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14 dead, thousands stranded: Inside the plight of mariners trapped in the Strait of Hormuz

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The U.S.-Iran deal due to be signed Friday may offer some hope for tens of thousands of commercial sailors trapped in the Strait of Hormuz, but it’s unlikely to quickly end what for many has been a brutal ordeal. “It is, at best, the beginning,” the International Transport Workers’ Federation, a global association of transport … Read more

Politicians are starting to pay a lot more attention to the plight of white-collar workers

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Blue-collar workers have been at the center of political messaging for years. Politicians meet with waitresses at a diner to pitch raising the minimum wage, tour a factory to spotlight job growth or tell stories of their family’s hardscrabble bona fides while visiting cities like Detroit or Pittsburgh. Lately, though, a different group has been … Read more