NEW YORK — For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits. In one move, the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompete agreements, which bar millions of workers from leaving their employers for a specific period of time. The FTC’s move, which is already […]
In response to recent minimum wage increases in California, fast food restaurants across the state are shifting to automation to get rid of wage-earning humans. The move to making customers place orders at digital kiosks alleviates what owners say is the financial strain of rising labor costs after the minimum wage for the state’s fast […]
NEW YORK — The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in the U.S. The move marks the largest expansion in federal overtime eligibility seen in decades. Starting July 1, employers will be required pay overtime to salaried workers who make less than […]
Energy advocacy organization Power the Future has declared April 22 the inaugural “American Fossil Fuel Workers Day of Visibility,” complete with a digital ad campaign — on the same day as Earth Day. The campaign consists of a proclamation with mobile billboards that will circle the White House and the National Mall, where Earth Day […]
Pregnant employees have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that supporters say could change workplace culture for millions of people. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency in charge of enforcing the law, adopted an expansive view of conditions related to pregnancy […]
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to organize nonunion factories. The union wound up getting 2,628 votes, or 73% of the ballots cast, compared with only 985 who voted no […]
For the second time in a matter of days, President Biden addressed one of the nation’s most important labor unions to boast that he’s fighting for them, but he’s also fighting to keep his grip on the once-reliable Democratic constituency. Recent polls show Mr. Biden struggling to win support with union households for his reelection, […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers, who narrowly escaped the attack Friday that wounded three bystanders in Pakistan‘s port city of Karachi, police said. The van had been heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese nationals worked at Pakistan Suzuki Motors, local […]
Single workers need a six-figure salary to live comfortably in 11 U.S. states, according to a new study released this month by personal finance company SmartAsset. The study defines a comfortable lifestyle as one where 50% of a person’s earnings go toward primary needs like food and shelter, 30% to miscellaneous “wants” and 20% to […]
Google fired 28 employees Thursday following sit-ins at the company’s New York and Sunnyvale, California, offices. Workers at both offices staged the demonstrations Tuesday to protest Google’s participation in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract with Israel that provides the Jewish state with access to Google’s machine learning and cloud computing technology. The deal, according […]
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