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Chicago hotel strike enters week three as expansion looms

Chicago hotel workers entered week three of a strike against Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott after contracts expired August 31, with wages and healthcare coverage unresolved. Union leaders say the action could expand to 46 hotels and 7,000-plus workers, with no agreement reached as of the cited…

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Pfizer corporate building exterior at its Zurich site under a muted sky

Pfizer Zurich's AI scheduling backfires amid burnout

After a returning employee's burnout and stroke risk, Pfizer's Zurich site backfired on its home-office ban and AI scheduling system, which removed flexibility and failed to flag accumulating stress. The reporting ties departures to those decisions, though precise exit counts and attribution to…

Exterior view of the Guinness Open Gate Brewery production facility in Halethorpe, Maryland.

Diageo closing Maryland Guinness plant after contractor exit

Diageo will permanently close its Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Halethorpe, Maryland, with operations ending December 31, 2026. Production at the site ran through contractor Aramark Campus LLC, whose operations contract ended as part of the same restructuring. Diageo confirmed the closure October…

Deno and Cloudflare logos side by side, marking the acquisition of the Deno Land team by Cloudflare.

Deno Runtime Winds Down as Cloudflare Absorbs Its Team

Cloudflare is folding Deno Land's engineering team into its platform as Ryan Dahl's runtime enters a 12-month support wind-down. Deno Deploy closes in roughly six months, pushing hosted customers to migrate while the celld technology behind self-hosted Workers is integrated.