Employment

Indicators

Private Employers Add 42,000 Jobs, Marking First Net Gain Since Summer

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Overall employment was likely roughly flat in October due to layoffs in the federal government amid the longest shutdown in history.

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Big Tech

A Small Union Win Casts a Big Shadow Over Amazon

Prosecutors for the NLRB concluded that a group of 84 unionized Amazon drivers in Palmdale, California are employed by Amazon.

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Economics

America’s ‘Left Behind’ Counties Make a Comeback (of Sorts)

America’s “left behind” counties — which fell behind the rest of the country beginning in the early 2000s — aren’t so far behind anymore.

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