The number of Americans who will fly this summer could eclipse the prepandemic high from 2019. That would be great news for airlines, but it could also cause a backlash […]
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Back to news homeWhy Amazon’s Delivery Network Is Vulnerable to Labor Strife
Is there a more familiar sign of corporate dominance than the Amazon delivery van?As recently as four years ago, the blue-gray vehicle with the smiley arrow was a relative novelty […]
China’s Youth Unemployment Crisis: 1 in 5 Are Out of Work
Shu Xiang, 21, started looking for a job in February and still has had no luck. A financial management major at a college in Chengdu, China, Ms. Shu said she […]
U.S. Semiconductor Boom Faces a Worker Shortage
Maxon Wille, an 18-year-old in Surprise, Ariz., was driving toward Interstate 17 last year when he noticed a massive construction site: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company at work on its new […]
How a Solo Gig Can Give You a Stronger Retirement
Russ Eanes was burning out at his job, and he had just hit 60 — but he wasn’t ready to retire. A former minister in the Mennonite church, he had […]
How the Last Writers’ Strike Changed Things Onscreen
The 2007 writers’ strike couldn’t have come at a worse time for the screenwriter Zack Stentz. After three years of being unemployed, Mr. Stentz was happily ensconced in a new […]
Taiwan Is Running Low on a Strategic Asset: Engineers
Engineers like Royale Lee, 31, are one reason Taiwan is the world’s biggest contract producer of the microchips that power almost all electronics.When a computer virus paralyzed machinery at his […]
In Norway, the Electric Vehicle Future Has Already Arrived
BAMBLE, Norway — About 110 miles south of Oslo, along a highway lined with pine and birch trees, a shiny fueling station offers a glimpse of a future where electric […]
U.S. Employers Added 253,000 Jobs Despite Economic Worries
The labor market is still defying gravity — for now.Employers added 253,000 jobs in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported Friday, in a departure from the […]
Wages Grow Steadily, Defying Fed’s Hopes as it Fights Inflation
Wage growth ticked up in April, good news for American workers but bad news for officials at the Federal Reserve, who have been hoping to see a steady moderation in […]