Southwest Iowa CASA recognizes National Social Work Month As part of National Social Work Month recognition, we want to show our appreciation for the social workers who devote their careers to bettering the lives of others. Social workers strive to build a stronger community for all people, and the Iowa […]
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Workers who legally use cannabis can still lose their jobs in many states | National
Thirty-seven states now allow adults to use marijuana medically, recreationally or both. But in most of those states, people can be fired or denied a job for using cannabis in their free time. Cannabis legalization advocates want states to do more to protect workers. They note that workplace drug tests […]
Angry and abused, health care workers still overwhelmingly love careers, poll shows
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Heading into the third year of a wearying pandemic, America’s health care workers report significant levels of burnout and even anger about the complications of politics and rising incidents of abuse from patients and their families. But three-fourths of them still say they love their jobs, […]
Health care workers split on Biden, want better pay, more help
Health care workers backed Joe Biden in a big way in the 2020 election, but they are less than impressed by how he has handled the pandemic since then. More than 1,000 health care workers polled by USA TODAY and Ipsos say they voted for Biden over Donald Trump by […]
Health care workers love careers, but face burnout, poll shows
Heading into the third year of a wearying pandemic, America’s health care workers report significant levels of burnout, even anger about the complications of politics and rising incidents of abuse from patients and their families. But three-fourths of them still say they love their jobs, an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll of doctors, nurses, paramedics, […]
Pope hails health care workers as heroes for COVID service
Feb. 20, 2022Updated: Feb. 20, 2022 8:48 a.m. 1of5Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022.Gregorio Borgia/APShow MoreShow Less 2of5Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, […]
Watch now: Forsyth Job Fair connects businesses with workers | Local
DECATUR — Shane Conaway, 33, has a job, but wanted to know what other options are available to him. So he attended the Village of Forsyth Job Fair. “I just came out here on my lunch break, take a gander around,” he said. “I’m always willing to keep my options […]
Longtime workers bid adieu to Treasure Coast press facility
The sights and sounds of a newspaper’s journey from the printer to the truck A newspaper’s journey from the printer to the truck on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, at the Treasure Coast Newspapers production facility in Port St. Lucie. Leah Voss, Treasure Coast Newspapers Chatting with Todd Mangan the other […]
How these workers turned the ‘Great Resignation’ into better careers
When the pandemic hit in early 2020, Angie Champion Holland’s career in hotel construction sales fizzled. With travel severely restricted, building projects got canceled. By May, she was out of a job. She could have stayed home. A 40-something mother of four, with three other stepchildren and two grandchildren, she […]
Job market: Some workers turn pandemic retraining into better careers
The pandemic has created a worker shortage and opened up opportunities to change jobs or careers. The number of workers quitting their jobs hit a record high in September, and October was not far behind, according to federal data that stretches back to 2000. Yet relatively few U.S. adults are […]
German lawmakers back vaccine mandate for health workers
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers overwhelmingly backed a bill Friday that requires staff at hospitals and nursing homes to get immunized against the coronavirus — the first of two vaccine mandates being considered in the country. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach had earlier told parliament it was unconscionable that some who […]
Where are all the workers? NY businesses struggle to find employees
Biden: Unemployed must take suitable job if offered President Joe Biden says anyone collecting unemployment who gets offered a suitable job “must take the job or lose their unemployment benefits.” (May 10) AP Jeff Beckenbach’s had the sign out for more than a year now. Beckenbach, owner of Macedon Collision […]
Marijuana jobs becoming a refuge for retail, restaurant workers during the pandemic
After a year on the front lines, Jason Zvokel traded in his 15-year career as a Walgreens pharmacist for a different kind of drugstore: a marijuana dispensary. Now instead of administering vaccines and filling prescriptions, he’s helping customers make sense of concentrates, tablets and lozenges. His pay is 5 percent […]
Greener pastures: Marijuana jobs are becoming a refuge for retail and restaurant workers
After a year on the front lines, Jason Zvokel traded in his 15-year career as a Walgreens pharmacist for a different kind of drugstore: a marijuana dispensary. Now instead of administering vaccines and filling prescriptions, he’s helping customers make sense of concentrates, tablets and lozenges. His pay is 5 percent […]
Marijuana jobs are becoming a refuge for retail and restaurant workers
In this photo taken March 24, 2020, Christopher Ellis, right, leans in to show his identification to budtender Maegan Clark, left, as he stands on a line taped on the floor to designate a social distancing separation while shopping at The Reef Capitol Hill, a marijuana store in Seattle. (AP […]
Gunman shot 3 workers at SmileDirectClub in Antioch, Tennessee, before officers killed him, police say | US & World News
An employee of a SmileDirectClub manufacturing facility in Tennessee opened fire there Tuesday morning, injuring three co-workers before police officers shot and killed him, authorities said. The gunman, believed to be a day-shift employee, shot three people at the facility in the Nashville neighborhood of Antioch just before 6 a.m. […]
Gunman shot 3 workers at SmileDirectClub in Antioch, Tennessee, before officers killed him, police say | News
An employee of a company that makes clear plastic teeth aligners opened fire at one of its Tennessee facilities Tuesday morning, injuring three people there before police officers shot and killed him, authorities said. The gunman, a 22-year-old day-shift employee, walked into the SmileDirectClub manufacturing facility in the Nashville neighborhood […]
Gunman shot 3 workers at SmileDirectClub in Antioch, Tennessee, before officers killed him, police say
By Gregory Lemos, Jason Hanna and Paul P. Murphy, CNN An employee of a company that makes clear plastic teeth aligners opened fire at one of its Tennessee facilities Tuesday morning, injuring three people there before police officers shot and killed him, authorities said. The gunman, a 22-year-old day-shift employee, […]
Overnight Defense: Biden says US combat mission in Iraq wrapping by year’s end | Civilian casualties in Afghanistan peak amid US exit | VA mandates COVID-19 vaccine for health workers
Happy Monday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Rebecca Kheel, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: The U.S. combat mission in Iraq will formally conclude by the end of the year — but […]
Biden jumps into vaccine mandate debate as VA requires health workers to get vaccinated
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s administration for the first time Monday made vaccines mandatory for certain federal workers, a significant shift toward requiring shots as the country endures another surge in Covid-19 cases. At the same time, administration lawyers have prepared a legal opinion that could pave the […]