Cathy Bussewitz

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Black Friday

‘The economy is bad, but you still have to celebrate’: Black Friday shoppers attack stores with a vengeance, some sipping champagne

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Cathy Bussewitz, and others

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Workplace Culture

Yes, you can still ask for a raise in an ugly job market—experts reveal when (and how) to do it

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press

FILE – Charlie Kirk speaks at Texas A&M University as part of Turning Point USA’s American Comeback Tour, April 22, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP, File)

After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, private-sector employees discover the right to free speech doesn’t apply at work

By Cathy Bussewitz, Wyatte Grantham-Philips, and others

OPEC

Lower gas prices could follow from OPEC+ boosting production by 547,000 barrels per day

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press

Boeing

‘Enough is enough’: Boeing sees 3,200 workers go on strike as period of labor strife continues

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press

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Federal judge orders Labor Department to keep Job Corps residential program for low-income youth running for now

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press

An instructor helps a student study at the Driving Academy on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 in Linden, N.J. where students prepare to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with multilingual instructors. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Truckers rush to learn English after Trump order says those who don’t will be considered unfit for service

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)

Trump administration plans to gut Job Corps centers and judges and lawmakers are asking why

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press

woman looking out window

It’s not just Gen Z: Half of employees feel lost at work. Layoffs are making it worse

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press

Lori Chavez-DeRemer sits in front of a Senate committee, ready to answer questions

Trump’s unconventional pick for Labor Secretary is a former Planned Parenthood worker from a Teamster family. She’s now walking back her pro-union rhetoric

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press

A photo of Apple CEO Tim Cook as he speaks to the press after meeting with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on April 17, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) (Photo by BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images)

Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO has security teams at Apple, Meta and others on alert for stalkers who threaten their CEOs

By Adam Geller, Cathy Bussewitz, and others

1 dies and dozens are sickened after eating organic carrots contaminated with E. coli

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press

Eep Bolaño listens as IAM District 751 president Jon Holden announces that the union voted to accept a new contract offer from Boeing, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at their union hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Boeing’s machinists may have ended their strike but the embattled aerospace giant still faces a world of problems

By David Koenig, Lindsey Wasson, and others

Boeing workers gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing facility

Boeing workers’ anger over lost pensions behind vote to continue 6-week machinists strike

By David Koenig, Cathy Bussewitz, and others

FILE – A Peloton bike is shown on Nov. 19, 2019, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Peloton is going to sell its deluxe stationary bikes at Costco to reach holiday shoppers this Christmas

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press