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Working, eating and sleeping at the office

Wed, 11 May 2016 13:39:34 -0400

The sight of workers sleeping on the job is common in China, where a surplus of cheap labor can lead to downtime and employees at startup companies work long hours.

L.L. Bean rebuffs boycott over granddaughterâ??s big Trump donation

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:46:20 -0500

A man wipes off the headlights of the L.L. Bean Bootmobile in the parking lot at the facility where the famous outdoor boot is made. L.L. Bean is pushing back against a boycott led by a group urging consumers not to shop at retailers that support President-elect Donald Trump after it was revealed that Linda Bean, heir of the Maine-based companyâ??s founder, had donated to a political action committee that helped elect Trump. â??We are deeply troubled by the portrayal of L.L. Bean as a supporter of any political agenda,â?� Shawn Gorman, L.L. Beanâ??s executive chairman, said in a statement posted to Facebook late Sunday.

Union leader who says Trump lied about Carrier deal refuses to back down

Thu, 08 Dec 2016 09:47:17 -0500

Trump tours a Carrier factory in Indianapolis, Dec. 1, 2016. Chuck Jones, the union leader who claims President-elect Donald Trump lied to Carrier employees while touting a deal to keep jobs in the U.S., says he started receiving harassing phone calls a half hour after Trump slammed him on Twitter. â??Iâ??ve been doing this job for 30 years,â?� Jones, president of the United Steelworkers Local 1999, told CNN on Thursday morning.

Obama seeks â??irreversibleâ?? opening to Cuba

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:29:56 -0500

This story is part of a weeklong Yahoo series marking one year since the opening of relations between the United States and Cuba.