Recruiters call the push a crucial test of whether the world’s third-largest economy can compete with the U.S. and Europe for global talent.
Category: Labor and Jobs
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Taking to the Woods With Maine’s ‘Tree Tippers’
Generations of Mainers have made a living working seasonal, nature-based jobs. Harvesting the balsam used to make wreaths is one of them.
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The Fashion Designers Dries Van Noten and Christopher John Rogers in Conversation
While decades apart in experience, Dries Van Noten and Christopher John Rogers are both known for their creative use of color and holding on to their autonomy.
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The Week in Business: Labor Actions Sweep Britain
The national average gasoline price has fallen to where it was a year ago. China’s economy is not expected to bounce back quickly, as it rolls back “zero Covid” policies. And the Fed meets.
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Why Is Howard Schultz Taking This So Personally?
His opposition to a union isn’t primarily about the bottom line, friends say. It clashes with his image of Starbucks as a model employer.
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China’s Youths, Stung by Years of Covid Rules, Fear Grim Job Future
A sluggish economy continues to leave many young people unemployed, with few job prospects or hopes to tap into the rising incomes their parents enjoyed during boom times.
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Workers at E.V. Battery Plant in Ohio Vote to Unionize
The result, at a plant owned by General Motors and a South Korean company, is a milestone for the auto union in organizing electric vehicle workers.
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UK Approves New Coal Mine, Despite Climate Concerns
Local politicians said the facility, the country’s first new coal mine in decades, would create hundreds of jobs.
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Out of the Public Eye, a Debate Is Raging Over a Postwar Ukraine Economy
Beyond the enormous cost of rebuilding the country are difficult and delicate choices about how to best connect the nation to European markets and commerce.
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The Risks of ‘Yes, and’ Leadership
Recent years have demanded that C.E.O.s accept uncertainty. Some have taken that to extremes.
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New York Times Union Announces One-Day Strike
Negotiators for the company and the union, which represents most of the newsroom, have failed to come to an agreement on salaries, health and retirement benefits, and other issues.