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CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.

CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.

By Cynthia Murray May 22, 2023 I’ll be turning 67 soon. I’d love to be…

25/06/2023

Millionaires Surtax: The Simplest, Most Effective and Popular Way to Fund the Jobs Bill

Millionaires Surtax: The Simplest, Most Effective and Popular Way to Fund the Jobs Bill

One of these promising proposals is very similar to a “millionaires surtax” idea that the…

03/10/2021

Monthly U.S. Unemployment Rate June 1990 - June 2021 By County

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5 Critical Resources for Working Families

During National Work and Family Month, we’re highlighting the need for equitable practices in the workplace that support all working families. From paid family and…

08/10/2021

5 Critical Resources for Working Families

Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 339,000 in May, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 3.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of…

04/06/2023

Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%

The Strike Zone—September 13, 2021

With the wide distribution of the vaccine, new COVID-19 protocols negotiated by the professional leagues and their union counterparts are drawing a stark line between…

13/09/2021

The Strike Zone—September 13, 2021

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Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%

Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 339,000 in May, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 3.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, government, health care,…

04/06/2023

The decline of job creation at new establishments

The decline of job creation at new establishments

By Haley Klundt and Kevin Cooksey “Creative destruction” is often said to be one of…

01/06/2023

Sprouts Farmers Market to Pay $280,0000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suits

Sprouts Farmers Market to Pay $280,0000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suits

DENVER, Colo. – SFM, LLC, doing business as Sprouts Farmers Market — which operates grocery…

15/10/2021

‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions

‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions

Gig economy‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditionsGig workers…

15/10/2021

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Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry

Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry

A trainee butcher who decided to do it full-time after starting as a Saturday job…

14/10/2021

5 Critical Resources for Working Families

5 Critical Resources for Working Families

During National Work and Family Month, we’re highlighting the need for equitable practices in the…

08/10/2021

Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry

Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry

A trainee butcher who decided to do it full-time after starting as a Saturday job when she was 13 has encouraged others to consider it as a career.Annie Jones, 18, is six months into her two-year apprenticeship at G Debman…

14/10/2021

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