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‘No one wants to see a picket line on Sesame Street’ but that’s exactly what’s happening as writers unanimously vote for strike

"Millions of parents and families around the world are going to have a lot of questions,” a union leader said.

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Remote workers have found a haven in Spain’s capital—here are the top 10 places for digital nomads to tote their laptops

Spain has figured remote work out, but it hasn’t come without a cost. Countries are starting to pump the breaks on digital-nomad visas.

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Americans fear the end: Economic collapse looms largest on the nation’s mind, potentially costing Biden the presidency

It’s starting to feel like the end of the world. Fittingly, Americans can’t agree on why.

12.04.2024 5

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SpaceX, Trader Joe’s, and Amazon are ‘law breakers,' U.S.’ top labor enforcer says as battle over eliminating NLRB heats up

In response to reported violations, companies including SpaceX, Starbucks, and Amazon are arguing the NLRB is unconstitutional.

12.04.2024 7

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Teachers are so fed up with the broken education system that over half wouldn’t tell a young person to do what they do

The kids—and the teachers—are not alright.

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Refusing to drink the corporate Kool-Aid, half of Gen Zers would turn down a job that doesn’t align with their beliefs

Gen Z recognizes the price of becoming a sellout.

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More people are taking on second jobs because they literally can't afford not to

One paycheck isn’t cutting it anymore for many Americans as they struggle to battle the cost of living.

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Child star 'Honey Boo Boo' calls out mother for draining her fortune, exposing child stars’ vulnerabilities

Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson catapulted into early-reality TV fame back in the 2000s, as a breakout star from TLC show Toddlers and Tiaras.

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Scrambling for a win, America's poorest households spend 33 times more of their income on lottery tickets than the rich

But the Powerball's ballooning prize lot and slimming chances show the numbers are stacked against players.

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‘Gen Z doesn’t live to work. They work to live’: The paradox that defines the best companies to work for in 2024

"I have my doubts on whether a dream job ever existed or whether it was just kind of propaganda," says a 25-year-old whose layoff led to content...

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Singers and stars try to pump the breaks on AI, as 200 artists including Billie Eilish and Jon Bon Jovi sign open letter denouncing unmitigated innovation

The letter comes on the heels of news that OpenAI has a voice-cloning tool.

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Sega workers become the first major video game company in the nation to get a union contract

Sega workers become the first major video game company in the nation to get a union contract.

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Everyone’s a Karen these days: Frustrated by inflation and a different shopping experience, consumers are lashing out on service workers more often, poll says

Already burnt out, workers are dealing with increasingly frustrated customers.

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Marc Benioff alludes to the market’s possible AI oversaturation by joking about a “genius” toothbrush

Companies might be getting carried away with AI marketing tactics.

26.03.2024 3

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Some managers looking for a discount think it’s time to replace you with AI 

Many bosses embrace AI in order to curb costs (rather than paying employees what their worth)

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Spurned by the economy, young Americans are feeling so lonely and powerless they plunged the nation’s happiness score

This year, the United States dropped out of the top 20 ranking in happiness for the first time since the report began a little more than a decade ago.

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Union employees are about $100,000 richer than nonunion workers, according to the Fed, as labor movement continues its winning streak

Striking after stalled negotiations has proven effective in moving the needle on salaries.

21.03.2024 10

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'We are essentially in a new Gilded Age’: As workers get laid off, CEOs and shareholders gobble up hundreds of billions in profits

CEOs cite the need to downsize in a rough economy, but it seems corporations are doing better than ever.

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Stuck between unpaid childcare and eldercare duties, women might not be able to afford their own retirement

As America ages, a eldercare crisis looms as the bulk of unpaid assistance is placed on older women

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Employment lawyer horrified by cubicles that monitor workers’ moods: ‘There are so many things wrong with this it’s hard to know where to start’

"The idea of having an early-warning signal on the sentiment of an organization — it’s quite interesting,” says the CEO of a company exploring...

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America’s only socialist senator and the union chief who shook Detroit say enough is enough, it’s time for a 4-day workweek

Bernie Sanders and Shawn Fain just told Congress that a 32-hour work week with no loss in pay is overdue—and has been for nearly 70 years.

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Lyft and Uber are threatening to leave yet another city unless its mayor vetoes a minimum wage law

Minnesota rules that drivers will get a minimum wage, and Uber and Lyft say they're leaving. Are they bluffing?

12.03.2024 1

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Inside YouTube Music's meltdown: Former workers say they trained their replacements while staffing firm denies a mass layoff and Google backs away

Jack Benedict and dozens of unionized workers found out they were losing their jobs while testifying to the Austin City Council. Their contracting...

09.03.2024 10

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Global pop star says she can’t afford to take a week off due to how little she gets paid from streaming

Independent artist Sevdaliza says popularity doesn't always equate to financially stability.

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‘Land of the free, and home of the medical bankruptcy’: Ex-surgeon general blasts healthcare system after getting $4,896.43 bill for dehydration

Dr. Jerome Adams got some labs and IV bags, and was hit with a multiple thousand-dollar bill post-insurance. “Yes folks. THIS is America."

