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Disneyland workers won a 31% pay rise after a 4-month campaign and a vote to strike
Disneyland ratified contracts increasing minimum wage to $24 per hour for 14,000 employees after mo…
Hannah Abraham
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Stock market today: Stocks close at records as Powell strikes dovish tone and Tesla shares spike
The S&P 500 neared a new record high as stocks were propelled by dovish remarks from Jerome Powell,…
Filip De Mott
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Apple staff could go on strike at the first US store to unionize
Employees' concerns include work-life balance, unpredictable scheduling, and wages lower than livin…
Shubhangi Goel
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The job market looks rock-solid, but there are 4 signs it's weakening as labor trends mirror past recessions
The job market is flashing signals of weakness, some of which look dangerously similar to past rece…
Jennifer Sor
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Workers' strikes in the US are at their highest point since 2000, with 4.1 million days lost in August to labor activism
The ongoing actors and writers strikes in Hollywood are taking a major toll on the entertainment in…
Polly Thompson
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The IMF's chief is sounding the alarm, says the AI revolution is striking the job market 'like a tsunami'
"We have very little time to get people ready for it, businesses ready for it," said IMF chief Kris…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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A key signal suggests job growth could plummet in coming months amid labor strikes and bad weather
"The industry losing the most jobs has been temporary help services. That hasn't been a good sign h…
Matthew Fox
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With a possible cooler labor market this year, here are 4 tips for getting a job in 2024
Three career experts share what job seekers should do if they want to get a new job this year.
Madison Hoff
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The Tesla strikes in Sweden are dragging on and unions have doubled down, but Elon Musk thinks the 'storm has passed'
An IF Metall union spokesperson said Tesla wanted to make an impression that it was business as usu…
Beatrice Nolan
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A surprise recession could strike after an unexpected jump in the unemployment rate, economist says
"The labor market, contrary to popular opinion, is contracting," famed economist David Rosenberg wa…
Matthew Fox
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140,000 Americans walked out of work last year to strike for higher pay and safer workplaces — and thousands got what they wanted
About a third of workers who took action to demand more from their job weren't part of a union, acc…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Over 500,000 workers went on strike in 2023 — double from last year
Over twice as many workers went on strike in 2023 than in 2022, and an expert says the return of st…
Juliana Kaplan
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Economists are the most skeptical they've been since 2022 about a recession striking
A new survey showed improving forecasts for GDP and consumer spending, among other things.
Aruni Soni
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The Kroger strike is over and some workers will get a $5 an hour raise
More than 8,000 Kroger's King Sooper's workers in Colorado have ended the strike that started on Ja…
Juliana Kaplan
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The number of major strikes and lockouts doubled in 2021, showing workers aren't accepting the old status quo
In 2021, millions of Americans realized that work wasn't working for them. Some quit — and others w…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Biden says he's 'deeply troubled' by Kellogg's move to permanently replace striking union workers
Dan Osborn, president of the local union branch in Omaha, Nebraska, told Insider that Biden's state…
Juliana Kaplan,Charles Davis
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France is so scared of strikes messing up the Olympics that it is letting air traffic controllers show up 3 hours late to work, and leave 3 hours early
The French air traffic controllers' union won an agreement which also includes an average $19,400 s…
Pete Syme
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Meet a Kroger's King Soopers worker who's striking for the first time: 'I think people are realizing they're worth more'
"Unfortunately, to work is to be abused, and people are tired of not being abused at a livable wage…
Juliana Kaplan
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Seth Rogen is 'distressed' that streaming companies are 'digging in on' using AI to write for TV, sharing support for the strike: 'Thank god for labor unions'
Seth Rogen said it's "horrifying" that some streaming companies are pushing toward a future of arti…
Katie Balevic
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Meet the doctors unionizing and walking out for better conditions: 'There's this growing sentiment that we can do better'
For the past two years, doctors have been on the forefront of the pandemic. Now, some physicians ar…