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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — More than 300 South Korean workers detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and brought home, the South Korean government announced Sunday. Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff for President Lee Jae Myung, said that South Korea and the U.S. had finalized negotiations on the workers’ release. He said South …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — More than 300 South Korean workers detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and brought home, the South Korean government announced Sunday. Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff for President Lee Jae Myung, said that South Korea and the U.S. had finalized negotiations on the workers’ release. He …

South Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid  The New York Times South Korean workers detained in Georgia ICE raid to be sent back to South Korea following negotiations, official says  CNN What We Know About the Hyundai-LG Plant Immigration Raid in Georgia  The New York Times ICE leads multi-agency operation targeting illegal employment and federal crimes in Georgia  U.S. Immigration …

Facebook Tweet Email Link South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid in Georgia Thursday will be returned to South Korea on a chartered flight following negotiations, an official announced Sunday. “Negotiations for the release of the detained workers have been concluded, after swift responses by the relevant ministries, business agencies, and companies,” said South Korean Presidential Chief of …

Walmart (WMT) stock was lower today despite sealing a deal with OpenAI to help its employees embrace the technology revolution. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Smart Staff Beginning next year, U.S. store and office-based Walmart staff will …

The 70 workers who were rounded up and detained during an immigration raid at a protein bar plant in northern Cayuga County have been sent out of state, according to family members and advocates for the workers. In less than 48 hours, the workers went from the jobs and lives where they’d spent decades to a detention center at the …

As fears swirl that American manufacturing workers and skilled laborers may soon be replaced by artificial intelligence and robots, Alex Karp, CEO of the AI and data analytics software company Palantir Technologies, hopes to change the narrative.  “It’s not true, and in fact, it’s kind of the opposite,” Karp said in an interview with Fortune Thursday at the company’s commercial …

Facebook Tweet Email Link When Lenny Schmidt arrived at his family-run nutrition bar manufacturing business in upstate New York Thursday morning, federal immigration agents were already there. “The agents were swarming the plant,” he said. “There were probably over 100 of these agents, on four-wheelers, on foot, they had dogs.” “They had surrounded the facility and forced their way through …

Civilization 7 developers Firaxis have undergone a “staff reduction” affecting an unspecified number of workers today, publishers 2K have confirmed to RPS. News of the cuts broke via a series of posts from now former Firaxis writer Emma Kidwell. “I was affected by the layoffs at Firaxis, and am open to full time writing work at your studio,” she wrote …

If you are not familiar with the term “scab,” then you may not pay much attention to union terminology. A “scab” is “a person who takes over the job of striking workers or works during a strike.” And aerospace stock Boeing (BA) seems to be ready to bring in exactly that, as it seeks “permanent replacement workers” for the strikers …