U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is keeping a close eye on layoffs in the tech sector, including Elon Musk’s chaotic overhaul at Twitter. “As far as Twitter, that’s a whole different situation [than the broader tech layoffs],” Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “I don’t know enough about it, but I think that’s Elon Musk looking at the business model. I am sure at some point that will fix itself out as it moves forward.” To be sure, Musk’s changes to Twitter are moving forward this… Source link
Read More »U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: Do better
Interim Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz needs to do a better job embracing the labor union movement infiltrating his stores even if it pains him to do so, suggests U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh. “I think he is going to have to invest in all of his workforce — he can’t just not invest in the dozen shops that are organized, it’s not a good business model,” Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “By investing in employees, I commend him for that and for investing in their salaries. I… Source link
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Is there a budding bromance between Tesla CEO and U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh? We wouldn’t go that far, but at least the two global influencers met at last. Musk gave Walsh a tour of Tesla’s new Gigafactory in March. The tour came after Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live he welcomed a call from the EV titan. “We had a good conversation,” Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live. The meeting marks the first public olive branch by the Biden administration to connect with the outspoken Musk, which is fresh… Source link
Read More »Trump’s claim that the election was stolen is a ‘fiasco for our democracy’: Marty Baron
The editor Marty Baron was famously portrayed by Liev Schreiber in the movie “Spotlight,” which chronicles The Boston Globe’s exposure of pervasive abuse by Catholic priests. After leaving The Globe, Baron began another difficult assignment: leading The Washington Post during Donald Trump’s tumultuous presidency. His time at the helm of the paper ended with his retirement in February. In an interview this week for Influencers with Andy Serwer, Baron reflected on Trump’s legacies on the… Source link
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U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is giving a thumbs up to the May jobs report, but acknowledges it will take some time for the labor market to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. “There is no question there is still a ways to go in still dealing with the pandemic from all of the job loss at the beginning of the pandemic,” Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live. The Labor Department reported Friday that non-farm payrolls increased by 559,000, falling shy of Wall Street’s estimates for a… Source link
Read More »Longtime coach Marty Schottenheimer dies at age 77
Marty Schottenheimer coached for four teams and didn’t have a losing record for any of them. (Credit: Matthew Stockman /Allsport( “Martyball” became a negative term, and that’s unfair to Marty Schottenheimer. Schottenheimer’s long football career shouldn’t be defined only by his lack of a championship. Schottenheimer coached 21 years in the NFL and had only two losing seasons, and became one of eight coaches in history to reach 200 wins. He was a master motivator who got the most out… Source link
Read More »Marty Schottenheimer moved to hospice care
Former NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer was moved into a hospice facility in North Carolina, his family said Wednesday. Schottenheimer, 77, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2014 and was placed in hospice care on Saturday. “As a family we are surrounding him with love and are soaking up the prayers and support from all those he impacted through his incredible life,” his wife Pat Schottenheimer said in a family statement. “In the way he taught us all, we are putting one foot… Source link
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