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this job posting from Citi with a $2,000,000 salary range caught attention on social media

Economy

The big reveal: New laws require companies to disclose pay ranges on job postings.

7:00am November 05, 2022

by Stacey Vanek Smith

On Nov. 1, New York joined a handful of places across the country that require companies to disclose salary ranges when they post jobs. But transparency isn't easy.

David Williams is a stocker at a Dollar General store in New Orleans. He's pushing for better work conditions and pay at his store with help from Step Up Louisiana.

Economy

Dollar store workers in the South have a labor movement. Just don't call it a union

8:29am September 03, 2022

by Stephan Bisaha

Unions aren't popular in the South. That's one reason why a labor organizing campaign at Dolllar General stores in Louisiana doesn't use the u-word.

National

Apple workers vote to unionize at Maryland store

1:11am June 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday, joining a growing push across U.S. industries to organize for workplace protections.

National

Apple workers in Atlanta become company's 1st retail workers to file to unionize

10:22am April 21, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Communications Workers of America, the retail workers' union, said big tech companies like Apple fail to give employees who don't work in an office equal standing and respect.

Alabama coal miners rally at a local ballpark in Brookwood. They've been on strike against Warrior Met Coal since April 1.

Economy

Unions have enthusiasm, media spotlight. But membership numbers lag

1:04pm January 28, 2022

by Stephan Bisaha

Strikes and organizing efforts at high-profile companies have generated new enthusiasm for organized labor. But numbers tell a different story. Union membership is tied for the lowest level on record.

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A droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine last year at a hospital in Providence, R.I.

A N.Y. Hospital Will Stop Delivering Babies As Workers Quit Over A Vaccine Mandate

9:44am September 13, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Lewis County General Hospital in upstate New York is pausing maternity services later this month after dozens of staff members quit because they refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization hold a rally on Aug. 6, 1981, on Long Island, N.Y. Nearly 13,000 air-traffic controllers walked off the job and most were fired by President Ronald Reagan after refusing to return t

Here Are 3 Pivotal Moments In Workers' History To Remember This Labor Day

10:18am September 04, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

From a deadly factory fire to a presidential showdown with strikers, these major labor events became central to U.S. history, the modern labor movement and the rights afforded to workers.

A server delivers food to customers dining at a restaurant in Los Angeles on Aug. 7. Restaurants are boosting pay to attract workers, and that could have an impact on already-high inflation.

Economy

Wages Are Going Up — And So Is Inflation. Consumer Prices Have Hit A 13-Year High

8:59pm August 11, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Consumer prices rose 5.4% in July, compared to a year ago. Here's one thing to watch going forward: How rising wages impacts inflation.

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Armando Negron and Bellaliz Gonzalez were recovery workers in Midland, Mich., after two dam collapses flooded the area.

'We Were Treated Worse Than Animals': Disaster Recovery Workers Confront COVID-19

11:43am July 09, 2020

Disaster recovery workers cleaning up after major flooding in Michigan tested positive for the coronavirus. The outbreak shined a light on working conditions in the fast-growing industry.

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This weekend, temporary pay bumps for workers during the coronavirus pandemic are ending at companies across the country. In a normal world, high hazard pay might be the only way to stop employees from quitting en masse. But with tens of millions unemploy

As 'Hero' Pay Ends, Essential Workers Wonder What They Are Worth

8:01am May 30, 2020

by Alina Selyukh

Many retail and food workers are losing temporary wage bumps they got during the pandemic. Some say their work hazards are only increasing, while their wage is lower than unemployment benefits.

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