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Indian men line up at a registration office set up in a technical college in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, where they hope to sign up to work in Israel. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
With Palestinian laborers shut out of Israel, Indian workers line up for jobs there
Wednesday
Washington Post staff picket during a 24-hour strike outside the newspaper's building in December 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Journalists turn to picket lines as the news business ails
Thursday
People hold signs supporting Starbucks workers outside a Starbucks on New York's Upper West Side on Thursday. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Monday
Ruth Infante (second from left), a single mother of three, and her classmates donned traditional flowing dresses for their Cumbia dance performance at a "care block" center in Bogotá, Colombia. The class is one of the free services offered to anyone in the neighborhood who is an unpaid caregiver for their family. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
How Bogotá cares for its family caregivers: From dance classes to job training
Thursday
United Auto Workers members march while holding signs at a union rally held near a Stellantis factory Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Detroit. Mike Householder/AP hide caption
Friday
A 'Now Hiring' sign is displayed outside a check cashing shop in Los Angeles on June 2, 2023. Employers added 187,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate rose to 3.8%. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Paola Mendoza, the daughter of farmworkers, says her parents didn't want her to join them in the fields. She's now in college, studying to be a teacher. Mike Kane for NPR hide caption
As these farmworkers' children seek a different future, farms look for workers abroad
Thursday
A worker harvests cherries in the early hours of the morning on a farm near Sunnyside, Wash., on June 14. Mike Kane for NPR hide caption
America's farms are desperate for labor. Foreign workers bring relief and controversy
Thursday
A pedestrian walks by REI's flagship store in New York, where last year workers formed the company's first union. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Union leaders address thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District teachers and Service Employees International Union 99 members during a rally outside the LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles on March 21, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
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Farm laborers working with an H-2A visa harvest romaine lettuce on a machine with heavy plastic dividers that separate workers from each other on April 27, 2020, in Greenfield, Calif. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Starbucks Workers United members hope to win over customers who might not be thrilled with the strike by offering an even more exclusive commemorative item: A union-designed red cup with the Starbucks Workers United logo on the front. Starbucks Workers United hide caption
On Red Cup Day, thousands of Starbucks workers go on strike
Thursday
Then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Johnstown Train Station, Sept. 30, 2020, in Johnstown, Pa. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption