WASHINGTON — Gradually slowing job gains and a growing labor force in March delivered welcome news to President Biden, nearly a year after he declared that the job market needed […]
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Back to news homeFewer Work Meetings? Corporate America Is Trying.
At a recent meeting, Shannon Bender and Keith Martine tried something new: They stood the entire time.The two founders of Apostrophe, a New York City start-up that focuses on expanding […]
In Ohio, Electric Cars Are Starting to Reshape Jobs and Companies
Erick Belmer has seen how tough the car business can be. He was working at a General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, when it shut down in 2019, devastating the […]
Noncompete Clauses Get Tighter, and TV Newsrooms Feel the Grip
Beth Johnson, a television talent agent, says she had to move from exclusively representing clients to more training and consulting, since newsroom employees were no longer able to move around […]
Biden’s Reluctant Approach to Free Trade Draws Backlash
WASHINGTON — Since President Biden came into office two years ago, the United States has declined to pursue new comprehensive free-trade agreements with other countries, arguing that most Americans have […]
Broadcast News Is at Center of Fight Over Noncompete Clauses
Beth Johnson, a television talent agent, says she had to move from exclusively representing clients to more training and consulting, since newsroom employees were no longer able to move around […]
Norfolk Southern’s Push for Profits Compromised Safety, Workers Say
Norfolk Southern once had so few accidents and injuries that it won the rail industry’s prestigious E.H. Harriman safety award for 23 years in a row until it was retired […]
Do We Know How Many People Are Working From Home?
Millions of workers, employers, square feet of real estate and dollars of downtown economic retail are wrapped up in the question of how many people are working from home — […]
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Spars With Democrats at Senate Hearing
Howard Schultz faced rancor from Senate Democrats at a hearing where he chafed at “propaganda that is floating around” about company labor practices. Read More
How ChatGPT and Bard Performed as My Executive Assistants
Google’s Bard chatbot fared far worse than OpenAI’s ChatGPT, but human assistants might soon be out of their jobs. Read More