Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
From actors to autoworkers, more than 450,000 workers have participated in 312 strikes in the United States this year, according to Cornell University’s Labor Action Tracker.
In 2021, The Great Resignation resulted in record numbers in voluntary turnover for American workers. [3] US Census Bureau Employment (NAICS/SIC) The labor force participation rate, LFPR (or economic activity rate, EAR), is the ratio between the labor force and the overall size of their cohort (national population of the same age range).
An increasing number of retailers from Macy's to Chipotle have started paying their workers more, hoping to hit $15 an hour, while the federal minimum wage continues to stagnate at $7.25 an hour.
Union affiliation by U.S. state (2023) [1] [2] Rank State Percent union members Percent change Union members Percent represented by unions Percent change Represented
Many domestic workers took jobs that paid much better, especially in war factories. [127] During the war nearly 6 million women joined the workforce. They filled roles that men had monopolized, such as steel workers, lumber workers, and bus drivers. [68] By 1945 there were 4.7 women in clerical positions which was an 89% increase from 1940.
Retail isn't easy work, as anyone who's ever worked with the public knows. It's also one of the lower paying fields, with the average retail salary in the U.S. at just $14.99 per hour, or $31,183 ...
1834 Mill Women's Strike (Lowell, Massachusetts) 1834 Lowell, Massachusetts - 1948 Miami Garment workers strike [131] 1948 Miami, Florida - North Adams strike: 1870 North Adams, Massachusetts - Boston garment worker strike [132] 1907 Boston - Cotton pickers' strike of 1891: 1891 Lee County, Arkansas - Upper Peninsula miners' strike: 1865 ...
YouTube Music workers have been petitioning to negotiate for about a year now. Looking for better pay, benefits, and more flexible work, the workers struggled to get their employers to the ...