Tag: labor
Fewer Americans applied for jobless claims last week as labor market remains sturdy
Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market remains sturdy despite high interest rates.The Labor Department reported Thursday that...
Higher costs and low base fares send Delta's profit down 29%. The airline still earned $1.31 billion
Americans are traveling in record numbers this summer, but Delta Air Lines saw second-quarter profit drop 29% due to higher costs and discounting...
Powell stresses message that US job market is cooling, a possible signal of coming rate cut
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reinforced a message that the Fed is paying growing attention to a slowing job...
Massachusetts ballot question would give Uber and Lyft drivers right to form a union
BOSTON -- Drivers for ride-hailing companies in Massachusetts are pushing ahead with what they describe as a first-of-its-kind ballot question that could win...
California fast food workers now earn $20 per hour. Franchisees are responding by cutting hours.
LOS ANGELES -- Lawrence Cheng, whose family owns seven Wendy’s locations south of Los Angeles, took orders at the register on a recent...
Data workers detail exploitation by tech industry in DAIR report
The essential labor of data work, like moderation and annotation, is systematically hidden from those who benefit from the fruits of that labor....