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US port strike by 45,000 dockworkers is all but certain to begin at midnight

The walkout by members of the International Longshoremen’s Association would cost the economy billions of dollars a day.

The number of Americans filing for jobless aid falls to lowest level in 4 months
Massachusetts reported 4,713 “advance” initial claims for unemployment insurance last week.

An exodus of Black CEOs is underway in Boston. Why?
At least 10 Black leaders from health care to higher education have departed this year. Many were fairly new to their roles and were celebrated as trailblazers.

Weekly applications for US jobless benefits fall to the lowest level in 4 months

Massachusetts reported 5,221 “advance” initial claims for unemployment insurance last week.

Workers launch strikes at four more Boston hotels
Nearly 1,200 hotel workers at the Omni Parker House, Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, Westin Boston Seaport District, and Renaissance Boston Seaport Hotel will picket for three days.

US faces a deficit of 6 million workers in less than a decade
One reason is that older workers are no longer driving the expansion of US jobs, as they were for the two pre-pandemic decades.

Harvard Square Blue Bottle employees picket against worker’s termination
The independent union says an organizer was unfairly fired last week.

Boeing factory workers go on strike after rejecting contract offer
Aircraft assembly workers have walked off the job at a Boeing factory near Seattle after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25 percent over four years.

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Boeing machinists vote to strike after rejecting pay increases of 25 percent over 4 years

Machinists at Boeing voted Thursday to go on strike, another setback for the giant aircraft maker whose reputation and finances have been battered and now faces a shutdown in production of its best-selling airline planes.

US filings for unemployment benefits inch up slightly but remain historically low

Massachusetts reported 7,211 “advance” initial claims for unemployment insurance last week.

Hundreds of Boston hotel workers on strike in second wave of labor action

About 400 workers at four Boston hotels walked off their jobs Thursday morning.

Boeing says it has a deal to avoid a strike by more than 30,000 machinists

Boeing and its largest union said Sunday they reached agreement on a new contract that, if ratified, will avoid a strike that threatened to shut down aircraft production.

BU tells striking RAs they’ll lose their free housing

The college expects around 75 workers on strike to pay for their housing and meals for the length of the strike, which began on Saturday.

Sluggish US jobs report clears the way for Federal Reserve to cut interest rates

Employers added a modest 142,000 jobs, up from a scant 89,000 in July, the Labor Department said Friday.

Applications for US jobless benefits fall to 2-month low as layoffs remain at healthy levels

Massachusetts reported 7,951 “advance” initial claims for unemployment insurance last week.

Americans who have a job are feeling secure. Not so for many who are looking for one.

Since peaking in March 2022 as the economy accelerated out of the pandemic recession, the number of listed job openings has dropped by more than a third, according to the government's latest monthly report on openings and hiring.