LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — As Americans enjoy the first Monday of September with an extra day off, many might not realize the rich history behind Labor Day. According to UCA Professor Michael Rosenow, the origins of Labor Day date back to the Gilded Age of American history. In 1882, workers organized the first Labor…
Two Los Angeles County men accused of running an illegal cannabis extraction business have been charged with murder after five of their workers died in two separate incidents, authorities said Friday. According to the L.A. County district attorney’s office, Ted Chien, 53, and Han Quan Jiao, 55, administered the operation, which included at least nine…
A Hong Kong worker has died in hospital after being trapped in a lift shaft at a construction site at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for nearly two hours. The worker, 57, had been carrying out maintenance on a lift in a building on Pok Fu Lam Road at 5.40pm on Sunday. The…
A local government in China has been panned by internet users for making two cleaners spend four hours in the scorching heat searching for a small watch lost by a tourist. In early July, a woman from Shenzhen, southern China, took her child to Datong in the northern province of Shanxi by train. She accidentally…
Riders working for Keeta, a major food delivery platform in Hong Kong, are demanding better payment from the company after staging strikes in two areas on Saturday. Dozens of delivery workers, who protested during lunch and dinner hours on Saturday in Tsuen Wan, stated in an open letter that the Meituan-owned platform had reduced their…
The owners of a Hong Kong congee restaurant chain that closed abruptly, leaving about 100 unpaid workers in limbo, have broken their silence, saying they made the difficult decision after selling their own assets and borrowing money in a bid to stay afloat. The city’s Labour minister said on Saturday that the government had been…
The referral of workers to labour authorities to claim unpaid wages is an “irresponsible” move, a lawmaker and a fellow union member have said, slamming the owners of a three-decade-old Hong Kong congee restaurant chain that left more than 100 employees in limbo after its abrupt closure. Speaking ahead of a staff meeting scheduled for…
The referral of workers to labour authorities to claim unpaid wages is an “irresponsible” move, a lawmaker and a rights activist have said, slamming the owners of a three-decade-old Hong Kong congee restaurant chain, which left more than 100 employees in limbo after its abrupt closure. They also said ahead of a staff meeting scheduled…
A worker fell to his death at a construction site in Hong Kong on Tuesday, despite reportedly wearing a safety harness. The 62-year-old scaffolder was working on the fifth floor of a construction site on On Chuen Street, next to the Grace Industrial Building, in Fanling and fell sometime before 3pm. His colleagues found him…
Hong Kong’s lowest-paid workers received a pay rise on Thursday, with their hourly wage increasing by HK$2.10 (30 US cents), from HK$40 to HK$42.10, following a recommendation adopted by the government’s key decision-making Executive Council. The Post takes a look at the 5.25 per cent increase, the first since a new formula for adjusting the…