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By 2020, as many as 800,000 minimum wage workers in the city of Los Angeles will be earning $15 an hour.
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As Google continues to grow, it has to be mindful of how to more efficiently run its massive empire. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is pursuing this strategy by curbing its hiring.
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The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against the U.S. Postal Service related to the housing of contract postal units in Staples stores.
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A new diversity report from Facebook shows that only 1% of its tech workers are black, but the company plans to bring balance to its workforce.
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While the U.S. unemployment rate hovers around 5.5% nationally, the jobless rate is 7% or more in Nevada and West Virginia.
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The trend of higher payrolls and job growth seen in the rest of the nation is also being seen in Texas.
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The Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA) last week released a report that it claims assesses the labor conditions of workers in Wal-Mart's food supply chain as well as the company's environmental...
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Investors are getting a very mixed bag, albeit a positive mix, for previewing this Friday's unemployment and payrolls report from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Hoping to reverse the impression that Google is a male-dominated culture, particularly among its tech ranks, the company disclosed that 21% of its job additions were women.
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In what is a modest start to the Starbuck's program to pay college tuition for its "partners," 1,800 have signed up so far.
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The Chicago Federal Reserve recently released a report showing its projections regarding the changing labor force composition and the natural rate of unemployment.
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A workers group said that it will lead a protest at the McDonald's annual shareholders meeting to press the company to adopt a $15 an hour minimum wage and to respect workers' freedom to join...
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The announcement came as a part of Schlumberger's terrible first-quarter earnings announcement. The carnage of layoffs continues across the oil industry due to low crude prices.
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Organizers expect job actions in more than 200 cities nationwide to attract 60,000 wage protestors, according to a report in The New York Times.
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for the month of February on Tuesday morning.
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