Work
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5 Dead After Inhaling Hazardous Gas at a Water Plant in Sicily
An official said the workers were killed by hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic in high concentrations. Italian officials and unions…
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World
What Happened When the Skating Coaches Wanted a Union
A simmering labor dispute involving figure skating coaches at Sky Rink in Manhattan ramped up in recent days after two…
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Food
Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow to Star in ‘The Roommate’ on Broadway
The production is to begin performances Aug. 29 at the Booth Theater.
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World
A Portrait Artist Fit for a King (but Not a President)
Jonathan Yeo, about to unveil a major new painting of King Charles III, also counts Hollywood royalty (Nicole Kidman) and…
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World
The ‘Impossible Life’ of Equal Devotion to Art and Mothering
“Too much life enters this house,” Tillie Olsen, the writer, labor activist and mother of four daughters, wrote in a…
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World
If Bird Flu Spreads, These Workers Will See It First
H5N1 is in a better position than ever to move between species and spill over aggressively into humans: This bird…
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World
The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators
There is a coordinated, nationwide effort to roll back child labor laws, part of a broader campaign to concentrate even…
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World
The Mostly Persuasive Logic Behind the New Ban on Noncompetes
The Federal Trade Commission used two very different rationales to get to its near-total ban this week on noncompete agreements.…
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World
F.T.C. Issues Ban on Worker Noncompete Clauses
The rule would prohibit companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for rivals, a change that could increase competition…
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Sports
One Potential Key to Knicks’ Season: Friendship
Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo have been buddies since college, a situation that those who study the workplace…