September 16th 2021
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Hong Kong hospital workers are set to strike today, in an effort meant to push the Hong Kong government to close its borders to mainland China. The hospital workers union voted to strike with a landslide - 3,123 to 10. It is aiming to shut down about 5% of hospital...
A North Carolina teachers’ union is surveying members about a potential strike as pay raises for teachers have been caught up in the state’s bitter budget stalemate. Democratic North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a proposed budget passed by Republican...
On September 18, 2017, Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy. The toy retailer had been in decline since at least 2000, but ran into real trouble after a consortium of private equity and real estate firms bought the ailing private company in 2005 in a $6.6 billion...
The nation’s minimum wages are lower than the wages the nation’s voters would prefer, according to a Pew Research Center survey. While many workers across the nation have been celebrating recent victories for higher minimum wages, the average state resident prefers...