On Saturday morning, I observed nearly 400 protesters gathered outside a Tesla showroom in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They were armed with flags and cardboard signs, and they said they felt like America’s democracy was under siege. “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Elon Musk has got to go,” the group chanted as they paced up and down…
A company in China has been told off by officials after it issued a notice threatening to fire its single and divorced employees if they remain single by the end of September. The Shuntian Chemical Group in eastern China’s Shandong province, which employs more than 1,200 people, announced a policy that vows to boost the…
Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Park Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts across the country — it looks like the Trump administration has reconsidered. A plan to eliminate thousands of seasonal workers at the beloved federal agency appears to have been reversed. Last month, prospective…
News of more layoffs for federal workers is prompting increased concern about the repercussions of those cuts.“There are ways to cull federal service. This is not the way to do it,” said a local federal worker who asked not to be identified.On Thursday and Friday, the federal government laid off thousands of workers as part…
President Donald Trump announced Stargate, a new joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Stargate will allow AGI to be built in the US, creating more jobs. Altman said that a project like Stargate may not have been possible without Trump. The US will be able to achieve AGI, or…
A funeral home in China has sparked online amusement by advertising for a “morgue manager” position with a monthly salary of 2,200 yuan (US$302) which requires candidates to spend 10 minutes in a freezing cold morgue to qualify for an interview. On December 11, a netizen from Rushan, Shandong province in northern China, posted online…
The conflicting narratives about the US economy seem to have one thing in common: extremity. There are those who argue that America isn’t just on the edge of a recession but already in one: “The Sahm rule has triggered! The ISM is below 50! Payroll employment has been revised down by nearly 1 million!” The…
Hong Kong’s labour minister has urged former staff of the now-defunct Physical gym chain to ensure their interests are protected if they sign contracts with a new investor that has said it has retained about 200 of the workers. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han also said on Saturday his department had received…