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Aug 26 2022
Analysis
California’s “fast food bill” could give service workers more power
A California bill seeks to hold fast-food corporations like McDonald’s and Burger King responsible for labor violations in the state. If AB 257 passes, the bill’s provisions will allow workers and the state to hold fast-food chains responsible for issues like wage theft and overtime pay. At the moment only franchisees can address these issues directly.
The bill could provide service
QuartzNov 25 2022
News
Amazon warehouse workers stage Black Friday strikes and protests around world
Amazon warehouse workers in the UK and 40 other countries are to strike and stage protests timed to coincide with the Black Friday sales, one of the company’s biggest shopping days of the year.
Employees in dozens of countries, from Japan and Australia to India, the US and across Europe, are demanding better wages and conditions in a campaign called “Make Amazon Pay”.
In the UK,
The GuardianJan 06 2023
News
Unemployment Rate Falls To 3.5%—But Job Quality Is Deteriorating—As Fed Works To Fight Inflation
The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell, and the labor market added back more jobs than expected in December, but economists note the quality of jobs available to Americans is deteriorating as major employers start to slash costs—slowing down wage growth that has been fueling inflation in a positive sign for the Federal Reserve’s campaign to tame rising prices.
Total employment
ForbesJan 23 2023
Fact Check
Biden’s Numbers, January 2023 Update
Here’s how the United States has fared since President Joe Biden took office two years ago:
The economy added 10.7 million jobs under Biden, putting the total 1.2 million higher than before the pandemic.
The unemployment rate dropped back to 3.5%; unfilled job openings surged, with over 1.7 for every unemployed jobseeker.
Inflation roared back to the highest level in over
FactCheck.orgDec 16 2022
News
Eyeing China, Japan lifts longtime restrictions to allow major defense buildup
Japan has made a significant policy change to allow it to get the ability to strike other nations, a move widely seen as a major step toward rearming the nation more than seven decades since it demilitarized after World War II.
As Japan's relations with China worsen and the threat it perceives from its much larger neighbor heightens, the Japanese government gave a green light Friday to
NPR (Online News)Nov 28 2022
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Americans Now Need A Six-Figure Salary To Afford A Median-Priced Home
Homebuyers in the United States must earn six-figure salaries in order to afford a median-priced home, according to an analysis from real estate brokerage Redfin.
As housing prices remain elevated and the monthly mortgage payment on the typical home surges more than 45% since the same time last year to reach $2,682, the annual salary required to afford such a property has increased from
The Daily WireOct 12 2022
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Labor proposal could upend rules for gig workers, companies
The Biden administration proposed new standards Tuesday that could make it more difficult to classify millions of workers as independent contractors and deny them minimum wage and benefits.
The U.S. Department of Labor rule, which could take months to take effect, would replace a scrapped Trump-era standard that had lowered the bar for classifying employees as contractors, workers who
Associated PressOct 12 2022
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Labor proposal could upend rules for gig workers, companies
The Biden administration proposed new standards Tuesday that could make it more difficult to classify millions of workers as independent contractors and deny them minimum wage and benefits.
The U.S. Department of Labor rule, which could take months to take effect, would replace a scrapped Trump-era standard that had lowered the bar for classifying employees as contractors, workers who
Associated PressNov 01 2022
News
US Job Openings Post Surprise Increase, Keeping Pressure on Fed
US job openings unexpectedly rebounded in September amid low unemployment, likely fueling further wage gains and adding pressure on the Federal Reserve to extend its aggressive campaign to curb inflation.
The number of available positions increased to 10.7 million in September from a revised 10.3 million a month earlier, the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or
BloombergJan 24 2023
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Reading, writing, and paychecks. What’s a teacher worth?
The need to attract and retain teachers has sparked some U.S. states to channel more money into salaries. Now, the federal government will consider the question: What’s a fair wage?
On his first day back from winter break, Dawrin Mota leaves the Las Vegas charter school where he works as a literacy strategist and heads to his second job cleaning houses.
The side business he and
Christian Science Monitor