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  • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
    FT SeriesWhere have all the workers gone?
    The switching generation: US workers quit jobs in record numbers

    Millions of employees are wielding newfound leverage in the American labour market

  • Saturday, 6 November, 2021
    News in-depthEmployment
    The night shift is back as Americans work overtime to clear backlogs

    Strong consumer demand and labour shortages have prompted strikes over worsening working conditions

  • Monday, 1 November, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Thousands of NYC workers on leave as vaccine mandate kicks in

    Mayor says services have not yet been disrupted despite push back against Covid-19 jab requirement

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    US employment
    ‘Striketober’ suggests workers have less heft than they were told

    Labour shortages were meant to have given low-wage Americans new bargaining power

  • Friday, 15 October, 2021
    News in-depthSocial affairs
    The Pinterest whistleblower leading the charge against NDAs

    After breaking a contract by speaking out on discrimination, Ifeoma Ozoma penned a law to help others do the same

  • Wednesday, 13 October, 2021
    News in-depthUS employment
    Kellogg’s cereal strike is latest sign of pushback from US snack makers

    Factory workers leverage tight labour market to demand better conditions after gruelling pandemic

  • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    US workers overwhelmingly comply with Covid vaccine mandates

    Warnings that forcing staff to get jabs would worsen labour shortages are being proved wrong

  • Saturday, 9 October, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Hoped-for surge in US hiring dissipates as Covid fears linger

    Some Americans are still hesitant about jumping back into the workforce even as worker shortages persist

  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Fear of nursing shortages as vaccine mandate looms in New York

    State governor Kathy Hochul pleads with health workers to get jab instead of being sacked

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  • Friday, 10 September, 2021
    News in-depthUS employment
    Rise in black jobless rate sets back US progress on labour market parity

    African-American unemployment hit 8.8% last month but fell for other groups

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
    Delta surge is test for US schools as classrooms reopen

    Rise in hospitalisations among children forces districts to rethink return to in-person teaching

  • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
    Natural disasters
    Death toll rises to 45 in eastern US after flash floods batter region

    Remnants of Hurricane Ida dump record-breaking amount of rain on New York City

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    Transcript
    The fight between US service staff and QR codes

    QR codes replace service staff and experts worry the shift could be permanent

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    News in-depthUS employment
    QR codes replace service staff as pandemic spurs automation in US

    Shift means many jobs lost during Covid crisis will not return, say experts

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    US automation in the pandemic, Bank of America’s tech training

    QR codes replace service staff and experts worry the shift could be permanent

  • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
    Transcript
    G7 tries to salvage Afghanistan crisis

    US president Joe Biden will come under pressure from allies who want the evacuation extended

  • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
    The Big Read
    Losing the generation game: could economic setbacks radicalise graduates?

    Hit hard by the pandemic, young adults feeling marginalised by mainstream politics are mobilising around issues such as climate change

  • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    UK prime minister Boris Johnson hosts emergency G7 meeting on Afghanistan

    US president Joe Biden will come under pressure from allies who want the evacuation extended

  • Monday, 23 August, 2021
    Transcript
    Boris Johnson to host Afghanistan crisis talks

    The UK prime minister will host crisis talks with world leaders as Britain presses the US to extend the evacuation timetable. Plus, US cinema owners hope a slate of blockbusters will draw the curtain on Covid slump, and why the spread of NDAs is bad for companies as well as workers

  • Monday, 23 August, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    UK Prime Minister to host Afghanistan crisis talks with world leaders

    Johnson acknowledges China and Russia as crucial to limiting chaos and US hints it may extend pullout deadline

  • Sunday, 22 August, 2021
    New York City
    Frontline staff are paying for New Yorkers’ freedom to party

    The city’s vaccine mandate for customers in gyms and restaurants leaves staff exposed to threats and violence

  • Saturday, 31 July, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Struggling US renters at risk as eviction moratorium expires

    Lifting of ban comes as billions in planned aid to tenants and landlords goes unspent

  • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
    News in-depthUS employment
    US workers demand a better deal: ‘There are possibilities everywhere’

    Labour shortages have given employees the upper hand in negotiations with companies

  • Sunday, 4 July, 2021
    US employment
    Teens gain the upper hand in hot US summer jobs market

    Shortage of adult workers has given younger employees more leverage to seek better wages

  • Sunday, 27 June, 2021
    US
    Death toll rises to 9 from collapsed Florida tower block

    Officials to carry out sweeping safety reviews of other older buildings as 152 people remain unaccounted for

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