Amazon Vote Deals Blow to Expanding Labor Union Membership
Workers’ rejection of a union at Amazon.com Inc.’s warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., is a setback to organized labor’s efforts to...
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Amazon Leads by Wide Margin in Alabama Union Election
Federal officials are counting the votes in the closely watched union election by Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala.,...
Workers Slowly Pull Away From Jobless Benefits as Economy Picks Up
Workers are slowly pulling away from unemployment assistance as a U.S. economic revival picks up speed, with initial filings for...
Starting a Family? Company Benefits Favor IVF Over Adoption
Sarah Mahalchick and her future husband talked on one of their first dates about wanting to adopt. There were lots...
Amazon Union Election Set to Conclude: What We Know
A high-profile union election by Amazon workers in Alabama is concluding Monday, when the mail-in voting period ends. Ballots are...
Japan Charges Father-Son Team With Aiding Ghosn Escape
TOKYO—Japanese prosecutors charged an American father-son team with assisting Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA chairman,...
To Attract Black Employees, Companies Move to Them
Silicon Valley has a diversity problem, one that even Tristan Walker’s 4-year-old son could see. In 2018, after making a...
Tesla Crash Suspected of Involving Autopilot Draws Investigation
U.S. safety regulators are investigating a crash involving a Tesla Inc. vehicle that hit a patrol car in Michigan, the...
UAW Accuses Ford of Shifting New Vehicle Production From Ohio to Mexico
UAW‘s Gerald Kariem, shown here in September, said Ford is failing to live up to a commitment it made to...
Toyota, Honda to Halt Some U.S. Production Over Supply Shortages
A shortage of petrochemicals will affect production at Toyota factories including this one in Kentucky, here pushing out a Camry...
Uber Grants Vacation Pay, Pensions to U.K. Drivers in Change of Job Status
Uber Technologies Inc. UBER -2.23% said it will grant its U.K. drivers an employment status entitling them to vacation pay...
Marco Rubio Backs Amazon Workers’ Union Push, Citing ‘Culture War Against Working-Class Values’
WASHINGTON— Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) voiced his support for a union-organizing drive at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Alabama,...
What to Know About Unemployment Benefits in $1.9 Trillion Covid-19 Relief Bill
Congress is this week expected to approve a $1.9 trillion pandemic-aid package that extends the duration of unemployment benefits available...
What’s Better Than Slack? These Companies Have Some Ideas.
When Becky Kane started interning at a productivity software company in 2014, she experienced a workplace rite of passage: drowning...
Microsoft, Wells Fargo Satisfied Trump Labor Department on Hiring More Black Employees
WASHINGTON—The Labor Department under the Trump administration closed inquiries into Microsoft Corp. MSFT 2.15% and Wells Fargo WFC 0.73% &...
February Hiring Sets Up Stronger Spring Recovery
The U.S. economy is set up for a stronger recovery this spring after a February surge in hiring at restaurants...
Costco to Raise Minimum Hourly Wage to $16, as Congress Debates $15
Costco COST -1.69% Wholesale Corp. will pay its U.S. workers at least $16 an hour starting next week, the company’s...
Travel’s Covid-19 Blues Are Likely Here to Stay—‘People Will Go Out of Business’
The pandemic travel bust that hit tourism-dependent economies may only just be beginning. Tourist destinations from Thailand to Iceland had...
Elon Musk Got 4,000 SpaceX Workers to Join a Covid-19 Study. Here’s What He Learned.
When Covid-19 shut down the U.S. economy in March, Elon Musk had a rocket to launch. The billionaire’s space exploration...
Uber Faces Setback as U.K. Court Rules Drivers Entitled to Worker Rights
The U.K.’s top court ruled that a group of former drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. were entitled to a minimum...
