by Troy S. Mason | May 28, 2020 | Business News
Boeing announced plans to lay off almost 7,000 workers this week, as the coronavirus crisis continues to hammer the aircraft manufacturer. “We have come to the unfortunate moment of having to start involuntary layoffs. We’re notifying the first 6,770 of our U.S. team members this week that they will be affected,” Boeing CEO David Calhoun […]
by Troy S. Mason | May 27, 2020 | Business News
Restless coffee addicts emerging from lockdowns are doubtlessly cheering the return of some normalcy, after Starbucks said it would be reopening almost 90 percent of its locations by June 1. But many employees are questioning why a company known for its highly...
by Troy S. Mason | May 9, 2020 | Business News
While the April jobs report released Friday was catastrophic by any measure, labor economists say the data reveals the economic fault lines that put America’s poorest and least-educated workers at risk of falling through the cracks. The Bureau of Labor Statistics...
by Troy S. Mason | May 9, 2020 | Business News
Six U.S. senators on Friday urged a federal contractor accused of failing to follow social distancing guidelines at a Mississippi call center to meet with workers worried about their safety. Their letter came after a whistleblower claimed in an NBC News report that...
by Troy S. Mason | May 7, 2020 | Business News
In November 2018, Robert Woods was training a new employee at a Dollar General store in St. Louis when an armed robber entered and fired several shots. One of the bullets hit and killed Woods. “He was trying to change his life around,” Shartrease Stanton,...
