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Coffee-making Robot Breaks New Ground for AI Machines
The robot can skillfully interact with objects and people in challenging settings.
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A farmer uses a chainsaw to trim a cocoa tree at a plantation in Tanjung Rejo, Lampung province, Indonesia, Feb. 18, 2025.
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Indonesia's Cocoa Industry Fights the Bitter Impact of Climate Change
Cocoa trees require a precise combination of temperature, humidity and sunlight.
March 17, 2025
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Pennsylvania’s Mushroom Industry Faces an Urgent Labor Shortage
The state produces more than two-thirds of the mushrooms sold in the U.S.
March 14, 2025
PPM Technologies CookWright Continuous Frying System.
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PPM Technologies Introduces CookWright Continuous Frying System
CookWright combines precise temperature management with innovative oil filtration.
March 14, 2025
This Oct. 15, 2012 file photo shows the front of the Bumble Bee tuna processing plant in Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
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Fishermen Sue Canned Tuna Giant Bumble Bee
It's believed to be the first such case of forced labor at sea brought against a U.S. seafood company.
March 12, 2025
Tyler Klick, partner and viticulturist at Redwood Empire Vineyard Management, in a Chardonnay vineyard in Geyserville, Calif., Jan. 24, 2025.
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AI Made Its Way to Vineyards. Here's How the Technology Is Helping Make Your Wine
AI allows for better-informed decisions about crops through a process called "precision farming."
March 10, 2025
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UFCW Responds to USDA Decision to Allow Higher Line Speeds
March 21, 2025
The development team at the University of Córdoba.
Autonomous Tractor Traverses Olive Groves
March 7, 2025
A person walks by a grocery store during a winter storm in Chicago, Feb. 12, 2025.
Small Business Owners Feel More Uncertain About the Future
February 26, 2025
A delivery worker rides his bicycle along a path on the West Side Highway in New York, March 16, 2020.
DoorDash to Pay New York Delivery Workers $17M
February 25, 2025
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PepsiCo, Coca-Cola Diverge on Diversity Programs
February 24, 2025
A Starbucks Coffee sign in Houston, Jan. 16, 2025.
Starbucks Lays Off 1,100 Corporate Employees
February 24, 2025
Chickens walk in a fenced pasture at an organic farm in Iowa, Oct. 21, 2015.
USDA Scrambles to Bring Back Fired Bird Flu Workers
February 20, 2025
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Is Spending All Day on Your Feet at Work an Occupational Hazard?
February 20, 2025
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Silver Spring, Md., Jan. 27, 2025.
How Deporting Millions of Immigrants Would Shock the U.S. Economy
February 18, 2025
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Activists Call for MSC to Acknowledge Role in Seafood Labor Abuses
February 10, 2025
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Teamsters Ratify Contract with Danone
February 7, 2025
Workers walk a picket line outside a Denver King Soopers store, Feb. 6, 2025.
Thousands of Denver-area King Soopers Grocery Store Workers Go on Strike
February 7, 2025
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Ethical AI Is Transforming the Manufacturing Industry
This isn't just about efficiency and productivity, but also about doing what's right for everyone.
February 4, 2025
A McDonald's restaurant in Albany, Ore., April 29, 2024.
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McDonald's Settles Lawsuit Over Latino Scholarship Program
Applicants no longer need to have at least one Latino parent.
February 3, 2025
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Costco, Teamsters Reach Tentative Contract Agreement, Avoiding a Strike
The Teamsters union represents 18,000 Costco workers in six states.
February 3, 2025
The Whole Foods Market logo is shown on the front of a store, July 14, 2021, Cambridge, Mass.
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Philadelphia Whole Foods Workers Become 1st to Unionize
The move mark the first successful entry of organized labor into Amazon’s grocery business.
January 28, 2025
TiAnna Yeldell, a 44-year-old single mom of three, works in the kitchen at Pizza Hut, Nov. 14, 2024, Missouri City, Texas.
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Fast Food Is a Staple of American Culture, But Some of Its Workers Struggle to Survive
Many support families on wages set at the federal government's floor of $7.25 an hour.
January 27, 2025
Starbucks corporate headquarters, Seattle, April 26, 2021.
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Starbucks Plans Corporate Layoffs as Part of Turnaround
The coffeehouse chain employs some 16,000 people in corporate support, roasting, distribution and other roles.
January 20, 2025
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Labor Department Puts Spotlight on Child Labor in Slaughterhouses with 3 Settlements This Week
The agency has more than 1,000 open child labor investigations.
January 17, 2025
JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo., Oct. 12, 2020.
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Meatpacking Giant Strikes Deal with Feds in Child Labor Investigation
The company's third-party service providers employed children in dangerous jobs.
January 14, 2025
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Hershey CEO to Retire
Michele Buck plans to continue in her current roles until a successor is appointed.
January 13, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor building.
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Feds Recover More than $1M from California Ice Manufacturers
The companies knowingly shortchanged 70 workers.
January 9, 2025
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Feds Move to Allocate Recovered Wages to Hundreds of Produce Workers
Their employer illegally deducted money from their wages for cleaning fees and political donations.
January 8, 2025
A McDonald's restaurant in Albany, Ore., April 29, 2024.
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McDonald's the Latest Company to Roll Back Diversity Goals
The burger chain plans to retire specific goals for achieving diversity at senior leadership levels.
January 6, 2025
Starbucks kiosk at the Walden Galleria, Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 30, 2024.
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Starbucks Workers Plan Strikes that Could Include Hundreds of Stores
The strikes are scheduled to begin in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle.
December 20, 2024
Sake brewer Mie Takahashi at her Koten sake brewery in Okaya, Japan, Nov. 30, 2024.
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Once Taboo, More Japanese Women Are Brewing Sake
Only 33 female toji are registered in Japan’s Toji Guild Association.
December 16, 2024