Supply Chains Tainted by Forced Labor in China, Panel Told
WASHINGTON — Human rights activists, labor leaders and others urged the Biden administration on Friday to put its weight behind a coming ban on products made with forced labor in...
Starbucks Union Campaign Continues Its Momentum
Starbucks workers have added to the momentum of a union campaign that went public in late August and has upended decades of union-free labor at the company’s corporate-owned stores.On Thursday...
Few Cars, Lots of Customers: Why Autos Are an Inflation Risk
Mr. McCabe does not think that car inventory will ever fully rebound: Dealers and automakers have learned that they make more money by effectively making cars to order and running...
Actors in ‘Waitress’ Tour Seek to Join Labor Union
A group of actors and stage managers employed by a nonunion touring production of the musical “Waitress” is seeking union representation, emboldened by a growing focus on working conditions in...
Inflation Hits Fastest Pace Since 1981, at 8.5% Through March
Inflation hit 8.5 percent in the United States last month, the fastest 12-month pace since 1981, as a surge in gasoline prices tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added to...
Biden to Allow Higher-Ethanol E15 Gas to Be Sold All Summer
WASHINGTON — President Biden announced on Tuesday a plan to suspend a ban on summertime sales of higher-ethanol gasoline blends, a move that White House officials said was aimed at...
Britain’s inflation rate climbed to 7 percent, the highest in 30 years.
In Britain, several pieces of dispiriting economic news arrived this week: Prices are rising at their fastest pace in 30 years, wages adjusted for inflation fell the most in nearly...
A Fed governor says the latest inflation data reaffirms the case for big rate increases.
Christopher J. Waller, one of the Federal Reserve’s governors in Washington, said on Wednesday that recent economic data suggests that the central bank should raise interest rates by more than...
U.S. Tries New Tactic to Protect Workers’ Pay: Antitrust Law
In 2007, the Justice Department sued the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association for fixing the rates that hospitals paid to nursing agencies for their temporary nurses, putting a cap on...
Supply Chain Hurdles Will Outlast Covid Pandemic, White House Says
In the report, the administration cited its efforts to identify weaknesses in supply chains for key products like semiconductors, electric-vehicle batteries, certain minerals and pharmaceutical products, and to bolster American...