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New NY law lets workers propose hours cut instead of layoffs

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Workers facing layoffs in New York state now have a right to ask their employers instead to trim all workers' hours and have unemployment insurance help offset the losses for everyone, under a law that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Saturday.

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Vaccine mandates create conflict with defiant workers

  • By DAVID SHARP, MIKE CATALINI and STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press
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BATH, Maine (AP) — Josh “Chevy” Chevalier is a third-generation shipbuilder who hasn't missed a day of work during the pandemic in his job as a welder constructing Navy warships on the Maine coast.

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Saudi Arabia pledges 2060 target of net-zero emissions

  • By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the world's largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia, announced Saturday it aims to reach “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2060, joining more than 100 countries in a global effort to try and curb man-made climate change.

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Is there a constitutional right to food? Mainers to decide

  • By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Depending on whom you ask, Maine’s proposed “right to food” constitutional amendment would simply put people in charge of how and what they eat — or would endanger animals and food supplies, and turn urban neighborhoods into cattle pastures.