Oregon teachers, Nike factory workers demand higher taxes and wages

Oregon teachers and Asian garment workers have launched a campaign demanding Nike pay higher state taxes and better factory ...

India’s factory workers were getting by. Then the Strait of Hormuz closed.

The closure of the waterway has choked energy supplies to India, upending the dreams of assembly-line workers and sparking ...
Oregonian

Nike says its factory workers make nearly double the minimum wage. In Indonesia, workers say, ‘It’s not true’

Through boom times and, more recently, slumping sales, Nike Inc. has stuck by a key claim about its overseas suppliers: They pay the average factory worker about twice the local minimum wage. It’s a ...
Business Insider

I went from factory worker to software engineer after 3D-printing a fix that impressed my boss. Here's my top tip for getting promoted.

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9 vintage photos that show what factory work in America was really like

We often romanticize the American industrial era—the “Arsenal of Democracy,” the sheer scale of production, and the promised opportunity. But for the millions of men and women who clocked in daily, ...

Exclusive-Boeing hiring more than 100 factory workers a week to boost output, replace retirees

By Allison Lampert and Dan Catchpole SEATTLE, April 16 (Reuters) - Boeing is hiring around 100 to 140 factory workers a week, ...