The semiconductor industry is recruiting workers in a tight labor market, as the competition for talent ramps up and funding from the CHIPS and Science Act designed to spur domestic production continues to be dispersed.It's also staring down a projected shortfall of as much as 1 million workers in...
Starbucks Coffee shop in Krakow, Poland on February 29, 2024. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesStarbucks cafes across the country are starting to change how they make drink orders, among other tweaks designed to reduce bottlenecks and long wait times that have dogged the chain.The overhaul comes as the...
Vadym Buinov | Moment | Getty ImagesThe Covid-19 pandemic brought to the surface both cracks and resilience in the American economy, with child care taking center stage as day cares shuttered, schools went remote and parents attempted to juggle their children with their jobs.While employment in the child care...
People picket outside of a Starbucks store in New York's East Village on Nov. 16, 2023.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesWhen Starbucks and its baristas union resume contract bargaining this week, workers may have renewed momentum at their backs — courtesy of the company's own CEO.The coffee giant last month...
An employee hands an order to a customer through a drive-thru window at a McDonald's restaurant in Oakland, California, April 9, 2020.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAn independent advocacy group of McDonald's franchisees is weighing in on the company's upcoming value meal promotion, cheering affordability for the...
A McDonald's store sign in Austin, Texas, Oct. 30, 2023.Brandon Bell |Getty ImagesMcDonald's is set to offer a $5 value meal in the U.S., but only for a limited time.The promotion will include four items for $5 — a McChicken or McDouble, four piece chicken nuggets, fries and a...
A McDonalds located on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles, California, April 1, 2024.Robert Gauthier | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesMcDonald's is working to introduce a value meal in U.S. stores to help offset an increasingly challenging environment for consumers, two people familiar with the matter told CNBC.The...
People walk through the newly opened Grand Central Madison train terminal in Manhattan on February 27, 2023 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe strong jobs market has been bolstered post-pandemic by strength in the immigrant workforce in America. And as Americans age out of the labor force...
Autonomous delivery drone startup Zipline said Friday that it hit its 1 millionth delivery to customers and that it's eyeing restaurant partnerships in its next phase of growth.The San Francisco-based startup designs, builds and operates autonomous delivery drones, working with clients that range from more than 4,700 hospitals, including...
A coalition of unions is laying out its case against Starbucks ahead of a proxy fight at its annual meeting in March, arguing the coffee giant has implemented a "flawed human capital management strategy" in response to a yearslong union movement.The Strategic Organizing Center claims the situation has put...