California’s first plastic bag ban made things worse. Now it’s trying again California and other states -- and some cities -- have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse. Bill Chappell
Time is running out to avoid a strike by 25,000 dockworkers Dockworkers from Maine to Texas could strike on Oct. 1 if they don't reach a new labor contract with the ocean carriers and port terminal operators. Sticking points are wages and automation. Andrea Hsu
Going once … going twice: Alex Jones’ cameras, mics, Infowars show, vitamin site A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a plan to sell off the assets of Jones' media company, Free Speech Systems, can move ahead. Net proceeds will go to the Sandy Hook families who Jones defamed. Tovia Smith
Union voters were never a monolith. This election season is no different Almost all major American labor unions are supporting Vice President Harris in the presidential election this year. But many rank-and-file members of those unions do not. Andrea Hsu
Justice Department accuses Visa of stifling competition in the debit card business The Justice Department sued Visa today, accusing the giant payments company of seeking to monopolize the debit card business. Scott Horsley
Have economists gone out of fashion in Washington? Once the high priests of policy, economists may now be seeing lower demand. But who's taking their place? Greg Rosalsky
Motel 6 is sold to an Indian hotel company for $525 million The sale to Oyo, a travel business, will include the Studio 6 motel brand, which caters to customers seeking extended stays. The all-cash transaction is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. Jonathan Franklin
Machinist union says it won't vote on Boeing's 'best and final' contract offer Boeing machinists have until Friday to decide whether to accept the company's latest union contract offer. Dyer Oxley
Why employee recognition matters, according to a new study New research finds that employees who receive recognition on the job are almost half as likely to leave their jobs.
How Boeing's management is handling a second week of the machinists strike The strike is costing the company an estimated hundreds of millions of dollars per week.
