Walmart Inc. said on Wednesday it was planning to hire about 150,000 new U.S. store workers, most of them permanent and full-time, in preparation for the busy holiday season. The U.S. retailer also said it would offer extra hours to many of its store workers during the period, days after rival Target Corp. also said…
Los Angeles School District Opens COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics as Deadline Looms for Workers
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will be holding COVID-19 vaccination clinics Wednesday through Friday at its six local district offices, reminding district employees that they must be fully vaccinated by Oct. 15. To meet that deadline, LAUSD workers will have to get their first dose of vaccine by Friday, according to the…
Pennsylvania rations alcohol due to crippled supply chain
September 18, 2021
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A shortage of certain alcohol brands is leaving some drinkers in low spirits; the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) announced this week it would begin rationing a list of popular liquor labels. Due to sustained supply chain disruptions and product shortages, purchase limits of two bottles, per customer, per day were applied to certain items…
Teamsters Organizing Workers’ Unions at 9 Amazon.com Facilities in Canada
The Teamsters workers’ union has launched campaigns to organize employees in at least nine Canadian facilities of U.S. e-commerce company Amazon.com, according to Reuters interviews with union officials. The influential union took the first step earlier this week to organize employees at one of Amazon’s Canadian facilities, and the interviews reveal it is widening such…
China Sees 1 in 7 Young Urban Workers Jobless: Official Data
September 17, 2021
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Monthly updated data indicates one out of every seven young urban workers in China failed to find employment in August, including graduates from high schools, colleges, and universities. China’s urban unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in August, while the rate for those aged 16-24 is three-times higher sitting at 15.3 percent, the National Bureau of…
Australian Employment Slides in August as Lockdowns Slash Workers’ Hours
SYDNEY—Australian employment dived in August as coronavirus lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne forced businesses to lay off workers and slash hours, while the jobless rate was nudged lower by a sharp fall in the number of people looking for work. Thursday’s data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed employment fell by 146,000 in…
London’s Financial Workers Flock Back to Office in Hot Commuter Crush
LONDON—There’s no free lunch in finance—except when banks are wooing workers back to the office. London’s financial sector, keen to return to a semblance of normality after the worst of the pandemic, is leading the charge to encourage employees back to their old lives, with some companies even offering free food and social events. It…
Not My Pay! Some Tech Workers Bemoan China’s Crackdown on Compulsory Overtime
BEIJING—The Chinese regime’s campaign to improve conditions for workers has spurred companies, particularly some of its hardest-driving tech giants, to cut down on long hours of compulsory overtime but not all employees are happy about it. Some employees at TikTok-owner ByteDance were shocked to find their August paychecks slashed 17 percent after the company ended…
US Labor Agency Probes Two Complaints From Apple Workers
SAN FRANCISCO—A U.S. national labor agency is investigating two charges against tech giant Apple Inc. filed by employees, records on its website show. The charges, filed on Aug. 26 and Sept. 1, are being reviewed by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board’s office in Oakland, California. The agency declined to comment. “We take all concerns…
Walmart to Hire 20,000 Supply Chain Workers Ahead of Holiday Season
Walmart Inc. said on Wednesday it planned to hire 20,000 workers at its supply chain division ahead of the busy holiday season as the world’s largest retailer and other major rivals battle a logistics and labor crunch. The roles, a mix of part-time and full-time jobs ranging from freight handlers to lift drivers, will be…
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