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[TRENDING NEWS] Ken Moffett, Top Federal Mediator and Union Official, Dies at 90

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Author: BY RICHARD SANDOMIR - Publish Date: December 6, 2021 at 12:24AM In the busy summer of 1981, he mediated labor disputes involving baseball players, postal workers and air traffic controllers. He later briefly ran the players’ union.

[TRENDING NEWS] North Carolina’s Furniture Hub Is Booming. What Comes Next?

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Author: BY JEANNA SMIALEK - Publish Date: November 28, 2021 at 03:05AM The furniture capital of the state is ground zero for inflation, labor shortages, hot demand and limited supply. It’s debating how to cope.

[TRENDING NEWS] For Afghan Refugees, a Choice Between Community and Opportunity

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Author: BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND JIM TANKERSLEY - Publish Date: November 24, 2021 at 11:45PM In resettling thousands of displaced Afghans, the Biden administration must weigh their need for support against the needs of the U.S. labor market.

[TRENDING NEWS] $15 minimum wage for federal contractors will take effect Jan. 30.

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Author: BY NOAM SCHEIBER - Publish Date: November 23, 2021 at 12:31AM The Labor Department issued a final rule carrying out an April executive order from President Biden. It could affect more than 300,000 workers.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘Esto va a ser difícil’: las empresas luchan con los retos del trabajo remoto y el retorno a las oficinas

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Author: BY EMMA GOLDBERG - Publish Date: November 21, 2021 at 01:11AM La vida laboral de muchos se encuentra en un punto intermedio, y lo que está en juego va mucho más allá del orden en las reuniones. Se trata de saber si la flexibilidad es sostenible, incluso con todos los beneficios que tiene.

[TRENDING NEWS] Dozens of N.Y.C. sanitation workers were suspended during an inquiry into the use of fake vaccine cards.

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Author: BY GRACE ASHFORD - Publish Date: November 15, 2021 at 06:49AM It is the latest chapter in the protracted debate over the city’s vaccine mandate for municipal workers.

[TRENDING NEWS] Deere Reaches Third Tentative Deal With Union in Attempt to End Strike

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Author: BY NOAM SCHEIBER - Publish Date: November 14, 2021 at 12:06AM About 10,000 workers primarily in Iowa and Illinois have been out since Oct. 14. They rejected two previous contract proposals negotiated by the United Automobile Workers.

[TRENDING NEWS] Starbucks workers at three more Buffalo-area stores file for union elections.

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Author: BY NOAM SCHEIBER - Publish Date: November 10, 2021 at 02:38AM The petitions were submitted as employees at three other stores prepared to vote in a unionization effort.

[TRENDING NEWS] Union for John Deere Workers Reaches Tentative Deal to End 2-Week Strike

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Author: BY NOAM SCHEIBER - Publish Date: October 31, 2021 at 12:28AM The agreement must still be approved by U.A.W. members. They had rejected an earlier accord negotiated by the union.

[TRENDING NEWS] Missing Foreign Workers Add to Hiring Challenges

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Author: BY JEANNA SMIALEK - Publish Date: October 26, 2021 at 12:47AM Fewer foreign people have been able to work in the U.S. amid the coronavirus, leaving a hole in the potential labor force.

[TRENDING NEWS] Inside Amazon’s Worst Human Resources Problem

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Author: BY JODI KANTOR, KAREN WEISE AND GRACE ASHFORD - Publish Date: October 25, 2021 at 05:41AM A knot of problems with Amazon’s system for handling paid and unpaid leaves has led to devastating consequences for workers.

[TRENDING NEWS] An Unexpected Pandemic Consequence Frustrates Florida’s Biggest City

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Author: BY PATRICIA MAZZEI - Publish Date: October 25, 2021 at 02:02AM Jacksonville is one of dozens of American cities that have struggled to pick up trash, yard waste and recycling amid a pandemic labor shortage.

[TRENDING NEWS] Facebook will pay up to $14 million to settle claims it favored foreign workers.

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Author: BY DAVID MCCABE - Publish Date: October 20, 2021 at 12:34AM The Justice Department sued the company in December, arguing that Facebook had declined to “recruit, consider or hire” qualified Americans for more than 2,000 positions.

[TRENDING NEWS] A regional Fed analysis suggests Biden’s stimulus is temporarily stoking inflation.

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Author: BY JEANNA SMIALEK - Publish Date: October 19, 2021 at 12:01AM The American Rescue Plan could be pushing inflation up slightly and temporarily, a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco analysis said.

[TRENDING NEWS] A regional Fed analysis suggests Biden’s stimulus is temporarily stoking inflation.

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Author: BY JEANNA SMIALEK - Publish Date: October 19, 2021 at 12:01AM The American Rescue Plan could be pushing inflation up slightly and temporarily, a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco analysis said.

[TRENDING NEWS] Hollywood’s Behind-the-Scenes Workers Reach Deal on New Contract

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Author: BY BROOKS BARNES - Publish Date: October 17, 2021 at 07:49AM The tentative deal averts a strike set for Monday and a production shutdown at television and movie studios already scrambling to make up for time lost in the pandemic.

[TRENDING NEWS] After Whistle-Blower Goes Public, Facebook Tries Calming Employees

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Author: BY MIKE ISAAC, RYAN MAC AND SHEERA FRENKEL - Publish Date: October 11, 2021 at 01:17AM Employees are divided over Frances Haugen, a former product manager who testified that the company was putting profit before safety.

[TRENDING NEWS] 34,000 home health aides in New York miss a vaccination deadline and cannot work.

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Author: BY SHARON OTTERMAN - Publish Date: October 10, 2021 at 06:01AM The losses worsened a labor shortage in the industry, but the overall inoculation rate of 86 percent was higher than expected.

[TRENDING NEWS] Tech Jobs Are Everywhere Now

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Author: BY PETER COY - Publish Date: October 9, 2021 at 02:05AM New data show that companies are increasingly hiring outside of places like Silicon Valley.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why Are Fast Food Workers Signing Noncompete Agreements?

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Author: BY PETER COY - Publish Date: September 30, 2021 at 02:00AM Federal and state governments want to curb this widespread employment practice.