Lila founder, Caitlyn Schollmeier, on creating viral labor gown – CBS News Watch CBS News The “Changing the Game” series on “CBS Mornings” continues, featuring a conversation with Caitlyn Schollmeier, the founder of Lila, a specialized labor wear company that went viral on TikTok. As a doula and labor nurse, Schollmeier discusses creating Lila’s labor … Read more
A group of video game testers is forming Microsoft’s first labor union in the U.S., which will also be the largest in the video game industry. The Communications Workers of America said Tuesday that a majority of about 300 quality-assurance workers at Microsoft video game subsidiary ZeniMax Studios has voted to join the union. Microsoft … Read more
Charlotte Hultquist Charlotte Hultquist Weeks after Charlotte Hultquist got Covid-19 in November 2020, she developed a severe pain in her right ear. “It felt like someone was sticking a knife in [it],” said Hultquist, a single mother of five who lives in Hartford, Vermont. The 41-year-old is one of millions of Americans who have long … Read more
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — Five-year-old King Young’s mother, Jalessa, was totally caught off-guard when she unexpectedly went into labor Tuesday. King was the only other person inside their home at the time, but he knew exactly what to do. Jalessa says the world wasn’t supposed to meet her new born Prince until Dec. 7, but … Read more
On Tuesday, the Biden administration finalized a series of rules that will make it easier for employers to include so-called impact investment funds in their retirement plans. Specifically, the Department of Labor will no longer ban employers and advisors from considering extraneous factors such as social impact when they evaluate investment assets for an employer-sponsored … Read more
New York CNN Business — America faces a growing risk of a crippling national freight rail strike in two weeks. The rank-and-file members of the nation’s largest rail union, which represents the industry’s conductors, rejected a tentative labor deal with freight railroads, the union announced Monday. The nation’s second-largest rail union, which represents engineers, ratified … Read more
Yvonne Wheeler, a veteran labor leader and civil rights activist, has been elected president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO – the first Black woman to hold the post. She succeeds Ron Herrera, who resigned last month after being caught up in the leaked tape scandal that roiled City Hall. IATSE 2nd … Read more
CNN Business — President Joe Biden will sit down Friday with business executives and labor leaders to highlight recent progress in combating inflation and steadying the economy, a White House official told CNN. Biden will sit down in person and virtually with the top executives at Ford, Kaiser Permanente and Carrier as well as the … Read more
HelloFresh uses coconut milk obtained from monkey labor in Thailand, according to allegations from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which is calling for a boycott of the meal delivery service. Monkeys are chained, whipped, beaten and forced to spend long hours picking coconuts, an investigation by PETA Asia alleges. Claims of animals … Read more
New York CNN Business — Labor Secretary Marty Walsh says he hopes negotiators between railroads and some rail unions can reach new labor deals and avert a possible strike. But he said without a deal he expects Congress will step in and impose contracts on the unhappy rank-and-file union members. The statement is a blow … Read more