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Canada Post to end home delivery; workers strike in protest  The Washington Post Canada Orders Postal Service to End Door-to-Door Mail Delivery  The New York Times Canada’s postal workers strike, bring mail deliveries to a halt  BBC Canada Post reassessing latest offer to workers due to Ottawa’s announced reforms  CBC Canada Post workers go on nationwide strike after government calls for reform  Reuters Source link

Canada Wants To Lure Tech Workers Who Won’t Get US H-1B Visas  Bloomberg.com A major Silicon Valley medtech company just announced it was pausing H-1B hires  Business Insider What does Trump’s latest H-1B directive state? | Explained  The Hindu Medical Groups Warn Against Visa Fees for Foreign Doctors  The New York Times Trump’s H1-B changes raise concerns about US tech economy’s future, ability to …

Postal workers in Canada have gone on strike after the government warned of an “existential crisis” and ordered sweeping changes to the national service – including an end to door-to-door delivery within the decade. The union representing Canada Post employees described the proposed changes as “an attack” on its workers who have struggled to compete with a surge in private …

By imposing the $100,000 fee, Trump claims that companies will be forced to use the H-1B program the way “it was intended”—motivated to pay more for certain foreign workers in order “to fill jobs for which highly skilled and educated American workers are unavailable.” Speaking last Friday, Trump suggested that money collected from the fees would be used to “reduce …

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers went on strike Thursday after the government announced door-to-door mail delivery would end for nearly all households within the next decade. Canada Post said the strike will mean mail and parcels will not be processed or delivered for the duration of the strike and no new items will be accepted. …

Canada Orders Revamp at Postal Service, Sparking Sudden Strike by Workers  The Wall Street Journal Canada Orders Postal Service to End Door-to-Door Mail Delivery  The New York Times Canada Post union launches strike as government moves to end most door-to-door mail  The Hill Canada Post workers walking off the job after government demands reforms  CBC Canada Post set to reduce frequency of letter mail …

Big changes are coming to how some employees save for retirement, thanks to new IRS regulations tied to the SECURE 2.0 Act. These updates will impact workers making over $145,000 a year and could create extra work for employers and HR departments if they’re not prepared, according to Principal.  What’s Changing? Starting January 1, 2026, workers aged 50 or older …

Exclusive | Senators Want Answers From Big Tech on H-1B Workers, Layoffs  The Wall Street Journal Lawmakers seek answers from major US firms over H-1B visa use amid layoffs  Reuters Trump administration proposes overhauling H-1B visa process for higher-paid workers  NBC News Amazon, Microsoft Use of H-1B Visas Draws Inquiry in Senate  Bloomberg Government News US lawmakers to Apple, Amazon and other companies after …

Starbucks said Thursday it’s closing hundreds of U.S. and Canadian stores and laying off 900 nonretail employees as it focuses more of its resources on a turnaround. The Seattle coffee giant said store closures would start immediately. The company wouldn’t give a number of stores that are closing, but it said it expects to have 18,300 North American locations when …

Musk said he wanted to downsize the federal workforce. What was the right size, exactly? As lean as possible. Entire agencies were gutted as tens of thousands of federal employees were subjected to reductions in force, known as RIFs. Some of these actions have been challenged in court, but the Supreme Court recently ruled that the Trump administration could continue …