Most expensive U.S. cities to retire in 2024

Most expensive U.S. cities to retire in 2024

If you imagine spending your post-work years attending Broadway shows and lounging around Central Park in the city that never sleeps, it’s going to cost you. New York City ranks as the priciest city in the U.S. to retire, according to WalletHub’s 2024 analysis of the best and worst places to retire. Following NYC, the … Read more

Machinists prepare for lengthy stoppage

Machinists prepare for lengthy stoppage

Boeing factory workers gather on a picket line during the first day of a strike near the entrance of a production facility in Renton, Washington, U.S., September 13, 2024.  Matt Mills Mcknight | Reuters RENTON, Wash. — Cash-strapped Boeing is facing mounting costs from an ongoing machinist strike as workers push for higher pay. A … Read more

Bill to eliminate Social Security GPO, WEP rules gets closer to a vote

Bill to eliminate Social Security GPO, WEP rules gets closer to a vote

Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty Images House lawmakers in Washington have the signatures they need to force a vote on a bill to eliminate rules that reduce Social Security benefits for certain retirees who also receive pension income. On Thursday morning, Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Garret Graves, R-La., marked the 206 signatures a … Read more

UAW warns of potential strikes at Ford, Stellantis

UAW warns of potential strikes at Ford, Stellantis

UAW president Shawn Fain and members and workers at the Mopar Parts Center Line, a Stellantis Parts Distribution Center in Center Line, Michigan, picket outside the facility after walking off their jobs at noon on September 22, 2023. Matthew Hatcher | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT – A year after unprecedented strikes by the United … Read more

5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday, September 19

5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday, September 19

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Roller coaster ride Stock markets took a volatile turn Wednesday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. Market watchers initially cheered the outsized 50-basis-point rate cut, but it raised concerns that the Fed was trying to get ahead … Read more

Neither Trump nor Harris secures union backing

Neither Trump nor Harris secures union backing

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday announced it will not formally endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, ending months of speculation about whether the labor union would back Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris. The union’s general executive board said in a statement that its member polling showed no majority support … Read more

Boeing starts furloughing ‘large number’ of employees amid strike

Boeing starts furloughing ‘large number’ of employees amid strike

Workers with picket signs outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility during a strike in Everett, Washington, US, on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.  M. Scott Brauer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing will furlough a “large number” of U.S. executives, managers and other staff, citing the ongoing machinist strike as the company races to preserve cash, … Read more

Amazon bumps average warehouse pay and adds free Prime membership perk

Amazon bumps average warehouse pay and adds free Prime membership perk

An Amazon warehouse Getty Images Amazon announced Wednesday it’s raising wages for its hourly warehouse workers, and adding a new employee perk that will give them a Prime subscription at no extra cost. Starting this month, Amazon’s average starting pay for front-line employees in the U.S. will be bumped to an average of more than … Read more

Teamsters presidential endorsement could come this week after Harris meeting

Teamsters presidential endorsement could come this week after Harris meeting

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters could issue its long-awaited presidential endorsement as soon as Wednesday, union spokesperson Kara Deniz confirmed to CNBC Monday following a meeting members held with Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington. “We don’t just represent registered Democrats. We represent registered Republicans and independents,” Teamsters president Sean O’Brien said in a press … Read more

UAW union filed unfair labor charges against Stellantis

UAW union filed unfair labor charges against Stellantis

United Automobile Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024.  Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union on Monday said it had filed federal unfair labor practice charges against … Read more