The W.N.B.A.’s players and fans pushed furiously for Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian penal colony, but her plight also highlighted gender inequities in sports.
Category: Wages and Salaries
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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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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.
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U.K. Braces for Strikes Across Several Industries Through Christmas
Job actions by ambulance staff, nurses, rail workers and others will hit Britain every day between now and Dec. 25.
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Biden Loves the Jobs Report, but the Fed Likely Does Not
The president is celebrating a jobs engine that is running hot; Federal Reserve officials want to see more signs of slowing growth amid their campaign to tame inflation.
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$150 World Cup Jerseys Made by Workers Getting $2.27 a Day
Garment workers in Myanmar earn less than $3 a day to produce soccer apparel for Adidas. Some say they were fired after asking factory owners for a raise.
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Powell says that rates will rise more and remain high ‘for some time.’
The Federal Reserve chair said the central bank will keep lifting rates to control price increases, and played down a recent cooling in inflation.
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Some Rail Workers, Seeking Sick Days, Say Biden Betrayed Them
The request for Congress to impose contract terms that several unions had rejected rankled rank-and-file members who had rallied behind the president.
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A Holiday Season Divided by Inflation and Economic Struggles
Even if policymakers achieve a gentle economic slowdown, it won’t be smooth for everyone.
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Starbucks Workers Strike at Dozens of Stores Nationally
Workers said they were protesting the company’s refusal to bargain in good faith and other anti-union activity.
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Foreign Trade Competition Has Hurt Black and Disadvantaged Workers Most, Report Says
A government trade agency report suggested that the impact of trade policy differed for workers depending on their race and socioeconomic status.
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Ela Bhatt, Advocate for Women Workers in India, Dies at 89
The cooperative she founded has helped millions of women who had never before had a safety net. “They were,” she said, “the poorest among the poor.”