Amazon Union Election to Proceed as Labor Board Denies Delay Request
Federal labor authorities rejected Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN 0.63% request to delay a union election at one of its warehouses in...
Domestic Politics
U.S. Employers Added 49,000 Jobs in January
U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs last month, returning growth to the labor market after a one-month dip, while the unemployment...
Who Could Receive a Third Stimulus Check? What Biden and the GOP Are Proposing
Republicans have called for a more-targeted approach to a third round of stimulus checks, while Democrats have argued that broad...
Biden Wants a $15 Minimum Wage. Here’s What People Say It Would Do to the Economy.
President Biden says his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour will lift many low-wage workers...
Fed’s Kashkari: Fed Shouldn’t Pull Back on Aid
The U.S. economy has a long way to go before it fully recovers and will need strong support from the...
Republicans Propose $618 Billion Covid-19 Relief Plan
WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans released new details of their roughly $618 billion coronavirus-relief proposal Monday, including a round of $1,000 direct checks...
U.S. Household Income, Savings Rose at End of Last Year
U.S. household income rose for the first time in three months in December as a new round of government-aid efforts...
