Andrea Hsu
Stories
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Business
Women are earning more money. But they're still picking up a heavier load at home
A new Pew Research Center report finds that in opposite-sex marriages in the U.S., women's financial contributions have grown, but they're still doing a larger share of housework and caregiving.
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Politics
Union showdown: Starbucks' Howard Schultz faces Bernie Sanders in the Senate
A hearing for the history books: The resolutely anti-union architect of the modern Starbucks gets questioned by the outspoken mascot of the union movement in Congress.
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Business
Unions are having a moment. So why isn't union membership booming?
Labor organizing surged last year. A Gallup survey found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight back.
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It's another mass layoff announcement from the tech sector — this time from Amazon
Amazon announced an additional 9,000 layoffs, citing economic uncertainty. The e-commerce company has already eliminated 18,000 positions.
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Business
Biden has big ideas for fixing child care. For now a small workaround will have to do
Companies applying for federal subsidies through the new CHIPS law must guarantee their workers have affordable child care but advocates say it won't solve the country's child care crisis.
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Politics
Biden has big ideas for fixing child care. For now a small workaround will have to do
The administration is turning to semiconductors in the hopes of expanding affordable child care.
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Politics
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh leaves Biden administration to lead NHL players' union
Marty Walsh, who's led the Labor Department since March 2021, is leaving the Biden administration. Walsh has been named executive director of the NHL Players' Association.
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Business
Shopify deleted 322,000 hours of meetings. Should the rest of us be jealous?
The pandemic had an unexpected side effect: peak meeting misery. With Shopify's radical announcement last month, the working world wants to know if a future without meetings is even possible.
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National
Since the pandemic began, is it better to have more meetings at work or none at all?
Deleting meetings has become a thing post pandemic. But does wiping calendars clean make sense for everybody? Is there such a thing as a good meeting?
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Politics
Rail workers never stopped fighting for paid sick days. Now persistence is paying off
The freight railroad CSX announced this week it had made a deal to provide paid sick leave to roughly 5,000 rail workers. The White House and lawmakers are pushing other railroads to follow suit.