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Tyler Cook, a sous chef at Tempest restaurant in Charleston, S.C. MUST CREDIT: photo for The Washington Post by Cameron Pollack.

These businesses found a way around the worker shortage: A big boost in wages

Some companies in sectors such as food service and manufacturing are significantly upping their pay in low-wage positions to attract workers, and finding ways to make the business plan pencil out.

Washington state winery cancels its 2020 vintage as industry worries about wildfire smoke

Though the effects of smoke damage on grapes can vary and not all tasters will recognize a difference, in the worst-case scenario the damage can leave a wine smelling and tasting “like an ashtray.”

Amazon

Amazon shifts return-to-office stance, says remote work is OK 2 days a week

First-time home buyer Julie Farris, Monday, June 7, 2021 in Burien stands in front of the home. 217325

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Teresa Nguyen, co-owner with her husband Eric Banh of Ba Bar in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, picks up an order to take to a table at their restaurant Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Both Eric and Teresa have to work the front of the house because they can’t find servers, hosts, and chefs. They lost most of their employees when they had to shut down due to COVID and have not been able to replace them yet. 217268

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What's behind the labor shortage threatening Washington restaurants’ recovery

The State of Washington Employment Security Department, closed due to Covid-19, seen Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 in Olympia. 216297

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Washington state again will require active job search for people collecting unemployment benefits

FILE – In this Feb. 6, 2021, file photo, a woman walks past a “Now Hiring” sign displayed at a CD One Price Cleaners in Schaumburg, Ill. U.S. employers added a surprisingly robust 379,000 jobs in February in a sign the economy is strengthening as virus cases drop, vaccinations ramp up, Americans spend more and states ease business restrictions. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) NYAG301

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737 MAX airplanes share a parking lot between East Marginal Way South and the Duwamish Waterway across the street from Boeing Field in Seattle on February 20, 2020. 213077 213077

FAA approves Boeing’s fix for 737 MAX electrical flaw, clearing the way for return to flight

Rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, March 11, 2019. A spokesman says Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft as a safety precaution, following the crash of one of its planes in which 157 people were killed. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

Second 737 MAX crash haunts victims’ families and company veterans as questions linger for Boeing and FAA

Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft and the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302: Explained through graphics

Just over seven weeks after it rolled out of the paint hangar, Boeing’s first 737 MAX “the Spirit of Renton” lifts off the runway and flew for the first time Friday, from Renton Municipal Airport at 9:48 a.m. January 29th, 2016.

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How much would you pay to go to space with Jeff Bezos? For at least one person, the answer is $28 million, an astounding sum that won a live auction Saturday for a seat on the first human spaceflight for Bezos's Blue Origin space company. (Bezos owns The Washington Post.) The identity of the winner...