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Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown
Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com
"When you come to work, you get paid. If you don't come to work, you don't get paid."
Oct 10, 2025, 1:40 PM
Wave of mass layoffs hit hundreds of Texans in San Antonio
Zachary-Taylor Wright, mySA
The military medical center cut ties after 20 years contracted with a Texas company.
Oct 10, 2025, 12:00 PM
Thousands of Overworked Air Traffic Controllers Are Now Doing Their Job With No Paycheck in Sight
Ece Yildirim, Gizmodo.com
Air traffic controller union warns of reduced safety in aviation under shutdown
Oct 2, 2025, 9:20 PM
Get used to an America with fewer jobs
Madison Hoff, Business Insider
Immigration changes are likely already affecting the US job market and could continue to add pressure.
Sep 28, 2025, 8:09 AM
Trump's H-1B visa crackdown could cut US jobs instead of creating them
Tim Paradis, Business Insider
Higher H-1B visa costs might not boost hiring in the US, as companies might turn to workers abroad.
Sep 27, 2025, 9:57 AM
Tim Cook cleared as US National Labor Relations Board drops labor violation charges
Marcus Mendes, 9to5Mac
A couple of years ago, the US labor board accused Apple CEO Tim Cook of breaking federal law after the executive sent an all-staff email threatening to punish leakers. Now, it has dropped the charges. Here are the details. more…
Sep 26, 2025, 9:59 PM
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says flexible working is fine for government jobs, but winning in tech means 'tradeoffs'
Theron Mohamed, Business Insider
Google's ex-CEO, Eric Schmidt, said working from home can stunt learning, and "work-life balance" can make companies less competitive.
Sep 25, 2025, 11:42 AM
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa adds more pressure to consulting's growing recruitment woes
Polly Thompson, Business Insider
Trump's H-1B executive order heightens talent pressures and could accelerate offshoring at major consulting firms like Deloitte, EY, and Accenture.
Sep 25, 2025, 8:52 AM
The three-headed problem that's throwing the US economy into chaos
Emily Stewart, Business Insider
Trump has three priorities for the US economy: lower immigration, lower prices, more manufacturing. Experts say you can't have all three at once.
Sep 25, 2025, 8:08 AM
Boeing stays silent on Machinists’ proposed strike settlement
Sara Samora, Manufacturingdive.com
IAM District 837 is willing to meet the fighter jet manufacturer at the negotiating table, but is “not going to bargain against ourselves,” said Resident...
Sep 24, 2025, 12:38 PM
I went to a demonstration by Google employees about H-1B visas. They want the company to speak out.
Alice Tecotzky, Business Insider
Members of the Alphabet Workers Union told me that they want Google to make a public statement and "side with their own workers."
Sep 22, 2025, 6:01 PM
Ted Cruz urges Trump to back older retirement age for pilots, worker groups oppose
David Shepardson and Allison Lampert, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON/MONTREAL (Reuters) -The Republican chair of the Senate Commerce Committee urged President Donald Trump to support international efforts by an...
Sep 21, 2025, 8:09 PM
What The H-1B Visa Changes Mean For The Financial Services Industry
Christer Holloman, Contributor, Christer Holloman, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/christerholloman/, Forbes
US banks face higher costs and talent risks as new H-1B fees reshape hiring, outsourcing models, and global delivery strategies across financial services.
Sep 21, 2025, 4:30 PM
2 charts show which industries employ the most H-1B workers and how much those roles typically pay
Lauren Edmonds,Andy Kiersz, Business Insider
Tech companies hire thousands of workers through the H-1B program each year, so Trump's new fee could impact their workforce and bottom line.
Sep 20, 2025, 9:40 PM
Big Tech and finance companies are telling H-1B employees to get to the US in under 24 hours
Pranav Dixit, Business Insider
Amazon, Microsoft, JPMorgan, and Meta employees on H-1B visas were told to stay put, per employees and communications reviewed by Business Insider.
Sep 20, 2025, 7:11 AM
Hyundai CEO distances company from ICE raid: ‘not our facility’
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge
Today, the CEO of Hyundai sought to distance his company from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid earlier this month at the company’s battery factory in Georgia, which resulted in the arrest of hundreds of South Korean workers. The factory is operat…
Sep 18, 2025, 8:12 PM
Hyundai to invest $2.7 billion in Georgia factory hit by ICE raid
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge
Undeterred by the recent ICE raid that rounded up hundreds of its workers in Georgia, Hyundai announced a fresh slate of investments in the US, including $2.7 billion into the EV battery factory where the raid took place. The automaker also plans to release a…
Sep 18, 2025, 3:08 PM
Plagued by Parts Shortage and EV Demand Uncertainty, GM Prepares for Layoffs
Ece Yildirim, Gizmodo.com
General Motors is prepping for layoffs across several assembly plants.
Sep 16, 2025, 1:30 PM
Long Island Rail Road strike averted as unions ask Trump to step in
ABC News
The largest union representing LIRR employees has joined four other unions to authorize the first strike in over 30 years, but the strike would not start until 2026.
Sep 15, 2025, 9:42 PM
US Labor Department statistical agency hiring part-time economists for the CPI report
Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, under fire for recent sharp downward revisions to U.S. nonfarm payrolls and...
Sep 15, 2025, 9:31 PM
Trump says foreign workers are ‘welcome’ after ICE raid in Georgia targets hundreds of South Koreans
Emma Roth, The Verge
President Donald Trump is trying to smooth things over with South Korea after his administration arrested hundreds of workers at a Hyundai plant in Georgia earlier this month. Just hours after reports indicated that South Korea would open a human rights inves…
Sep 15, 2025, 6:39 PM
The H-2A Visa Trap
by Max Blau, ProPublica, and Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica, illustrations by Dadu Shin for ProPublica, ProPublica
by Max Blau, ProPublica, and Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica, illustrations by Dadu Shin for ProPublica This story contains descriptions of sexual assaults. In the darkness before dawn, Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. took the last drag of a ci…
Sep 13, 2025, 9:00 AM
South Korean workers detained in immigration raid leave Atlanta and head home
The Associated Press, NPR
A plane carrying more than 300 workers from South Korea who were detained during an immigration raid at a battery factory in Georgia last week left Atlanta around noon Thursday, bound for South Korea.
Sep 11, 2025, 6:37 PM
Labor Department to audit BLS's data collection and reporting
Lisa Hornung, UPI.com
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General announced that it will review the Bureau of Labor Statistics' collection and reporting.
Sep 10, 2025, 4:24 PM