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Workers
For small businesses, this fourth COVID wave feels different
Jan 24, 2022
For one thing, more people are sick. For another, government aid has dried up.
Did department stores train people to be difficult customers?
by
Reema Khrais
and Anais Amin
Aug 13, 2021
Amanda Mull, a staff writer at The Atlantic, argues that department stores had a hand in building class consciousness.
Biden's trade policy will prioritize workers' rights
Mar 2, 2021
Biden wants to use trade policy to advance racial equity, fight climate change and take on China’s "coercive" trade practices.
China's big savers weather pandemic uncertainty
by
Jennifer Pak
Jun 16, 2020
The communist government is not handing out cash to struggling workers. Many have to depend on themselves.
China's forced-out workers
by
Jennifer Pak
Jun 3, 2020
Chinese workers complain that shortened hours or being told to resign are layoffs by another name.
How will we know when it's safe to go back to work? Workers and employers want to know.
May 11, 2020
Right now, OSHA doesn’t have a blanket legal standard for protecting workers from infectious diseases.
Demanding better COVID-19 protections, workers nationwide plan walkouts
by
Andy Uhler
, David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Mar 30, 2020
Amazon, Instacart and Whole Foods face backlash from workers concerned about safe working conditions.
For public good, not for profit.
How the shutdown is impacting federal workers
by
Janet Nguyen
Dec 27, 2018
“The longer it lasts, the harder it’s going to be on myself and many, many others,” one contractor told us.
You can take this job and love it. Why? If you leave, it may be hard to find a new one.
Dec 7, 2018
Unemployment is lower than at any time in nearly half a century. Lots of jobs have been added this quarter. But today’s job report indicates that now more people are being laid off and filing for unemployment. As the labor market deals with tariffs and fluctuating financial markets, it’s hard to predict what might happen […]
Small businesses struggle to find workers
Dec 6, 2018
There are more job openings right now than there are job seekers. That has small businesses scrambling to find qualified workers.