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Yahoo FinanceTexas-based companies speak out against restrictive voting bills: 'Voting is a sacred right'
The confrontation over voting rights between business leaders and political officials is far from over, after Delta (DAL) and Coca-Cola (KO) condemned a controversial Georgia voting law last week amid intense public pressure.
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Amazon warehouse workers’ fight to unionize far from over
Amazon’s (AMZN) decisive victory on Friday against a union campaign in an Alabama warehouse marks a major defeat for labor advocates, but it’s far from the end of workers’ efforts to organize at other Amazon facilities across the country.
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Amazon defeats union in Alabama warehouse, union claims illegal interference
Amazon (AMZN) has clinched victory against a union drive at its warehouse in Alabama, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said Friday, striking a blow to labor organizers in a vote that captured national attention.
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Should Facebook let Trump back on? A new poll shows a slim majority want to lift the ban
A new poll of Yahoo Finance readers show a slight majority think Facebook should let former President Trump back on the social network.
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Amazon worker defends historic union drive at Senate hearing: 'We decided to stand up'
Progressive Senator Bernie Sanders at a Senate hearing on Wednesday escalated support among top Democrats for a historic union drive at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama.
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Amazon workers bombarded with 'anti-union propaganda' amid historic drive: union president
Despite the national attention, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama continue to endure grueling conditions and anti-union propaganda, said Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which has organized the union drive.
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Amazon workers could 'make history' with historic union vote in Alabama
Four current or former Amazon employees told Yahoo Finance they don’t expect incoming CEO Andy Jassy to improve conditions at the facilities. But they warn that newly empowered workers and their allies in Washington D.C. may give him no choice.
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'A blue-collar guy': Labor Secretary pick Marty Walsh would mark a dramatic shift from Eugene Scalia
The Biden administration faces a key test for its agenda on Thursday with the kickoff of confirmation hearings for Labor Secretary nominee Marty Walsh, the Democratic mayor of Boston and former head of the Boston Building Trades Council, who would become the first union leader to serve in the position in nearly 45 years.
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'It's a moral imperative': Public-private partnership launched to expand worldwide internet access
Top leaders in business and government on Thursday launched a public-private partnership at the Davos 2021 summit that aims to address the global digital divide by ensuring broad access to the internet as COVID-19 accelerates the shift online.
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Apollo CEO Leon Black is one of many business figures with ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Billionaire financier Leon Black will step down as CEO of Apollo Global Management after a company review unearthed more than $150 million in payments to Jeffrey Epstein. But Black is hardly the only major business figure who knew Epstein.
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The big business figures that President Trump pardoned over his 4 years in office
Among the 238 pardons and commutations issued by Trump were some big names in the financial world, including Michael Milken and Charles Kushner.
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Sheldon Adelson, conservative megadonor and casino mogul, dies at 87
Since 2019, Adelson had received treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which limited his travel and hours at the office, but he continued to helm his casino empire, Las Vegas Sands Inc.
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Trump ally Stephen Moore says he 'should have conceded long ago'
Economist Stephen Moore, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, said on Thursday that the siege of the Capitol by Trump supporters less than 24 hours prior marked a "terrible day for America."
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If philanthropists overlook diversity, it makes 'the wealth gap larger and larger': Ariel Investments co-CEO
In a new interview, Ariel Investments co-CEO John Rogers applauded donations in the name of racial justice but said the lack of diversity within philanthropic foundations worsens the racial wealth gap that many such initiatives aim to address.
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Stock market rally amid COVID-19 creates ‘distorted economy’: Robert Reich
In a new interview, author and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich sharply criticized economic conditions that produce gains for the wealthy and deprivation for the vulnerable.
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Matthew McConaughey explains why he’s inspired by Marc Benioff's 'new capitalism'
Legendary actor turned investor Matthew McConaughey told Yahoo Finance that Benioff “inspired” him to embrace the notion that business ventures can both generate profit and promote the common good.
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon: 'We need a peaceful transition'
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday called for a peaceful transition of power and urged supporters of both presidential candidates to accept the outcome of the election, as president Donald Trump continued to cast unfounded doubt on the legitimacy of the results.
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Bill Gates: Anti-mask sentiment in US ‘worse’ than other countries
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Tuesday said that the U.S. coronavirus response faces “worse” anti-mask sentiment than other countries, which may owe in part to the nation’s “current leadership.”
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Trump ally Stephen Moore says his refusal to concede would carry economic 'costs'
Economist Stephen Moore, an ally of Donald Trump who serves on the White House economic recovery task force, said on Friday that Trump’s unwillingness to concede the presidential election does harm to the nation’s economy.
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Union members voted for Biden after Trump 'abandoned' them: AFL-CIO president
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said many of the federation’s members voted for Biden because the Trump administration had “abandoned” workers through its failure to contain the coronavirus, involve workers in the nation’s economic recovery, or protect essential workers on the job.
