Employment
NLRB rule puts Black-owned franchises at risk
The road to hell is truly paved with good intentions. A Nations Labor Relations Board rule which would classify large corporate franchisors as “co-owners” (with
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Advocates push to change economic policy to help the underpaid
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Eight days after Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill that at the end of July will terminate the
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By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer For more than a century and a half, the U.S. Postal Service has played a major role in Black American tradition and development, both as a means ... America’s teachers need more community, parental support
By Dr. Elizabeth Primas NNPA Guest Columnist The latest data from the Center for American Progress shows that the average salary for an attorney is more than two times that of elementary ... U.S. Senator-elect Doug Jones hires a Black Chief of Staff
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNewsToday.com) — U.S. Senator-elect Doug Jones of Alabama last week hired Dana Gresham, an African-American Washington, D.C. insider, as his chief of staff. Jones, who ... Louisianians believe they are underpaid, survey says
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer A recent survey of U.S. workers found that Louisianians on average feel they deserve an extra $7,821 a year. Intelligent Video Solutions conducted the survey ... How Trump could kill a plan to get you overtime pay
By Justin Elliott ProPublica Donald Trump ran for president as the billionaire who would champion working people. As the president-elect put it in one of the major economic speeches of his campaign: “Too ... Black unemployment rate falls to 8.1 percent in August
By Freddie Allen Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The unemployment rate for Black workers improved from 8.4 percent in July to 8.1 percent in August, according to the latest jobs report from ... FBI hiring as the Obama Era nears end
By Allen Johnson Jr. Contributing Writer The New Orleans office of the FBI is on a statewide hiring blitz. It will likely be the Bureau’s last major recruiting drive under the nation’s ... ‘Ban the box’ bill passes in La. Legislature
Despite Louisiana’s reputation as the world’s “prison capital” and a state where there is a dire need for criminal justice reforms, a glimmer of hope shined through last week as ...
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