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Meryl Streep and George Clooney Lead Donation Campaign for Striking Actors

Hollywood actors have now been on strike for nearly three weeks. They have walked picket lines in broiling heat, orchestrated noisy rallies and flooded social media with cris de coeur. […]




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To Keep TV Shows Afloat, Some Networks Are Cutting Actors’ Pay

Starring on the CBS sitcom “Bob Hearts Abishola” has been good for Bayo Akinfemi. Being a regular cast member for four years has given him financial security and made him […]




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Wage Growth Slowed in Second Quarter, a Sign the Economy is Cooling

Wage growth slowed this spring, the latest sign that the Federal Reserve might be succeeding in its effort to engineer a “soft landing” for the U.S. economy.Overall compensation costs, including […]




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UPS Reaches Contract Deal With Teamsters to Head Off Strike

United Parcel Service announced Tuesday that it had reached a tentative deal on a five-year contract with the union representing more than 325,000 of its U.S. workers, a key step […]




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UPS Contract Talks Go Down to the Wire as a Possible Strike Looms

Barely a week before the contract for more than 325,000 United Parcel Service workers expires, union and company negotiators have yet to reach an agreement to avert a strike that […]




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How TV Writing Became a Dead-End Job

For the six years he worked on “The Mentalist,” beginning in 2009, Jordan Harper’s job was far more than a writing gig. He and his colleagues in the writers’ room […]




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Jerome Powell’s Prized Labor Market Is Back. Can He Keep It?

Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, spent the early pandemic lamenting something America had lost: a job market so historically strong that it was boosting marginalized groups, […]







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DoorDash, Shifting Business Model, Will Offer Drivers Hourly Pay

DoorDash said on Wednesday that it would begin giving its delivery drivers the option to be paid an hourly minimum wage, instead of earning money for each delivery.The significant shift […]




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Inflation Has Eased, but Economists Are Still Worried

Inflation is beginning to abate meaningfully for American consumers. Gas is cheaper, eggs cost roughly half as much as they did in January and prices are no longer climbing as […]