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Tag: Labor and Jobs
China Is Trying to Expand Its Social Safety Net. Yet Many Chinese Are Worried.
A move to force employers to pay into benefits for their employees has left people worrying that small businesses will close and jobs will be lost.
Too Old, Too Uneducated: Aging Workers in Beijing Struggle for Work
China’s economic slowdown has fallen especially hard on older migrant workers, who often don’t have the technical skills that employers are seeking.
After Defying Back-to-Work Orders, Air Canada Employees Reach Tentative Deal
The airline planned to restart operations after a strike that disrupted half a million travelers. The agreement would reshape how flight attendants are paid.
Talks Restart as Air Canada Flight Attendants’ Strike Continues
Negotiations between the airline and the flight attendants’ union resumed on Monday, hours after a labor relations board declared the walkout illegal.
Air Canada’s Flight Attendants Reject Call for Arbitration
Ahead of the work stoppage, the airline said it had canceled most of the 700 flights that it directly operates, which carry about 130,000 people each day.
Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike
The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.
Staggering U.S. Tariffs Begin as Trump Widens Trade War
The duties, which the president announced last week, took effect for about 90 countries just after midnight.
No Passports, No Study Abroad: China Limits Public Employees’ Travel
Even low-level government employees like elementary school teachers and nurses have been ordered to hand in their passports, to enforce “discipline.”
In Japan, Anti-Establishment Parties Resonate With Young Voters
Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan.