Amazon Workers In Alabama Likely To Get A Do-Over Vote On Union
An official with the National Labor Relations Board has ordered that a union election for Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama be done a second time because the retail giant broke…
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Stocks Nosedive Amid Concerns About New COVID-19 Variant
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks sank Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly falling more than 1,000 points, as a new coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa appeared…
Stores Kick Off Black Friday But Pandemic Woes Linger
NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are expected to usher in the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season Friday with bigger crowds than last year in a closer step toward…
Dollar Tree Makes It Official: Items Will Now Cost $1.25
NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with the rising cost of goods and freight, discount retail chain Dollar Tree said Tuesday it will be raising its prices to $1.25 for the…
Target Plans To Keep Stores Closed On Thanksgiving For Good
NEW YORK (AP) — Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended during…
John Deere Strike Ends
Roughly 10,000 John Deere workers have been on strike since Oct. 18. Associated Press Ten thousand workers at manufacturer John Deere ended one of the largest U.S. private-sector strikes in…
Film And TV Workers Narrowly Ratify Union Contracts To End Strike Threat
A driver displays their support for IATSE as workers fought for a new contract with the studios. Mario Tama via Getty Images Film and television workers who were threatening to…
U.S. Sues Uber, Saying Wait Fees Discriminate Against Disabled People
The federal government is suing Uber saying it discriminates against disabled people by charging fees when drivers have to wait for passengers to board their vehicles. Uber’s “wait time” fees…
After Twitter Poll, CEO Elon Musk Sells Off $5 Billion In Tesla Shares
DETROIT (AP) — After making a promise on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold about 4.5 million shares of the electric car maker’s stock, raising over $5 billion. The…
John Deere Workers Reject Tentative Deal, Decide To Stay On Strike
Workers at John Deere voted Tuesday to reject the latest tentative agreement negotiated between the company and their union, a sign that the largest U.S. private-sector strike in two years…