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A budding movement is taking shape to unionize staffers at JPMorgan Chase, America’s biggest bank by assets. If the yearslong unionization effort at Wells Fargo is any indication, they could have a long road ahead.Last week, JPMorgan’s organizers hosted a virtual meeting with a unionizer who was involved in Wells Fargo’s effort to “share lessons learned,” according to an email shared with members earlier this week. The Wells Fargo drive, which is also supported by a coalition called the Committee for Better Banks, has stretched on for two years with little success.The meeting resulted in the following advice, according to…

You might be networking all wrong — and that could be more detrimental than ever before.In the age of AI-generated applications and a tough market for many desk workers, making connections can be key to landing a job. Career coaches and etiquette experts told Business Insider about some of their dos and don’ts of networking.Be specificToo often, people blast out generic LinkedIn messages that will never stand out.”You can’t go into it cold,” Jasmine Escalera, a career expert with MyPerfectResume, told BI, referring to networking. “That doesn’t mean that you can’t go into it making a cold connection, but you…

The winners and losers of the workforce are coming into sharper focus.If you’re looking for roles in healthcare or service work, you may have a very different experience than the white-collar workforce or new grads.Overall, the latest jobs data shows that the labor market isn’t looking too shabby; the number of payrolls added in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ May report exceeded economists’ expectations, and the unemployment rate held steady.But that doesn’t mean all workers are navigating the labor market with ease. Instead, some are faring better than others. Cory Stahle, an economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab, said the…

Starting this fall, NCAA Division I schools will be able to pay players directly up to a salary cap of $20.5 million. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP A federal judge has approved the multibillion-dollar class-action legal settlement known as House v. NCAA, paving the way for a new era for college sports. Starting this fall, colleges and universities in the NCAA’s top division will be allowed to directly pay athletes for the first time. Payments will be limited by a salary cap set initially at $20.5 million per school. And more than $2 billion will…

The Secretary of Commerce and a Congresswoman just clashed over whether bananas can and should be grown in the US.”There’s no uncertainty if you build in America and you produce your product in America, there will be no tariff,” Howard Lutnick told Rep. Madeleine Dean of Philadelphia during a House hearing on Thursday morning.Dean was saying that for her constituents in suburban Philadelphia, Trump’s tariffs would cause at least a $2,000 a year price increase on goods. She specifically called out the price of bananas and said Walmart has already hiked the price of the fruit by 8%.”We can’t produce…

The Social Security Administration office in San Francisco Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Supreme Court, on Friday, for now gave the DOGE team launched by Elon Musk unfettered access to information collected by the Social Security Administration, data that includes Social Security numbers, medical and mental health records, and family court information. In an unsigned order, the court, acting at the request of the Trump administration, temporarily overturned actions by two lower courts that had limited the DOGE team’s access to sensitive private information at the Social Security Administration. The high court sent the…

Jovana Mugosa for NPR Jovana Mugosa for NPR/Jovana Mugosa for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jovana Mugosa for NPR/Jovana Mugosa for NPR Jovana Mugosa for NPR Jovana Mugosa for NPR/Jovana Mugosa for NPR House Republicans’ reconciliation bill, which includes a first-of-its-kind national private school voucher program, is now heading to the Senate.The proposal would use the federal tax code to offer vouchers that students could use to attend private secular or religious schools, even in states where voters have opposed such efforts. Debates about voucher programs have raged on throughout the years. But what does the research say? NPR education…

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Brookfield Properties, which operates one of the country’s largest commercial real estate portfolios, laid off a handful of executives in its office division on Thursday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the downsizing.In its New York headquarters, the firm let go of three office leasing executives, an executive who oversees asset management, and an employee who was part of an internal group that manages art installations and events, the person familiar with the cuts said. Nationally, “a handful” of people were let go, including roles in Los Angeles and Houston, the person said.Brookfield Properties is a subsidiary property…

Jennifer Vasquez Sura speaks during an April 4 news conference at CASA’s Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., after her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man the Trump administration wrongfully deported to El Salvador, is back in the U.S. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced his return at a short press conference Friday afternoon at the Department of Justice. “This is what American Justice looks like,” Bondi said. She thanked Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for his help in sending Abrego Garcia…