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Now playing Next Work Half of US workers want mandatory COVID vaccines to return to work The AP-NORC poll of 1,729 employees finds a similarly favourable sentiment among workers towards masks being required to be worn in the workplace. 26/08/2021
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Now playing Next no comment Protesters air Amazon gripes outside Jeff Bezos' NYC apartment block They sought to highlight that Amazon had profited during the pandemic and that, at the same time, workers were unhappy over pay and protections. 03/12/2020
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Now playing Next world news Should Europe follow Twitter and make it easier to work at home? Twitter is allowing its employees to work from home permanently. Should Europe shift to this model? 14/05/2020
Now playing Next Germany Why Germany's slaughterhouses are hot spots for the COVID-19 pandemic Unions say much of the cheap meat on our supermarket shelves is slaughtered by migrant workers who earn low wages, live in cramped shared accommodation and operate in crowded working conditions even in the midst of a pandemic. 12/05/2020
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