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Ford CEO Jim Farley delivered an urgent message at the company’s Ford Pro Accelerate event on Tuesday, revealing a personal “epiphany” about the crisis facing Gen Z and the wider blue-collar workforce that led to his current push to emphasize the problems with what he calls the “essential economy.” Speaking with Bloomberg’s David Westin at Michigan Central Station, Farley said …

US government shutdown to furlough 41% of health agency workers  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Stephani Cherkaoui is one of more than 150,000 federal workers who took the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” buyout offer. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Stephani Cherkaoui has a pot of Moroccan tea on the kitchen stove in her townhome, half an hour outside Washington, D.C. Her kids’ artwork — her “favorite …

Millions of Workers Are Left Out of the ‘Low-Hire, Low-Fire’ US Job Market  Bloomberg.com Scams, silence, rejection: US job seekers describe ‘depressing’ work prospects  The Guardian This chart shows the U.S. labor market is running on fumes. Why that’s a risk for the stock market.  MarketWatch American workers feel stuck in their jobs. It may be costing them, and the economy  CNBC Texas hiring …

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon warned that AI will “change literally every job” as the retail giant looks to automate more roles and keep the size of its workforce flat over the next few years. Artificial intelligence will erase some jobs and tasks at the country’s largest private employer, while also creating a few new ones, McMillon said this week during …

With Scant Information, Federal Workers Brace for Possible Shutdown  The New York Times Trump to meet with top congressional leaders as a government shutdown looms  NBC News Trump’s shutdown blame game: Why he says Democrats are at fault  AP News Higher stakes, a Fed ‘flying blind,’ and a ‘data desert’: Why this government shutdown would actually matter  Yahoo Finance The latest on the Trump …

More bad news for job seekers—especially non-grad Gen Zers. Just because an employer claims it’s ditching degree requirements to recruit more diverse talent, that doesn’t mean its hiring managers are actually doing it. When major employers like Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Apple all eliminated their long-held degree requirements for jobs, other firms rushed to follow their example. But that promise …

Canada Post to end home delivery; workers strike in protest  The Washington Post Canada Orders Postal Service to End Door-to-Door Mail Delivery  The New York Times Canada’s postal workers strike, bring mail deliveries to a halt  BBC Canada Post reassessing latest offer to workers due to Ottawa’s announced reforms  CBC Canada Post workers go on nationwide strike after government calls for reform  Reuters Source link

Canada Wants To Lure Tech Workers Who Won’t Get US H-1B Visas  Bloomberg.com A major Silicon Valley medtech company just announced it was pausing H-1B hires  Business Insider What does Trump’s latest H-1B directive state? | Explained  The Hindu Medical Groups Warn Against Visa Fees for Foreign Doctors  The New York Times Trump’s H1-B changes raise concerns about US tech economy’s future, ability to …

Postal workers in Canada have gone on strike after the government warned of an “existential crisis” and ordered sweeping changes to the national service – including an end to door-to-door delivery within the decade. The union representing Canada Post employees described the proposed changes as “an attack” on its workers who have struggled to compete with a surge in private …