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Amazon Puts $1 Billion Into U.S. Worker Pay and Cheaper Health Plans

The package signals a response to labor pressure after worker strikes alongside an OSHA settlement.

Bank of America Will Lift U.S. Minimum Wage to $25 Next Month

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Jobless Claims Drop to 231,000 as Fed Cuts Rates on Softer Labor Market

Spain’s 37.5-Hour Workweek Stalls in Congress as Mexico Confirms Gradual Shift to 40 Hours by 2030

Fiverr Cuts 30% of Staff in Push to Become an AI-First Company

Top 10% Now Drive Nearly Half of U.S. Consumer Spending

Retail Sales Top Forecasts in August as Consumers Keep Spending

Japan Sets New Record for Centenarians as Elderly Share Hits 29.4%

Fed Set to Begin Rate Cuts This Week as Jobs Weakness Overtakes Inflation Worries

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Drops to 55.4 as Tariff Worries Persist

7-Eleven Japan Starts Three-Month In-Store Robot Trial in Tokyo

Target Moves Many HQ Staff to Three Days in Office as Downtown Minneapolis Bustles

U.S. Job Growth Stalls as August Adds 22,000 and Unemployment Hits 4.3%

U.S. Jobs Cool as Foreign-Born Employment Drops by Nearly 1 Million

ConocoPhillips to Cut 20%–25% of Jobs in Global Restructuring

Recent College Grads Now Have a Higher Jobless Rate Than All Workers

Japan Real Wages Turn Positive for First Time in Seven Months

Gallup: Federal In-Office Work Surges After Trump Return-to-Office Order

‘Job Hugging’ Defines the U.S. Labor Market as Quit Rate Hovers Near Multi-Year Lows

Kroger Cuts Nearly 1,000 Corporate Jobs in Restructuring