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Fast fashion prices may be low but the cost on its workers is high. BBC News reports: “Workers for some suppliers of Chinese fast fashion giant Shein are still working 75 hours a week, despite the company promising to improve conditions, a report suggests. A new investigation by Swiss advocacy group Public Eye has followed… Source
EXCLUSIVE: Claudia Fletcher, 19, started rapidly losing weight in September 2022 while working in a warehouse to raise money to go travelling.
MILAN — Local museums will take part in a worldwide celebration. This
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Every year on May 12th, International Nurses Day is observed to honor the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, an English social reformer and statistician who is often regarded as the founder of modern nursing. During the Crimean War, Nightingale gained prominence for her role as a manager and trainer of nurses, where she organized care for wounded soldiers in Constantinople.Known as the 'Lady with the Lamp,' Nightingale revolutionized nursing during the Crimean War, establishing...
A nurse’s group is calling attention to the worsening state of nurses, who are overworked and underpaid, as International Nurses Day is commemorated today.
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President Joe Biden marked "International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia" in a statement on Friday, a move that comes after his "Transgender Day of Visibility" proclamation earlier this year. He is likely to issue a Pride Month proclamation soon as well because so far during his White House tenure, Biden has issued a statement each year for all three LGBT-related occasions.'It is our shared moral responsibility to fight back against homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, just...
In honor of International Museum Day (IMD) on 18 May, all antiquities museums under the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) in Egypt will offer free admission to Egyptian visitors. Egyptian visitors will have the opportunity to join free guided tours to delve deeper into each museum’s archaeological treasures. This year’s theme, “Museums for Education and Research,” set by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), emphasizes museums’ role in fostering learning and cultural understanding....
Workers at an Apple store in Towson, Maryland — the first US store to unionize — have authorized a strike.Employees voted "overwhelmingly" in favor of allowing a strike, their retail labor union said in a statement on Saturday.The issues "include concerns over work-life balance, unpredictable scheduling practices disrupting personal lives, and wages failing to align with the area's cost of living," the statement said.The workers voted to unionize in June 2022 and have been negotiating with...
The practice of nursing has been in existence since ancient times but it was the legendary Florence Nightingale who promoted the formal nursing profession as we know it today and to commemorate her birth anniversary, International Nurses Day is celebrated each year in May. Florence Nightingale is perhaps the most famous nurse across the world who is also known as the founder of modern nursing for her work on the improvement of the health sector.Date:Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820,...