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      <title>How Generous Are Michiganders When Tipping? See How We Rank</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:11:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Big Tippers? Not only are we some of the hardest-working folks around, but we also appreciate our fellow Michiganders' hard work too. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/87/p/how-michigan-ranks-for-tipping/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Big Tippers? Not only are we some of the hardest-working folks around, but we also appreciate our fellow Michiganders&apos; hard work too. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/87/p/how-michigan-ranks-for-tipping/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Spectrum Health Reports Rise In Attacks On Healthcare Workers</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 13:15:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Spectrum Health is reporting a 200% increase in attacks and threats against its healthcare employees since the beginning of the pandemic. <a href="https://wgrd.com/spectrum-health-reports-rise-in-attacks-on-healthcare-workers/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Spectrum Health is reporting a 200% increase in attacks and threats against its healthcare employees since the beginning of the pandemic. <a href="https://wgrd.com/spectrum-health-reports-rise-in-attacks-on-healthcare-workers/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>United Airlines is About to Fire Nearly 600 Employees for Not Getting COVID Vaccine</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:51:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This makes up less than 1% of the airlines workforce. <a href="https://wgrd.com/united-airlines-is-about-to-fire-nearly-600-employees-for-not-getting-covid-vaccine/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This makes up less than 1% of the airlines workforce. <a href="https://wgrd.com/united-airlines-is-about-to-fire-nearly-600-employees-for-not-getting-covid-vaccine/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Governor Whitmer Supports Lawmakers Call For Hero Pay For Essential Workers</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 21:35:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A proposal by Michigan lawmakers to send bonus payments to essential workers who worked during the pandemic has received the support of Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A proposal by Michigan lawmakers to send bonus payments to essential workers who worked during the pandemic has received the support of Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Evans]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Man Finally Goes Home After A 2-Month Coronavirus Battle</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 11:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Gregg Garfield was "patient zero" at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California and was given a 1% chance of survival...He beat the odds and was finally able to go back home.
Source: USA Today
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Gregg Garfield was &quot;patient zero&quot; at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California and was given a 1% chance of survival...He beat the odds and was finally able to go back home.
Source: USA Today
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      <title>NYPD Cheer For Out Of State Healthcare Workers As They Leave NYC</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:34:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Officers lined the streets on Wednesday as hundreds of healthcare workers who traveled from out of state to treat the city’s coronavirus patients left for their final shifts before going home.
Source: New York Post
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Officers lined the streets on Wednesday as hundreds of healthcare workers who traveled from out of state to treat the city’s coronavirus patients left for their final shifts before going home.
Source: New York Post
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      <title>RV Owners Are Stepping Up And Lending A Home To Healthcare Workers</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:31:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[RV owners are lending a helping hand, and a helping home, for Doctors and healthcare workers who are worried about spreading COVID-19 to their families through a Facebook group called "RVs 4 MDs."
Source: Fox News
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[RV owners are lending a helping hand, and a helping home, for Doctors and healthcare workers who are worried about spreading COVID-19 to their families through a Facebook group called &quot;RVs 4 MDs.&quot;
Source: Fox News
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:57:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Employees at a company in Pennsylvania finally head home after a month of being quarantined at work making COVID-19 protective gear.
Source: ABC 7
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Employees at a company in Pennsylvania finally head home after a month of being quarantined at work making COVID-19 protective gear.
Source: ABC 7
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 03:38:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The news came to employees in 30 of the 52 UAW staffed facilities.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/around-930-temporary-gm-employees-were-made-full-time-monday/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:30:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This towns solution to a bad pot hole is hilarious. Finally Something was done about it!  <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-city-took-so-long-to-fix-a-sinkhole-that-the-residents-actually-grew-tomatoes-in-it/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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