Over the past year, workers at Starbucks, Amazon, Trader Joe’s and Apple have all achieved historic, hard-won union victories, but now many of these newly unionized workers fear they might face an even bigger challenge: negotiating a first MORE
“The company’s purchase of iRobot, the maker of the Roomba, likely has little to do with cleaning floors. “Earlier this month, Amazon announced that it was buying the Roomba vacuum maker iRobot. On the surface, MORE
At a remote Mexico border crossing a few miles upriver from Laredo, Texas, a green highway sign welcomes friends of an American company in an instantly recognizable font: TESLA. Tesla Inc. suppliers now have a MORE
After the Buyout, California Company Fisker Confirms It will Build 250,000 EVs Yearly There LORDSTOWN — Lordstown Motors Corp. and Taiwan company Foxconn have finalized an agreement for the Taiwanese technology and electronics giant to MORE
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has his guns pointed at Disney World.’ On Thursday, the Florida state legislature passed a bill seeking to dissolve a special district that allows the Walt Disney Company to act as its own MORE
A leaked e-mail from a regional manager of an Applebee’s franchise sparked a walk-out of managers at a Lawrence, Kansas, restaurant and a subsequent online outrage. The e-mail urged the restaurant to begin hiring employees MORE
‘We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon,’ said a Spotify spokesperson Spotify is in the process of removing Neil Young’s music from its library. The decision follows MORE
There have been several analyses about what is driving the so-called Great Resignation, with theories about people leaving to start their own businesses, leveraging better treatment in lieu of lower wages, or professionals who can MORE
Workers at King Soopers and City Market stores went on strike in Colorado early Wednesday morning, escalating a contract fight between parent company Kroger and the employee union. The workers’ collective bargaining agreement expired last week after they rejected MORE
Elon Musk faces a hefty tax bill this year — possibly the biggest in U.S. history. “For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year,” the Tesla CEO tweeted on Monday. Musk MORE
On Oct. 11, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott—who has opposed masking but came under fire from a Republican political rival recently for allegedly failing to push back hard enough on federal vaccine mandates—took a strong stand against vaccine mandates, issuing MORE
Known as the “Mar-a-Lago Trio,” the group is comprised of Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter, attorney Marc Sherman and doctor Bruce Moskowitz. A joint investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee MORE
LINCOLN, Neb. (WJW) — Employees posted the words on the sign after General Manager Rachael Flores and eight others reportedly put in their two-weeks notice. Rachael Flores (Facebook page) told TV station KLKN that at MORE
President Biden is expected to sign an executive order that would call on the Federal Trade Commission to curtail the use of non-compete agreements, which restrict where employees can work after leaving a job. Jen MORE
Lordstown” Motor Corp (LMC) purchased the 785 acre GM plant in 2019 hoping to build the boxy, styleless all-electric Endurance pickups at the plant. The GM plant once employed over 13,000. “Don’t move. Don’t sell MORE
Toyota leads a long list of companies who have donated to Republican lawmakers who objected to the certification of the 2020 election. Toyota leads the list by a substantial margin. Data compiled by the left-leaning MORE
A restaurant in Durham, North Carolina now adds a 20% gratuity “to every bill for dine-in customers, along with a message saying seen and unseen hourly wage workers are the backbone of the restaurant to MORE
Lordstown” Motor Corp (LMC) purchased the 785 acre GM plant in 2019, hoping to build the boxy, styleless all-electric Endurance pickups at the plant. The GM plant once employed over 13,000. “Don’t move. Don’t sell MORE
The Doral city council voted 4-0 on Wednesday to ban gambling and casinos from the city unless they were approved by the city’s residents in a referendum, the Miami Herald reported. The move comes after MORE
Inflation soared 5 percent in May, the fastest year-on-year pace since 2008, as surging demand from the reopening economy met supply chains choked with shortages. Rising prices in the heating, yet fragile, economy are continuing MORE
“Those jobs have left Ohio. They’re all coming back. … Don’t move. Don’t sell your house,” – Trump at a 2017 Youngstown rally. “Lordstown” Motor Corp (LMC) purchased the 785 acre GM plant in 2019, MORE
Don’t move. Don’t sell your house. Last Sunday we posted a discussion titled Lordstown Motors Accused of ‘FAKE Orders, Undisclosed Production Hurdles’. A quick recap: The gist of last Sunday’s article is that LMC claims MORE
YouTube temporarily suspended former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani from its partner program last week, the Alphabet Inc unit said on Tuesday, citing repeated violation of its policy that prevents false claim of widespread MORE
In the weeks leading up the January 6 storming of the US Capitol, Amazon employees questioned the company about apparel featuring the logos of two right-wing militia groups — The Oath Keepers and the Three MORE
The mob attack on Congress last week by Mr. Trump’s supporters has spurred a reckoning for the Trump Organization by businesses and institutions, at a scale far greater than his previous polarizing actions. And the Trump brand, MORE