Tag: Labor

Biden to labor unions: ‘If I got to go to war, I’m going with you guys’

Christian Datoc · April 6, 2022 5:51 pm

Old Quebec City.

Ontario Parliament moves forward with four-day workweek legislation

Jenny Goldsberry · April 1, 2022 5:54 pm

A banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Organizers are pushing for some 6,000 Amazon workers to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on the promise it will lead to better working conditions, better pay and more respect. Amazon is pushing back, arguing that it already offers more than twice the minimum wage in Alabama and workers get such benefits as health care, vision and dental insurance without paying union dues.

Amazon warehouse in New York votes to unionize in historic first

Zach Halaschak, Elizabeth Faddis · April 1, 2022 4:55 pm

Airport workers protest low wages across 20 US cities

Misty Severi · March 31, 2022 12:39 am

A now hiring sign is seen in front of a business along the boardwalk, Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Ocean City, New Jersey. Many seasonal businesses are struggling to find enough workers again this summer.

Record-low number of unemployed workers per job opening

Zach Halaschak · March 29, 2022 2:39 pm

Pelosi extends proxy voting through May 14

Virginia Aabram · March 28, 2022 11:15 pm

Students walk through the University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas. This giant flagship campus â once so slow to integrate â is now awash in color, among the most diverse the country, if not the world. The student body, like Texas, is majority-minority.

Biden’s credentialed class bailout

Washington Examiner · March 27, 2022 4:00 am

Tim Scott introduces bill to curb union power and protect ‘gig worker’ model

Tim Scott introduces bill to curb union power and protect ‘gig worker’ model

Zach Halaschak · March 22, 2022 12:00 am

Florida bridge attendant arrested after elderly woman falls to her death

Christopher Hutton · March 18, 2022 6:44 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Uber and Lyft drivers feeling the sting of higher gas prices

Zach Halaschak · March 18, 2022 3:00 am

Seventy-seven BuzzFeed employees seek payback over bungled stock market debut

Asher Notheis · March 15, 2022 10:35 pm

CVS fires executives over mishandling of sexual harassment allegations

CVS fires executives over mishandling of sexual harassment allegations

Ryan King · March 12, 2022 4:39 pm