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A group of 1,900 employees at Blizzard Entertainment has successfully signed a union contract with Microsoft, securing several guarantees for members. Represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the contract has given the Blizzard workers more workplace flexibility and guaranteed wage increases, but several other industry-first agreements could make this a blueprint for other

ZA/UM has announced layoffs impacting 32 employees across all departments. Read more...

*This story has been updated to correct John Pask's name Business leaders say workers could end up wearing the cost of KiwiSaver changes the National Party plans to bring in if it's re-elected in November. The party want to make the savings scheme compulsory, automatically enrol babies, pay a contribution to people on parental leave

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Four nurses who were being treated for Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus have been discharged from a hospital in Bunia, the capital of Ituri, after recovering from the disease. More recoveries are expected, especially when people are diagnosed early and able to access care, and as outbreak response intensifies.   The health workers had been caring for people sick with Ebola at their

Sama, a US and Nairobi-based data annotation firm Sama said on Thursday it will lay off more than 1,100 employees at its Nairobi office after a major client, Meta, ended a key contract, marking one of the largest job cuts in Kenya’s growing artificial intelligence outsourcing sector...

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Thousands of workers for the world’s largest meatpacking company began a two-week strike Monday in Colorado, threatening to make already costly beef even more expensive for U.S. consumers. As the sun rose, employees picketed outside the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley, one of the largest slaughterhouses in the nation that’s

VICTORIA — A recruitment campaign in the United States has allowed British Columbia to hire more than 400 health-care professionals in less than a year. VICTORIA — A recruitment campaign in the United States has allowed British Columbia to hire more than 400 health-care professionals in less than a year. Premier David Eby and Health

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