The strike, involving more than 1,000 baristas at 65 cafes, is pegged to Starbucks’ annual “Red Cup Day” promotion, when the company draws big crowds.

Job cuts at U.S. employers rose 175% year-over-year in October, and year-to-date have hit their highest levels since 2003.

At least 30 of the detained workers have gone back to the battery plant, and some are preparing a class-action lawsuit against U.S. immigration authorities over their detention.

With hands-on experience, students in Fresno, California, can acquire a range of technical logistics skills, and even get forklift and OSHA certified.

Nick Glynne, CEO and founder of Buy It Direct which owns Appliances Direct, said that he expects to get rid of 500 of the company’s current 800 workers.

Rather than waiting for talent to arrive ready-made, companies must increasingly invest in such development further up the labor supply chain.

Trump’s plan would pause tariffs on imports of ship-to-shore cranes and chassis from China, and fees levied on Chinese-built and -operated merchant ships calling at American ports.

The union called on retailers and lawmakers to strengthen worker protections, and for shoppers to “treat workers with dignity and respect every day of the year.”

Senators from both sides of the aisle called on the STB to remember its mandate to "preserve long-term competition and ensure efficient, economically viable rail service."

A Congressional bill would streamline the process for former prisoners to get credentialed to work in booming transportation and energy industries in Louisiana, says local business champion.