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Adams Floats Giving Lifeguard Jobs to Migrants: They’re ‘Excellent Swimmers’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has floated the idea of ​​hiring newly arrived immigrants as lifeguards at the city’s public pools and celebrating them as “excellent swimmers.” On Tuesday, Mr. Adams complained at a news conference that hundreds of thousands of immigrants who arrived in New York City in the past few years […]

Walmart slashing hundreds of corporate jobs, asks remote workers to relocate or quit

Walmart on Tuesday announced plans to cut hundreds of jobs at its headquarters and relocate the majority of its remote employees, based in the United States and Canada, to three offices. This is a shift in strategy after initially favoring virtual work during the pandemic. In a memo to U.S. campuses, Donna Morris, Walmart’s chief […]

Walmart cutting hundreds of corporate jobs, asking remote workers to return to office: report

Walmart employees drive autonomous forklifts inside distribution centers. (Credit: Walmart) Walmart is cutting hundreds of office workers and remote workers are being asked to return to the office, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The U.S. retailer has ordered employees from its offices in Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto to work at Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville, […]

Gavin Newsom Proposes Cutting 10,000 Vacant State Jobs to Close State Deficit

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has announced a $288 billion state budget that will cut thousands of state jobs and funding for more than 200 state programs to eliminate a $27.6 billion state deficit. The proposal was announced. Newsom on Friday unveiled his proposed budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Quote The […]

Workers regret switching jobs during Great Resignation: poll

The survey found that workers who changed jobs during the pandemic-era mass retirements were less satisfied than those who stuck with their employers last year, a sharp reversal from the previous year. A survey of 1,500 to 2,000 working adults in the U.S. by the nonprofit Conference Board found that 65% of workers who stayed […]

ALFREDO ORTIZ: Jobs Report Shows The Specter Of Stagflation Has Returned

The specter of stagflation has returned. The monthly jobs report released Friday showed only 175,000 jobs were created last month, well below the recent average and expectations. More than half of new jobs were created in the unproductive government and quasi-government healthcare and social services sectors that don’t generate growth. Average wages grew at a slower rate than […]