| May 1, 2024 | 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...
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| Apr 24, 2024 | RoundupThe federal minimum wage for most workers is $7.25. Last raised in 2009 — 15 years ago, if you can believe it — that unlivable amount has become shorthand for how little Congress has done to help workers keep up with the rising cost of living over the...
