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Soma Mine Disaster: Technical Failures and Systemic Negligence
The Soma mine disaster in 2014, caused by multiple preventable technical failures and managerial negligence, resulted in the deaths of 301 miners, highlighting systemic issues in Turkey's mining sector.
Soma Mine Disaster: Technical Failures and Systemic Negligence
The Soma mine disaster in 2014, caused by multiple preventable technical failures and managerial negligence, resulted in the deaths of 301 miners, highlighting systemic issues in Turkey's mining sector.
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48% Bias Score
Netherlands Proposes Labor Market Reform to Curb Excessive Flexibility
The Dutch government proposed legislation to curb excessive labor market flexibility, aiming to balance flexible and permanent jobs by eliminating zero-hour contracts, introducing minimum-maximum hour contracts, and increasing the time between successive fixed-term contracts to five years.
Netherlands Proposes Labor Market Reform to Curb Excessive Flexibility
The Dutch government proposed legislation to curb excessive labor market flexibility, aiming to balance flexible and permanent jobs by eliminating zero-hour contracts, introducing minimum-maximum hour contracts, and increasing the time between successive fixed-term contracts to five years.
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44% Bias Score
Amazon to Face EU Parliament Questioning Over Worker Rights
Amazon faces questioning by the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee in late June, a condition for regaining access to Parliament premises after repeatedly declining invitations to discuss worker rights in its EU facilities since 2021.
Amazon to Face EU Parliament Questioning Over Worker Rights
Amazon faces questioning by the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee in late June, a condition for regaining access to Parliament premises after repeatedly declining invitations to discuss worker rights in its EU facilities since 2021.
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36% Bias Score
Dutch Courts Rule Freelancers Employees, Creating 1.3 Billion Euro Pension Gap
Dutch courts increasingly rule that freelancers are misclassified employees, leading to substantial back payments for employers and a potential 1.3 billion euro pension fund shortfall.
Dutch Courts Rule Freelancers Employees, Creating 1.3 Billion Euro Pension Gap
Dutch courts increasingly rule that freelancers are misclassified employees, leading to substantial back payments for employers and a potential 1.3 billion euro pension fund shortfall.
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48% Bias Score
Spanish Unions Celebrate Labor Law Improvements, Seek Further Reforms
Spanish unions CC OO and UGT celebrate recent labor law improvements, including a 61% minimum wage increase since 2018, a drop in temporary contracts to 15%, and reforms addressing dismissal indemnities and working conditions; they aim to further reduce the maximum legal workday.
Spanish Unions Celebrate Labor Law Improvements, Seek Further Reforms
Spanish unions CC OO and UGT celebrate recent labor law improvements, including a 61% minimum wage increase since 2018, a drop in temporary contracts to 15%, and reforms addressing dismissal indemnities and working conditions; they aim to further reduce the maximum legal workday.
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52% Bias Score
Neoliberalism's Crisis Revives Class Politics
The neoliberal globalization crisis has revived class-based analysis as rising inequality and technological change reshape the global workforce, necessitating a renewed focus on worker's rights and political representation, particularly for left-leaning movements.
Neoliberalism's Crisis Revives Class Politics
The neoliberal globalization crisis has revived class-based analysis as rising inequality and technological change reshape the global workforce, necessitating a renewed focus on worker's rights and political representation, particularly for left-leaning movements.
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48% Bias Score
Birmingham Bin Strike Exposes Labour's Disconnect from Working Class
A Labour-run Birmingham council's "fire-and-rehire" tactics, causing up to a £8,000 pay cut for bin workers, triggered an indefinite strike since March 11th, exposing a growing rift between the Labour party and its working-class base, further exemplified by policy decisions like cuts to winter fuel ...
Birmingham Bin Strike Exposes Labour's Disconnect from Working Class
A Labour-run Birmingham council's "fire-and-rehire" tactics, causing up to a £8,000 pay cut for bin workers, triggered an indefinite strike since March 11th, exposing a growing rift between the Labour party and its working-class base, further exemplified by policy decisions like cuts to winter fuel ...
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68% Bias Score
Soma Disaster Spurs Independent Miners' Union
The Soma mine disaster in Turkey, which killed 301 workers in 2014, led to the creation of the Independent Mine Workers' Union after the DISK union's withdrawal, highlighting systemic failures in worker protection and union representation.
Soma Disaster Spurs Independent Miners' Union
The Soma mine disaster in Turkey, which killed 301 workers in 2014, led to the creation of the Independent Mine Workers' Union after the DISK union's withdrawal, highlighting systemic failures in worker protection and union representation.
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52% Bias Score
Amazon to Face EU Parliament Hearing on Worker Rights
Amazon faces questioning at the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee in late June, a condition for regaining access to Parliament facilities after its February 2024 ban for failing to attend hearings and site visits regarding worker rights in 2021 and 2023.
Amazon to Face EU Parliament Hearing on Worker Rights
Amazon faces questioning at the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee in late June, a condition for regaining access to Parliament facilities after its February 2024 ban for failing to attend hearings and site visits regarding worker rights in 2021 and 2023.
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40% Bias Score
300+ Italian Worker Deaths Spark Outrage, Demands for Safety Reform
Over 300 workers have died in Italy in the first months of 2025, prompting outrage and demands for workplace safety improvements, highlighted at the 'One Free and Thinking May' concert.
300+ Italian Worker Deaths Spark Outrage, Demands for Safety Reform
Over 300 workers have died in Italy in the first months of 2025, prompting outrage and demands for workplace safety improvements, highlighted at the 'One Free and Thinking May' concert.
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64% Bias Score
State Lawmakers Challenge Voter-Approved Paid Sick Leave Mandates
Voters in Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska overwhelmingly approved paid sick leave mandates in 2022, but state lawmakers are now seeking to weaken or repeal these laws due to business cost concerns, highlighting a broader trend of legislative challenges to citizen-initiated legislation.
State Lawmakers Challenge Voter-Approved Paid Sick Leave Mandates
Voters in Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska overwhelmingly approved paid sick leave mandates in 2022, but state lawmakers are now seeking to weaken or repeal these laws due to business cost concerns, highlighting a broader trend of legislative challenges to citizen-initiated legislation.
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36% Bias Score
French Bill to Allow Businesses to Operate on May 1st Faces Union Opposition
Two French senators proposed a bill allowing certain businesses to operate on May 1st, prompting strong opposition from the CGT union who considers it an attack on workers' rights. The bill aims to address concerns around recent labor inspections targeting bakers working during the holiday.
French Bill to Allow Businesses to Operate on May 1st Faces Union Opposition
Two French senators proposed a bill allowing certain businesses to operate on May 1st, prompting strong opposition from the CGT union who considers it an attack on workers' rights. The bill aims to address concerns around recent labor inspections targeting bakers working during the holiday.
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52% Bias Score
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