Half of Walmart"s workforce are part-time workers: labor group

If a new study by OURWalmart, an organization which loosely represents the interests of Walmart (NYSE: WMT) workers, is correct about half of the world’s largest retailer’s U.S. staff is........»»

Workers at a local Amazon.com Inc. warehouse are protesting the company's treatment of its part-time workers. Early Tuesday morning, employees formed a Facebook group called “Amazonians United, Sacramento,” which describes itself as an organi.....»»

Consumer goods giant Unilever Plc said on Tuesday it would protect its workforce from the financial impact of the coronavirus by continuing to pay contractors and other part time staff for up to three months......»»

Walmart is testing out a higher minimum starting wage for certain jobs in hundreds of stores as part of a broader overhaul of roles and responsibilities across its massive U.S. workforce......»»

Walmart is testing out a higher minimum starting wage for certain jobs in hundreds of stores as part of a broader overhaul of roles and responsibilities across its massive U.S. workforce......»»

Reuters Retail work has become increasingly untenable over the last decade. Business Insider spoke to employment attorney and labor expert Krista Hardwick about how conditions have.....»»

The labor action is hurting workers outside the auto industry, and they don't have union assistance......»»

As the fast-fashion retailer negotiates debts and plots out the future, several hundred full- and part-time employees organizing for worker protections, according to a labor rights group......»»

Authored by Zach Hrynowski of Gallup.com As Americans prepare to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Labor Day on Monday, Gallup's latest measurement on labor union membership finds that 10% of full- and part-time U.S......»»

The number of older full-time workers grew 2.5 times faster than the number of those working part time in the last 20 years......»»

Walmart is raising wages, but its plans to use more gig labor and automation put workers at a disadvantage......»»

Judging solely by the top-line numbers, the US labor market appears to be at its tightest level in decades. But if you look below the surface, of course, that narrative swiftly unravels, and the notio.....»»

The retailer will subsidize the cost of higher education for eligible part-time, full-time and salaried workers......»»

Full- and part-time Walmart workers can use the subsidy to take courses at the University of Florida; Brandman University in Irvine, California; and Bellevue University in Bellevue, Nebraska......»»

More than half of the workers affected by Kroger’s exit from the region are part-time employees......»»

Local employers may be having a hard time finding enough workers, but it seems the labor pool hasn't run dry yet. Far from it, apparently: Massachusetts’ labor force has never grown as quickly in a six-month period as it did from November to May, bas.....»»

A decline in part-time employment points to disappearing slack in the labor market, which has important implications for wages and Federal Reserve policy......»»

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When one of the 900 hourly workers at Rent the Runway d.....»»

The injection of funds comes at a critical time for CTI, which cut about half of its workforce in December as part of a restructuring plan......»»