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Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Approximately 10,000 Employees

The job cuts of approximately 10,000, which would start as soon as this week, would focus on the company’s devices organization, retail division and human resources.

By Karen Weise

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Labor Department Finds 31 Children Cleaning Meatpacking Plants

Packers Sanitation Services, a food safety contractor, hired children as young as 13 to clean dangerous equipment on overnight shifts, the department said. Several suffered chemical burns.

By Remy Tumin

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Elon Musk Paints Bleak Picture in Email to Twitter Employees

In his first communications with Twitter’s staff, the company’s new owner painted a bleak picture as more employees resigned.

By Kate Conger and Ryan Mac

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Laid Off by Twitter, Then Tweeting About It

Tech companies that created more workplace transparency see their own tools used to critique them.

By Emma Goldberg