Tesla, under Elon Musk’s leadership, replaced thousands of laid-off American workers with foreign employees on H-1B visas, according to reports from employees and data from the U.S. Department of Labor. The layoffs earlier this year affected approximately 15,000 U.S. workers, primarily in Tesla’s Texas and California operations.
Inflation rose in November at the fastest pace in four months, marking the second straight month of acceleration. The Department of Labor reported Wednesday that the consumer price index (CPI) increased by 2.7% over the past year, matching economists' forecasts. Core inflation, which excludes food and energy prices, climbed 3.3% year-over-year.
HelloFresh, the Germany-based meal delivery service, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor for allegedly employing migrant children at its Aurora, Illinois, facility.
The U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs in November, surpassing economists’ forecast of 215,000, the Department of Labor reported Friday. The unemployment rate edged up slightly to 4.2%, as more individuals entered the workforce.
A federal judge in Kentucky has blocked expanded protections for foreign farmworkers under the H-2A visa program, ruling that the Biden administration exceeded its authority. U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves issued the injunction on Monday, siding with Republican attorneys general from Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Alabama, as well as local farmers who argued that the administration’s rules unlawfully granted new collective bargaining rights to these temporary workers.
The U.S. Department of Labor's August jobs report revealed weaker-than-expected growth, with only 142,000 jobs added, falling short of the projected 160,000.
Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) announced that he is investigating the Biden-Harris administration for "election interference" due to the inflated number of jobs.
Federal authorities unveiled a detailed accusation on Tuesday, asserting that a former right-hand aide to Governor Kathy Hochul of New York, a Democrat, reportedly served as a covert agent for China, according to an announcement from the Eastern District of New York's U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after he opened an investigation into the company's safety standards.
Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, died from a "sudden, fast-spreading infection," the Seattle Times reported.
