Tag: foreign workers
How Contracting Work Became a Race to the Bottom-OxBig News Network
Ben Whelan is not the kind of carpenter to wax poetic about the joys of framing a wall or redoing a roof. Like a...
As Trump’s Tariffs Stoke Economic Uncertainty, the Fed Debates Its Next Steps-OxBig News Network
Chris Bergen, who runs a commercial greenhouse business in northern Minnesota, finds himself “walking a tightrope” roughly two months into President Trump’s second term....
India Is on a Hiring Binge That Trump’s Tariffs Can’t Stop-OxBig News Network
In India’s most advanced cities, American companies are racing to set up more and bigger offshore campuses: fully staffed offices with high-skilled Indian professionals,...
How Trump’s Crackdown Is Drastically Driving Down Migration
Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border are down to their lowest level in decades. Once-crowded migrant shelters are empty. Instead of heading north, people...
Why Maids Keep Dying in Saudi Arabia
Feith Shimila Murunga says her boss groped, beat and raped her.Mary Wanjiru Nyambura says she was thrown from a balcony.Winfridah Kwamboka never even made...