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The Labor Department will release the Consumer Price Index at 8:30 a.m., and Wall Street will be watching a few key categories.
Continue reading …Will the Pandemic Productivity Boom Last?
10/08/2021 Comments Off on Will the Pandemic Productivity Boom Last?Fewer workers are making more stuff. If it lasts, that’s big news for the economy of the 2020s.
Continue reading …Evergrande Went From China’s Biggest Developer to One of Its Worst Debtors
10/08/2021 Comments Off on Evergrande Went From China’s Biggest Developer to One of Its Worst DebtorsRegulators want to fix the property sector’s bad habit of borrowing too much. Evergrande, with its billions of dollars in debt, may stand in the way.
Continue reading …In an upside-down world of financial markets, expected returns after inflation are at record lows.
Continue reading …After Trumka’s Death, A.F.L.-C.I.O. Faces a Crossroads
08/08/2021 Comments Off on After Trumka’s Death, A.F.L.-C.I.O. Faces a CrossroadsFor years, influencing political outcomes has been the priority. Some are calling for more emphasis on basic organizing.
Continue reading …Pelosi and Yellen to Discuss Rental Assistance as Eviction Crisis Looms
07/08/2021 Comments Off on Pelosi and Yellen to Discuss Rental Assistance as Eviction Crisis LoomsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it would impose a 60-day ban on evictions in places hit hard by the Delta variant.
Continue reading …As Infrastructure Bill Nears Key Vote, Deficit Takes Back Seat
06/08/2021 Comments Off on As Infrastructure Bill Nears Key Vote, Deficit Takes Back SeatMany Republicans are disregarding the deficit impact for the sprawling infrastructure bill, but intend to change course for looming battles on social spending and the debt ceiling.
Continue reading …This Is the Job Market We’ve Been Waiting For
06/08/2021 Comments Off on This Is the Job Market We’ve Been Waiting ForThe new monthly numbers show job growth not seen in recoveries from the previous three recessions.
Continue reading …June 2021 Jobs Report: Delta Variant Could Complicate Reopening Plans
06/08/2021 Comments Off on June 2021 Jobs Report: Delta Variant Could Complicate Reopening PlansA consensus of economists puts the expected gain at more than 800,000, although estimates vary widely.
Continue reading …Tankus the Henge: Touring in France post-Brexit 'a puzzle'
05/08/2021 Comments Off on Tankus the Henge: Touring in France post-Brexit 'a puzzle'
Tankus the Henge frontman Jaz Delorean describes crossing the Channel for the first time since Brexit rules were introduced in January as “a bit of a puzzle”. The band says their European dates usually add up to around six months each year but a combination of Covid and Brexit has dented their chances to play as many gigs abroad. This is their video diary of their recent French tour.
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill