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Courtesy Boeing Co.After three days of talks between Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) local union ended Thursday night, the...
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ThinkstockIn a new report released Monday, the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) reckons that the federal government bailout of General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) saved 1.2 million U.S. jobs and...
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ThinkstockProtests and strikes by fast-food workers are expected to spread to 100 U.S. cities Thursday. This comes a little more than a year after a strike in New York, when 200 workers walked off...
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courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The holiday season seems as good a time as any to question whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) can afford to pay its workforce, some of whom make as little as $8 an...
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ThinkstockProtests demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour from fast-food restaurants will begin Wednesday with demonstrations at McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) restaurants in five U.S. cities —...
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thinkstock‘Tis the season for companies to try to cut the last little bit out of expenses so they can show investors that they can make the tough decisions and get that stock price back in the...
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courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said this Black Friday morning, that it processed more than 10 million register transactions between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving...
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By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsGerman workers are not happy with Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) — again. In May 500 warehouse workers affiliated with the Ver.di union walked off...
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courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWIn the second year of labor protests against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), organizers are saying they expect protests and strikes at more 1,500 U.S....
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Courtesy Boeing Co.The labor union representing more than 30,000 workers at Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has rejected an eight-year contract extension that the company said was required if the new Boeing...
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Courtesy Boeing Co.Claiming that the deal will guarantee “tens of thousands” of jobs for the state, Washington’s legislature has approved an $8.7 billion package of incentives for The Boeing...
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courtesy of U.S. Geological SurveyBoeing Co. (NYSE: BA) warned Friday that if assembly workers and local politicians do not ratify plans to build its new 777X in Seattle, the company will consider...
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ThinkstockAn employee of McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) who has worked for the company for 10 years and called the company’s employee hotline for advice on how to make ends meet was told to seek...
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ThinkstockFirst you saw dismal numbers from the Empire Manufacturing report from the New York Federal Reserve. Now you are getting to a slightly different take from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve...
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ThinkstockDrugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) announced Tuesday morning that it will fire another 8,500 employees in an effort to “sharpen” the company’s focus on R&D and returns to...
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