labor

Citi Foundation to put $25M toward young adults’ unemployment, AI labor disruptions

October 25, 2025 James Pollard

NEW YORK — Young jobseekers, challenged by a rapidly changing labor market, are having a tough time. The U.S. unemployment rate for 22- to 27-year-old degree holders is the highest in a dozen years outside […]

US employers add 151K jobs last month, unemployment up to 4.1%

March 15, 2025 Paul Wiseman

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. employers added 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy. The Labor Department reported Friday that hiring was up from a revised 125,000 in January. Economists had expected 160,000 new […]

Senate report: Amazon rejected warehouse safety recommendations

December 21, 2024 Haleluya Hadero

At least two internal Amazon studies found a link between how quickly the online retailer’s warehouse workers perform tasks and workplace injuries, but the company rejected many safety recommendations out of concern the proposed changes […]

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Supply and labor shortages still evident across NC

September 3, 2021 Elizabeth Lincicome

RALEIGH — Summer is winding down, which means it’s time to go back to school. Unfortunately, teachers, parents, and students say they are already feeling the effects of certain product shortages related to the lingering […]

Changed by pandemic, many workers won’t return to old jobs

May 21, 2021 The Associated Press

There’s a wild card in the push to return to post-pandemic life: Many workers don’t want to go back to the jobs they once had. Layoffs and lockdowns, combined with enhanced unemployment benefits and stimulus […]

Recovering addicts sue rehab boss for unpaid labor

October 11, 2018 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal lawsuit contends the operators of a North Carolina drug rehab program farmed out recovering addicts to work in adult care homes and restaurants and pocketed the wages for the labor […]