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Lack of Foreign Workers Has Seasonal Businesses Scrambling
02/08/2021 Comments Off on Lack of Foreign Workers Has Seasonal Businesses ScramblingEven with a visa cap increased, the pandemic’s disruption has left a dearth of landscapers, crabbers and restaurant help.
Continue reading …Eviction Moratorium Set to Lapse as Biden Aid Effort Falters
31/07/2021 Comments Off on Eviction Moratorium Set to Lapse as Biden Aid Effort FaltersThe administration made a last-ditch, failed appeal to Congress to extend the moratorium to buy more time to fix a dysfunctional rental aid program.
Continue reading …Home Prices Are Soaring. Is That the Fed’s Problem?
31/07/2021 Comments Off on Home Prices Are Soaring. Is That the Fed’s Problem?Low interest rates are one reason that the housing market has taken off. They are far from the only one.
Continue reading …The Fed’s Favorite Price Index Rose 4 Percent. What Comes Next?
30/07/2021 Comments Off on The Fed’s Favorite Price Index Rose 4 Percent. What Comes Next?The Federal Reserve’s inflation gauge popped in June from the prior year. Economists think it will begin to moderate.
Continue reading …The Fed’s favorite price index rose again in June, as consumer spending came in strong.
30/07/2021 Comments Off on The Fed’s favorite price index rose again in June, as consumer spending came in strong.The Personal Consumption Expenditures index popped 4 percent in June from the prior year. Economists think it will begin to moderate.
Continue reading …China's Parents Say For-Profit Tutoring Ban Helps Only the Rich
30/07/2021 Comments Off on China's Parents Say For-Profit Tutoring Ban Helps Only the RichMany families and experts say Beijing’s education overhaul will help the rich and make the system even more competitive for those who can barely afford it.
Continue reading …Who Discriminates in Hiring? A New Study Can Tell
29/07/2021 Comments Off on Who Discriminates in Hiring? A New Study Can TellApplications seemingly from Black candidates got fewer replies than those evidently from white candidates. The method could point to specific companies.
Continue reading …Growth Is Strong, but the Obstacles to Full Recovery Are Big
29/07/2021 Comments Off on Growth Is Strong, but the Obstacles to Full Recovery Are BigThe new G.D.P. numbers paint a vivid picture of a nation still struggling to complete an economic readjustment.
Continue reading …Consumer Spending Was a Big Factor in G.D.P. Expansion
29/07/2021 Comments Off on Consumer Spending Was a Big Factor in G.D.P. ExpansionA 2.8 percent rise in spending on services helped offset declines in other areas of the economy.
Continue reading …Covid Aid Programs Spur Record Drop in Poverty
28/07/2021 Comments Off on Covid Aid Programs Spur Record Drop in PovertyThe most comprehensive study yet of the federal response to the pandemic shows huge but temporary benefits for the poor — and helps frame a larger debate over the role of government.
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