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Biden Announces Tentative Deal to Avoid Rail Strike Is Reached
WASHINGTON — Freight rail companies and unions representing tens of thousands of workers reached a tentative agreement to avoid what would have been an economically damaging strike, a relief for businesses and consumers and a victory for President Biden, whose administration helped broker the deal. The breakthrough on Thursday morning came just hours before a […]
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When Where You Work Determines if You Can Get an Abortion
“In low-wage sectors, this is going to become one of those issues where people are leaving low-paying jobs for slightly better-paying jobs,” said Bianca Agustin, director of corporate accountability for United for Respect, a nonprofit labor advocacy group. “Given the spread of companies that have public commitments, I imagine there will be some movement on […]
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With Roe v. Wade Overturned, Companies Stay Silent on Abortion
A few companies accompanied those policy changes with statements. Roger Lynch, the head of Condé Nast, called the decision “a crushing blow to reproductive rights.” Lyft said the ruling “will hurt millions of women.” BuzzFeed’s chief executive, Jonah Peretti, called it “regressive and horrific.” Some business leaders spoke out too, with Bill Gates, the co-founder […]
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Are You Happy? Your Boss Is Asking.
Garry Ridge, who runs the chemical company WD-40, has a leadership style guided by two sources — Aristotle, and the BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work,” Mr. Ridge said first, quoting the Greek philosopher. Then he picked up a recent BlackRock memo. “Companies who forged strong bonds […]
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Corporate America Doesn’t Want to Talk Abortion, but It May Have To
Even more recently, corporate leaders were reminded of how fraught engagement can be. Disney, for example, faced internal backlash when its leadership declined to take a strong stance against Florida’s Parental Rights in Education act, which critics often refer to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. But when the chief executive did take a public […]
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Atlanta Apple Store Workers Are the First to Formally Seek a Union
Employees at an Apple store in Atlanta filed a petition on Wednesday to hold a union election. If successful, the workers could form the first union at an Apple retail store in the United States. The move continues a recent trend of service-sector unionization in which unions have won elections at Starbucks, Amazon and REI […]
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Inflation Complicates Return to Office Plans
A recent analysis from Square, the technology company, quantified the “lunchflation” that workers like Ms. Jacobson were facing. The average price of wraps last month was up 18 percent from a year earlier, with sandwiches up 14 percent and salads up 11 percent. At the same time, fast-casual restaurants are drawing more lunchtime customers as […]
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Meta Cuts Back on Some of Facebook’s Perks
Many workers were quick to gripe in the comment section underneath the post announcing the change, according to several employees who viewed the post. Just minutes after the changes were announced, employees asked whether the company was planning to compensate them in new ways and if Meta had undertaken an employee survey to evaluate how […]
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Washington State Advances Landmark Deal on Gig Drivers’ Job Status
The Washington State Senate on Friday passed a bill granting gig drivers certain benefits and protections while preventing them from being classified as employees — a longstanding priority of ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft. While the vote appears to pave the way for ultimate passage after a similar measure passed the state House of […]
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