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Workers
What's with all the hiring?
Nov 2, 2022
Employers keep looking for workers to meet consumer demand, though there are signs the labor market may cool down.
Employers get creative with inflation compensation
Aug 18, 2022
From early bonuses to gas cards and free lunch, companies offer perks to retain employees while struggling to keep their costs down.
Union petitions were up 56% in last 9 months, federal labor agency says
Jul 15, 2022
Young, college-educated workers at individual retail establishments like Starbucks stores are driving many organizing efforts.
Abortion travel benefit unlikely to reach many low-wage workers
Jun 27, 2022
Disney, Dick's Sporting Goods and Meta are among the latest companies to add the benefit in the wake of the SCOTUS decision.
Could the tight labor market finally ease?
by
Justin Ho
Jun 2, 2022
A slowing economy could help bring worker supply and demand back into balance.
What labor shortage? Some retailers now say they're overstaffed.
May 20, 2022
Hiring too many workers — many of them part time — was an effort to avoid losing sales.
7 in 10 big firms report wage hikes, survey says. Is it enough to keep up with inflation?
Apr 25, 2022
Some economists in the survey don’t expect their firms to pay workers more in the future.
For public good, not for profit.
How a St. Louis pottery tool maker became a worker cooperative
Apr 14, 2022
Collin Garrity of Garrity Tools says the pandemic forced him to rethink his ideas about work and business ownership.
For small businesses, this fourth COVID wave feels different
Jan 24, 2022
For one thing, more people are sick. For another, government aid has dried up.
Did department stores train people to be difficult customers?
by
Reema Khrais
and Anais Amin
Aug 13, 2021
Amanda Mull, a staff writer at The Atlantic, argues that department stores had a hand in building class consciousness.