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U.S. Department of Labor says it has no control over farmworker’s prevailing wages

By Johanna Bejarano August 8, 2024

Apple trees (Credit: Liana Mikah in Unsplash)

The U.S. Department of Labor is asking the Washington Western District of Washington Court to dismiss a lawsuit. According to the suit, the department is failing to protect Washington farmworkers’ wages and labor conditions.Read More

About Half Of U.S. Homes Lost Wages During Pandemic, Census Bureau Finds

By NPR News May 20, 2020

People wait in a long line to receive a food bank donation at the Barclays Center on May 15 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Across the country, cities and towns are dealing with the highest unemployment rates since the Great Depression.

Because of the COVID-19 crisis, 47% of adults say their households have lost employment income and close to 40% have delayed getting medical care, according to early results of a Census Bureau survey.Read More

Northwest Grocery Store Workers Vote To Approve Strike If Wage Negotiations Collapse

By NWPB News August 26, 2019

Fred Meyer in Hillsboro, Oregon. CREDIT: STEVE MORGAN/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Grocery workers from across Oregon and southwest Washington have voted to approve a strike if negotiations with four of the region’s largest supermarket chains deadlock.Read More

Hiring Rebounds In June As Employers Add 224,000 Jobs

By NPR News July 5, 2019

Job growth rebounded strongly last month as employers added 224,000 jobs. That followed a disappointing May when employers added just 72,000 jobs.Read More

The American Dream Is Harder To Find In Some Neighborhoods

By NPR News October 1, 2018

This map, a screenshot from The Opportunity Atlas, shows household income in 2014-2015 for people born between 1978 and 1983 to low-income parents. In areas that are more red, people who grew up in low-income households tended to stay low-income. In areas that are more blue, people who grew up in low-income households tend to make more money. The Opportunity Atlas CREDIT: NPR

Does the neighborhood you grow up in determine how far you move up the economic ladder? A new online data tool being made public Monday finds a strong correlation between where people are raised and their chances of achieving the American dream.Read More

U.S. Added 213,000 Jobs In June

By NPR News July 6, 2018

Joana Dudley looks at a list of job prospects at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla., in January. In the government's June jobs report, the unemployment rate ticked up to 4 percent with more people entering the labor force. CREDIT: Lynne Sladky/AP

The government's June jobs report beat expectations with another 213,000 jobs added. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4 percent with more people entering the workforce.Read More