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A banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, in March. Vote counting began Thursday. (AP Photo / Jay Reeves, File)
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April 8, 2021 at 9:01 pm

Amazon warehouse workers reject union bid in Alabama

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama handed the online retail giant a decisive victory when they voted against forming a union and cut... Updated 1:42 pm

March 18, 2021 at 9:25 am

Branson leads business group demanding end to death penalty

NEW YORK (AP) — Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson feels the time has come to galvanize business leaders in a movement to eradicate the death...

Business

March 14, 2021 at 10:00 am

Bridal designer Andrea Pitter on celebrating Black women

NEW YORK (AP) — Designer Andrea Pitter's boutique, Pantora Bridal, has tripled in size since opening in Brooklyn seven years ago as a safe space...

Business

February 25, 2021 at 4:50 pm

Costco to raise starting hourly wage to $16; end hazard pay

NEW YORK (AP) — Costco will increase its starting wage to $16 an hour, surpassing most of its main competitors. Costco CEO Craig Jelinek announced...

Business

February 15, 2021 at 9:44 pm

Vaccine delays leave grocery workers feeling expendable VIEW

As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic's front-line...

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January 21, 2021 at 12:26 pm

Biden revokes Trump order banning some diversity training

NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights groups on Thursday celebrated President Joe Biden’s swift revocation of a Trump administration order that had banned federal agencies,...

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FILE – In this Feb. 26, 2020, file photo, the original Trader Joe’s grocery store in Pasadena, Calif., is viewed. Responding to calls for Trader Joe’s to stop labeling its international food products with ethnic-sounding names, the grocery store chain said it has been in a yearslong process of repackaging those products and will soon complete the work. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

January 14, 2021 at 8:32 am

Here are some of the companies pushing financial incentives to get workers vaccinated

As vaccinations continue across the U.S., some companies are offering financial incentives to encourage their workers to get the shots.

Business

January 9, 2021 at 7:44 am

Once again, job losses fall unequally across the US economy VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten months into America’s viral outbreak, low-income workers are still bearing the brunt of job losses — an unusual and harsh feature...

Business

December 26, 2020 at 1:56 pm

Holiday sales tick up as shoppers invest in their homes

NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales increased a modest 3% during a longer holiday season this year, as homebound shoppers spent more on furnishing and...

Business

December 26, 2020 at 12:55 pm

Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday unless...