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Tag: Labor and Jobs
Rosie Could Be a Riveter Only Because of a Care Economy. Where Is Ours?
I have spent the past two weeks reading about the infrastructure debate with mounting rage. When a reporter asked me recently why I felt so…
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Why Amazon’s Workers Sided With the Company Over a Union
When Graham Brooks received his ballot in early February, asking whether he wanted to form a union at the Amazon warehouse in Alabama where he…
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Unemployment Is High. Why Are Businesses Struggling to Hire?
By contrast, “right now what seems to be happening is that job creation is outpacing the search effort that workers are putting forth,” said Professor…
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China’s First-Quarter Growth Is Expected to Boom on Paper
Factories are whirring, new apartments are being snapped up, and more jobs are up for grabs. When China released its new economic figures on Friday,…
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Signs of Economic Hope Are Growing, Some With Superlatives
“I found it very encouraging that there are signs that people are waking up from hibernation, buying new clothes and going out to restaurants,’‘ said…
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These People Should Be Required to Get Vaccinated
The next coronavirus surge seems to be underway. Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin are among the states with rising cases, hospitalizations and intensive care occupancy,…
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Fed Chief Says U.S. Economy Is at an ‘Inflection Point’ as Risks Remain
WASHINGTON — The economy is at an “inflection point” and on the cusp of growing more quickly, the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome H. Powell, said…
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2 Korean Battery Makers Settle Dispute That Threatened Biden’s Green Agenda
Two South Korean manufacturers of electric vehicle batteries that are building plants in the United States said on Sunday that they had reached a $1.8…
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They Overcame Mutual Loathing, and Saved a Town
JOHN DAY, Ore. — One of the most venomous battles in our polarized nation is the one that has unfolded between loggers and environmentalists in…
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