Business

Health & Safety

Biden is pressured to end mask mandates on public transportation

5:11am April 05, 2022

by David Schaper

Airline CEOs say it's time to end the requirement that everyone wear masks in airports and on planes. The Biden administration has extended the mask mandate until mid-April.

National

The man who led the 1st Amazon warehouse to unionize in America

4:33pm April 04, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

The story of Chris Smalls is one of the biggest underdog victories in modern corporate history. Fired two years ago, he has now organized Amazon's very first unionized warehouse in America.

Economy

How releasing federal oil reserves affects the price at the pump

8:13am April 03, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe talks to energy analyst Kevin Book about the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve and what role it plays in prices at the gas pump.

What Amazon's 1st union means for organized labor

5:08pm April 02, 2022

by Gwynne Hogan

Amazon workers at a warehouse on Staten Island, N.Y., voted to form the company's first union in the United States.

Encore: The post-pandemic wedding boom

5:08pm April 02, 2022

by Tovia Smith

This wedding season is set to be very busy after two years of COVID-postponed celebrations. Many couples are cautiously optimistic that their fourth or fifth wedding date will be the real one.

Eleanor Roosevelt will be among five women to be featured on the backs of U.S. quarters starting next year.

National

Eleanor Roosevelt, Bessie Coleman and others to be featured on U.S. quarters

2:47pm April 02, 2022

by Jeff Dean

The U.S. Mint has announced the next five women to be featured starting in 2023 as part of its American Women Quarters Program.

Sheet metal worker Carey Mercer assembles ductwork at Contractors Sheet Metal on Aug. 3, 2021, in New York. New York City and Washington, D.C., are among the cities in which young women earn more than young men, a Pew Research Center study found.

Young women earn more than young men in several U.S. cities

2:12pm April 02, 2022

by Jeff Dean

In 22 of 250 metro areas, women under the age of 30 earn as much or more than their male counterparts, a Pew Research Center report found.

Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, takes part in an interview at the Amazon distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York on Oct. 25, 2021, after earlier delivering "Authorization of Representation" forms to the National Lab

Economy

He was fired by Amazon 2 years ago. Now he's the force behind the company's 1st union

8:44am April 02, 2022

Chris Smalls didn't rely on traditional labor groups for funding or organizing power. Instead he raised money through GoFundMe and talked to former coworkers at their bus stop and over S'mores.

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Week in politics: Jobs grow; Biden to release reserve oil; logs missing on Jan. 6

8:00am April 02, 2022

by Ron Elving

The U.S. economy continues to create new jobs at a rapid pace. President Biden taps the strategic petroleum reserve to lower gas prices. Also, the seven-hour gap in White House logs on Jan. 6, 2021.

In this photo illustration, a bottle of Johnson & Johnson baby powder is displayed on a table. J&J pulled its iconic Johnson's baby powder off the shelves in the U.S. in 2020.

Rich companies are using a quiet tactic to block lawsuits: bankruptcy

7:00am April 02, 2022

by Brian Mann

Companies that aren't bankrupt are using controversial maneuvers in U.S. bankruptcy court to block tens of thousands of suits. A woman suing Johnson & Johnson died while her case was in legal limbo.

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