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Labor Department Issues Strong December Jobs Report

Axios reports: Employers finished the year with a burst of hiring: The economy added 223,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate fell back to a half-century low of 3.5%, the Labor Department reported on Friday. The labor market is still chugging along with healthy demand for workers, the latest sign that the economy is holding up despite recession fears. …

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1100+ NYT Union Members Walk Out Over Contract

Axios reports: More than 1,100 members of the New York Times union walked out on the job Thursday morning after more than a year and a half of stalled contract negotiations with The Times’ management. The walkout represents a breaking point between the two parties, which have been debating new contract terms since the guild’s last contract expired in March …

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New York Times Union Threatens To Strike Next Week

Axios reports: More than 1,000 members of the New York Times union, which includes hundreds of newsroom staffers, plan to walk out on the job if the company’s management doesn’t agree to the terms of a new contract by Dec. 8, the union announced Friday. The two parties have been at odds for more than a year and a half …

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Senate Votes To Block Rail Strike, No Sick Days In Deal

The Washington Post reports: The Senate on Thursday adopted a measure that forces a deal between warring national freight railroads and their unions, averting a potential Dec. 9 strike that could have crippled U.S. travel and commerce ahead of the busy holiday shopping season. The overwhelmingly bipartisan, 80-15 vote sends the measure to President Biden’s desk, as he requested earlier …

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House Votes 290-137 To Avert Potential Rail Strike

The Associated Press reports: The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved. The measure passed by a vote of 290-137 and now heads to the Senate. …

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$825K Settlement For Man In Landmark LGBTQ Case

NBC News reports: A Georgia county has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a man whose case was one of three that led to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment. The Clayton County Board of Commissioners this week approved an $825,000 settlement for Gerald Lynn …

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Biden Gets Solid October Jobs Report Before Election

Business Insider reports: October was another strong month for the US labor market even as recession fears for next year continue. The country added 261,000 payrolls in October according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecasted payrolls to rise by 200,000. The unemployment rate was 3.7% in October, up from September’s 3.5% …

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Biden Gets Good News On Q3 Economic Growth

CNBC reports: The U.S. economy posted its first period of positive growth for 2022 in the third quarter, at least temporarily easing inflation fears, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday. GDP, a sum of all the goods and services produced from July through September, increased at a 2.6% annualized pace for the period, against the Dow Jones estimate for …

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Labor Dept Issues Strong Jobs Report For September

CNBC reports: Job growth fell just short of expectations in September and the unemployment rate declined despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to slow the economy, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls increased 263,000 for the month, compared to the Dow Jones estimate of 275,000. The unemployment rate was 3.5% vs the forecast of 3.7%. A drop of 25,000 …

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Labor Dept Reports 315K New Jobs Added In August

USA Today reports: Hiring slowed sharply in August but remained sturdy as employers added 315,000 jobs despite softer consumer spending gains, rising interest rates and a sputtering economy. The unemployment rate rose from 3.5% to 3.7%, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated that 300,000 jobs were added last month. Many experts reckoned August finally would …

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Gallup: Support For Labor Unions Highest Since 1965

The Hill reports: Seventy-one percent of Americans indicated support for labor unions in a Gallup poll released on Tuesday, the highest percentage since 1965. The increased support comes as workers at many major companies have pursued union campaigns. A Starbucks store in Buffalo, N.Y., became the company’s first U.S. location to unionize in December, and more than 200 stores have …

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Lawsuit: Delta Fired Employee For Anti-Trump FB Post

CNN reports: An employment discrimination lawsuit filed by a former Delta Air Lines flight attendant says she was fired for posting an image of former President Donald Trump wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood on her personal Facebook page. The plaintiff, Leondra Taylor, who is Black, admitted she posted a cartoon image on her personal Facebook page. The image was …

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CNBC: July Jobs Report Is “Far Better Than Expected”

CNBC reports: Hiring in July was far better than expected, defying signs that the economic recovery is losing steam, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls rose 528,000 for the month and the unemployment rate was 3.5%, easily topping the Dow Jones estimates of 258,000 and 3.6%, respectively. Wage growth also surged higher, as average hourly earnings jumped …

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Big Tech To SCOTUS: Uphold Affirmative Action

Courthouse News reports: American companies have come to find that diversifying their workforce is not only socially responsible but financially beneficial. However, they are worried they may soon find a roadblock to diversity at the nation’s highest court. Over 60 major American businesses are asking the Supreme Court not to thwart their success by nixing affirmative action policies used by …

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June Jobs Report Crushes Expectations: 372K New Jobs

CNBC reports: Job growth accelerated at a much faster pace than expected in June, indicating that the main pillar of the U.S. economy remains strong despite pockets of weakness. The unemployment rate was 3.6%, unchanged from May and in line with estimates. Nonfarm payrolls increased 372,000 in the month, better than the 250,000 Dow Jones estimate and continuing what has …

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EEOC Suit: Two NC Workers Were Fired For Refusing To Take Part In Company’s Mandatory Daily Jesus Prayers

The Associated Press reports: Two employees with a North Carolina company say they were fired after refusing to participate in the firm’s daily Christian prayer meetings, which they said went against their respective religious beliefs, according to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit, which seeks a jury trial, was filed in U.S. District Court in …

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Maryland Apple Store Workers Vote To Join Union

The Washington Post reports: Apple workers in the Baltimore area voted to join a union Saturday, becoming the first of the tech giant’s U.S. retail stores to do so. The vote means workers at the Towson, Md., store plan to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) once a contract is ratified. Saturday evening’s initial tally was …

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428K New Jobs In April, Unemployment Flat At 3.6%

The Washington Post reports: U.S. employers added 428,000 jobs in April, capping a year of solid growth, adding more fuel to an already robust recovery. The unemployment rate remained steady at a pandemic low of 3.6 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. The labor market has added more than 6.5 million jobs during the past year and is on pace …

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Amazon To Appeal Vote To Unionize By NYC Workers

The Wall Street Journal reports: Amazon.com Inc. plans to appeal its loss last week against union organizers in New York, where workers voted to establish the company’s first U.S. union. The company’s intention was made in a legal filing made public Thursday. Roughly 55% of the workers from a Staten Island facility named JFK8 voted to side with Amazon Labor …

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New Jobless Claims Fall To Lowest Level In 53 Years

CNBC reports: The labor market tightened further last week, with initial jobless claims falling to their lowest level in more than 53 years, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Initial filings for unemployment dropped to 166,000, well below the Dow Jones estimate of 200,000 and 5,000 under the previous week’s total, which was revised sharply lower. The total of those receiving …

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