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Grindr Staff Launch Union Drive Amid Tech Layoffs and Anti-LGBT Attacks

By Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg

AI Gig Workers Face 'Unfair' Work Conditions

By Billy Perrigo

Former TikTok Moderator Threatens Lawsuit in Kenya

By Billy Perrigo

Why Job Hunting is Getting Worse

By Alana Semuels
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Why Americans Want Part-Time Jobs Again

The pandemic made workers reevaluate their priorities; the strong labor market gives them the power to ask for better schedules.

By Alana Semuels

Dismal Job Market Drives Chinese Youths to State Firms

The unemployment rate among 16-24-year-old urbanites in China is now more than twice that of the US

By Bloomberg

Upstart Amazon Union Pauses NYC Campaign as Momentum Fades

The retreat reflects the travails of a grassroots organization struggling to secure its gains against a legal onslaught from Amazon.

By Matt Day / Bloomberg

The U.S. Unemployment Rate Held Steady in June Amid Robust Job Market

The resilience of the jobs market is in stark contrast to the broader economic picture

By Reade Pickert / Bloomberg

Activision Blizzard Agrees to Union Negotiations

The US’s biggest independent video-game publisher will start negotiating with the Communications Workers of America

By Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg

What Happens If You Don't Get Your Hotel Room Cleaned Daily

The practice is being scaled back in the name of sustainability and guest privacy, but there's a price to pay

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Anita Snow / AP

Apple Faces In-Store Labor Drive as Union Amps Up Pressure

Workers at an Apple Inc.store in Atlanta became the first in the U.S. to file for a union election Wednesday

By Ian Kullgren / Bloomberg

Amazon Union On Track for Historic Victory in New York

Victory by the upstart Amazon Labor Union would mark a watershed moment for the Seattle-based e-commerce giant

By Spencer Soper and Matt Day / Bloomberg

U.S. Job Gains Accelerate While Wage Growth Slows Sharply

U.S. hiring boomed in February while wage growth slowed, showing a strong labor market that likely keeps the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates this month while offering some respite from strong inflationary...

By Reade Pickert / Bloomberg

How the Pandemic Propelled HR Chiefs Into the Boardroom

A new breed of multi-tasking senior HR executives are suddenly on speed-dial to the CEO.

By Bruce Horovitz

Starbucks Staff Can Vote to Unionize at Three More New York Stores, U.S. Labor Official Rules

Starbucks Corp. employees at three more restaurants in New York state will vote on unionization, a U.S. labor official ruled Friday, offering organizers a chance to expand a new labor foothold that’s already inspiring copycat...

By Josh Eidelson and Leslie Patton / Bloomberg

It's Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center

Informal work is the essential service that billions of people give to a world that barely notices.

By Darren Walker and Sally Roever

Why This Dating App Is Paying All Employees an $80,000 Minimum Salary

The decision is similar to that taken by the Dan Price, the CEO of credit card processing startup Gravity Payments

By Eloise Barry

Meet the Women Leading the Global Fight for Workers' Rights in the Informal Economy

The pandemic has hit informal workers particularly hard

By Eloise Barry

The Truck Driver Shortage Doesn’t Exist. Saying There Is One Makes Conditions Worse for Drivers

The trucking industry has a retention problem, not a recruitment problem.

By Alana Semuels

Starbucks Union Vote Sets Up Watershed Moment for U.S. Labor

Winning a unionization vote at one of the country’s signature non-union firms, Starbucks, would be an audacious coup.

By Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg
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