• Why many in Gen Z are ditching college for training in skilled trades

    Why many in Gen Z are ditching college for training in skilled trades

    Mar 15, 2025 09:35 PM EDT

    ... scenario where you actually will be working and studying. Thomas Stewart: Earn as you learn, we like to say it like that, because you can work your eight hour shift during the day and usually it's two, sometimes three nights a week, you'll have to go to school ...

  • How incarcerated firefighters are helping battle the blazes around Los Angeles

    How incarcerated firefighters are helping battle the blazes around Los Angeles

    Jan 22, 2025 11:20 PM EDT

    ... and deployment onto the fire lines is voluntary, with inmate firefighters making a maximum of about $10 a day or up to $30 if they work a 24-hour shift. They may also qualify to get two days shaved off their sentence for every day they work. The state has ...

  • Ukraine prepares for another round of Russia's winter attacks on energy grid

    Ukraine prepares for another round of Russia's winter attacks on energy grid

    Dec 19, 2023 11:30 PM EDT

    ... It's also about lighting his family's future. That's his daughter, 24-year-old Daria, the plant's press officer. Daria, Power Plant Shift Manager: They work in really rough conditions, but they do, and they do their best. Nick Schifrin: They still have a lot of repairs ...

  • G7 pledges commitments to renewable energy transition as talks wrap up in Japan

    G7 pledges commitments to renewable energy transition as talks wrap up in Japan

    Apr 16, 2023 02:59 PM EDT

    SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations vowed Sunday to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy, but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants as they wrapped up two days of talks in the northern Japanese city ...

  • COVID disruptions at work lead to baby boom

    COVID disruptions at work lead to baby boom

    Mar 06, 2023 11:45 PM EDT

    ... Amy ultimately decided to become a consultant, so she could continue working remotely. Amy Azimi: To still have that aspect of me that likes to work and wants to have a career, but also be able to balance my family. Catherine Rampell: The broader shift to remote work may help ...

  • Google delays return to office, mandates vaccines

    Google delays return to office, mandates vaccines

    Jul 28, 2021 06:01 PM EDT

    ... by Apple and Google could influence other major employers to take similar precautions, given that the technology industry has been at the forefront of the shift to remote work that has been triggered by the spread of the novel coronavirus. Even before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic in ...

  • In Arizona, courting the independent vote requires a new playbook

    In Arizona, courting the independent vote requires a new playbook

    Oct 19, 2018 10:05 PM EDT

    ... Washington, despite frequent efforts by her office to reject the characterization. Politically, Sinema carved out a niche from the start as a moderate Democrat, a shift from her work as a liberal activist and member of the Arizona state legislature. Sinema belongs to the Blue Dog Coalition, a shrinking group ...

  • Artist keeps Austin weird by combining his love of skater culture with fine art

    Artist keeps Austin weird by combining his love of skater culture with fine art

    Jul 15, 2015 09:28 PM EDT

    ... has been inspired by the practice of skateboarding since 1986 when he began to practice it. Now, the pastime has become the subject for his work. "I wanted to shift my focus to skateboarding instead of just using it as a place to begin," Steffensen said. "Torque and Axis," which ...

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    All in a day's work? Steelworkers' case highlights shifting American workday

    Nov 03, 2013 05:54 PM EDT

    ... They earn no overtime. For them, a workday is harder to define. "The minute you tear away the material component of work, the minute you shift it to sharing faxes or emails, there's no boundary," Mike Rose, an education professor at UCLA who writes about social class and work ...

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    Dr. Venkat Mani

    Nov 01, 2001 05:00 AM EDT

    He told her that he had some food poisoning. He took over-the-counter antacids, and he felt somewhat better, that he was able to go to work. He's a night shift worker. On Saturday, he was in the church, apparently had a brief passing-out spell. The rescue ...