth in Western Pennsylvania  

Labor Landscape Japan’s Nippon Steel has finalized its $14.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel and promises to boost jobs and economic growth in western Pennsylvania.  Most notably, the pact calls for Nippon to invest $11 […]