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Google terminated its entire unionized YouTube Music team as the workers were testifying to City Council about why they need higher pay

Contracted tech workers say they're paid as low as $19 hourly in expensive metro. While they were pushing to negotiate with Google, Google laid off...

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Vice execs abruptly lay off workers and end town hall after downpour of thumbs-down emojis

“It’s impossible to ignore the emojis, from my side,” Vice CEO Chris Dixon said as he ended the Zoom town hall.

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The sky-high cost of food is eating up our paychecks at a near-historic rate

The cost of food remains stubbornly high despite ebbing inflation.

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Gen X is actually more worried about retirement than boomers

Greater student-loan burdens, ebbing pensions, and dueling caretaking duties ... retirement is shaping up to be a real drag.

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We haven’t been this downbeat about our jobs since the pandemic started—and tech workers are especially blue

Amid layoffs and AI concerns, tech workers are having the worst time, and they're dragging down the mood of the workforce.

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‘Man I just want a dishwasher job’: Why are Olive Garden and McDonald’s forcing job applicants to endure a strange personality test that turns them into blue avatars?

Employers complain of a worker shortage, but would-be hires see a long and arduous screening process.

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‘Man I just want a dishwasher job’: Why are Olive Garden and McDonald’s forcing job applicants to endure a strange personality test that turns them into blue avatars?

Employers complain of a worker shortage, but would-be hires see a long and arduous screening process.

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Fast-food chains are the worst offenders when it comes to child-labor violations—and it’s not even close

"How young is too young to be a child worker?" The question is unsettled among the red and blue states of America.

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Feel the burn(out): Millennials are aging from bright-eyed 'hustle culture' workers into exhausted middle managers

The employees are not all right, and millennials especially feel the sting of recessions, responsibilities, existentialism—and a lack of workplace...

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Boomers believe they don’t have enough money to retire. Signs point to them being, sadly, right.

Battling inflation and living longer, some retirees haven’t saved anything at all.

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Young adults set an earlier bedtime as they navigate economic fatigue, wellness trends, and a loneliness epidemic

People are increasingly turning down nights out in favor of getting in bed.

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Dartmouth claims that bringing back the SAT and standardized testing could help applicants from 'less resourced families'

“Our analysis shows that we potentially miss out on some great applicants when we don’t have [test scores],” researcher Bruce Sacerdote told...

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Disillusioned Americans are losing faith in almost every profession

Senators, Congress, the clergy, journalists and pharmacists “hit new lows" in Gallup's long-running poll. Veterinarians get respect, though.

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Meet a 23-year-old who’s making nearly $1 million online, teaching followers how to ‘manifest’ money out of sheer will

Sarah Perl found her calling as a college sophomore, but quickly moved on from tarot cards. “Business found me,” she tells Fortune.

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Gen Z ushers in a new era of prohibition but not because of a widespread temperance movement—it’s just the economy

Americans, especially young adults, are choosing to drink less as the cost of going out balloons, weed trends, and information about addiction...

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UPS delivers 12,000 job cuts to management months after historic deal for unionized drivers—yet another sign the pendulum is swinging toward blue-collar workers

At UPS and throughout the workforce, it’s a bleak time to be a white-collar worker. But many blue-collar jobs are still essential.

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The remote work revolution is morphing into a perk for the wealthiest, most educated workers

It was available to nearly all office workers in the scary days of 2020. Now it’s just for a chosen few.

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'Manifesting' takes flight online as Gen Zers and millennials find faith amid stress: 'You have to have unrealistic thoughts to create an unrealistic life'

The Prosperity Gospel and "The Secret" have met their 21st century match.

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Each generation thinks they hold the power in the office—but it's Gen X 'quietly shifting' the future of work

No one knows who the power player is in the workforce right now.

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Chicago's wind gusts expose how Elon Musk failed to design a Tesla for when it gets too cold

Teslas have hit a new speed bump: the winter cold.

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3M’s CEO is set to score a $26 million pension while the company freezes plans for non-union employees 

3M announced that it would freeze pensions for non-unionized employees and shift to a 401(k) retirement plan in 2028.

13.01.2024 7

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Burger King worker awarded a backpack, movie ticket, and Starbucks cup after never missing a day in 27 years buys first home with $446,000 in donations

"This is truly an American dream. A Christmas miracle."

03.01.2024 4

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Bosses actually want to work from home more than their workers do, finds a surprising 3,000-person survey

Managers are more likely than their workers to say they want hybrid or remote work to continue this year.

03.01.2024 5

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Meet the two 80-something best friends who saved up $20,000 to ditch work and travel around the world in 80 days 

Sandy Hazelip and Ellie Hamby share the secrets to finding a life-long friend and travel companion.

27.12.2023 10

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Older boomers won the pandemic after becoming a whopping $14 trillion richer, Fed data reveals—and Gen X is losing the race

The famously economically beleaguered millennial generation ran really hard just to stay in place, according to Fed data.

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