| May 1, 2024 | RoundupIt’s International Workers Day, better known as May Day — when much of the world celebrates the equivalent of Labor Day in the United States. This week in OtherWords, we share contributions from authors who are putting American workers back on the map. An...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe United Auto Workers recently scored the largest union victory in decades in the South. Their success at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant could be a turning point for labor in a region long known for governmental hostility to unions. The next test will be a UAW...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedChanging jobs can be the best way to get a raise. But employers often force workers to sign “noncompete clauses,” making it harder for them to move to better jobs — and artificially depressing wages. That will change later this year. The Federal Trade Commission...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedNearly a third of Americans who don’t have broadband say the reason is because it costs too much — and unfortunately, Congress is prepared to let that figure rise dramatically. Lawmakers have yet to renew funding for the federal government’s Affordable Connectivity...
