Starbucks and the union that represents its baristas will resume contract negotiations on Wednesday, ending an extended stalemate. The two sides’ return to the bargaining table follows their February announcement that they found a “constructive path forward” during mediation discussions related to litigation over the union’s use of Starbucks’ branding. It marked a major pivot for … Read more
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 13, 2023. Kevin Wurm | Reuters The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday voted 3-2 for a nationwide ban against noncompete agreements, which companies use to prevent employees from … Read more
Hundreds of protestors including Google workers are gathered in front of Google’s San Francisco offices and shut down traffic at One Market Street block on Thursday evening, demanding an end to its work with the Israeli government, and to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza, in San Francisco, California, United States on December 14, 2023. Anadolu … Read more
Volkswagens are seen in the employee parking lot at the Volkswagen automobile assembly plant on March 20, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Elijah Nouvelage | Getty Images DETROIT – The United Auto Workers notched a big win this weekend. Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted in favor of joining the UAW – marking the Detroit … Read more
Joe Biden and Donald Trump 2024. Brendan Smialowski | Jon Cherry | Getty Images More voters trust Donald Trump than President Joe Biden to deal with inflation and the cost of living, their top concerns for the U.S., according to the latest NBC News poll. The poll of 1,000 registered voters nationwide found that 52% of … Read more
Kelcey Smith displays UAW buttons in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 10, 2024. Kevin Wurm | The Washington Post | Getty Images Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers — marking a major milestone for the union and its first successful organizing drive of an automaker outside of Detroit’s … Read more
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. Shonnita Leslie always had a passion for education. But by the time she earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology and master’s of education in psychology with a concentration in school counseling in 2009, … Read more
Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat. Adam Galica | CNBC Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat said in a memo Wednesday that Google is restructuring its finance organization, a move that will include layoffs and relocations, as the company pushes resources to favor investments in artificial intelligence. “The tech sector is in the midst of … Read more
Nine Google workers were arrested on trespassing charges Tuesday night after staging a sit-in at the company’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, including a protest in Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office. The arrests, which were livestreamed on Twitch by participants, follow rallies outside Google offices in New York, Sunnyvale and Seattle, which … Read more
As part of its National Financial Literacy Month efforts, CNBC will be featuring stories throughout the month dedicated to helping people manage, grow and protect their money so they can truly live ambitiously. Adcock says the moment he felt financially secure came in 2016 at age 35, when he retired from his corporate job with … Read more
