Workers

Amanda Mull, a staff writer at The Atlantic, argues that department stores had a hand in building class consciousness.

Biden wants to use trade policy to advance racial equity, fight climate change and take on China’s "coercive" trade practices.

The communist government is not handing out cash to struggling workers. Many have to depend on themselves.

Chinese workers complain that shortened hours or being told to resign are layoffs by another name.

Right now, OSHA doesn’t have a blanket legal standard for protecting workers from infectious diseases.

Amazon, Instacart and Whole Foods face backlash from workers concerned about safe working conditions.

“The longer it lasts, the harder it’s going to be on myself and many, many others,” one contractor told us.

Unemployment is lower than at any time in nearly half a century. Lots of jobs have been added this quarter. But today’s job report indicates that now more people are being laid off and filing for unemployment. As the labor market deals with tariffs and fluctuating financial markets, it’s hard to predict what might happen […]

There are more job openings right now than there are job seekers. That has small businesses scrambling to find qualified workers.