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Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies during a US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on her nomination to be Secretary of Labor, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 19, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Lori Chavez-DeRemer Confirmed By Senate To Lead Labor Department

Former GOP Oregon Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been confirmed by the Senate to lead the Labor Department.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 23: Starbucks employees, union members and supporters strike outside of a Starbuck store which is closed down due to the strike on December 23, 2024 in New York City. Starbucks Workers United stated that union workers in Missouri, New Jersey, and New York started their strike on Sunday, following the participation of locations in Colorado, Ohio, and Pennsylvania on Saturday. The union represents over 10,000 employees across more than 525 stores. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

10K Starbucks Baristas Continue Strike Across Dozens Of Cities On Christmas Eve

The union representing Starbucks baristas said on Tuesday that a strike against the coffee chain has expanded to over 300 locations, with almost 10,000 workers walking off the job on Christmas Eve.

Amazon delivery drivers walk the picket line outside Amazon delivery station as they went on strike in Skokie, Illinois on December 19 2024. Thousands of workers at Amazon facilities across the United States went on strike Thursday, the Teamsters Union said, halting work at the height of the busy holiday gift-giving season. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Amazon Workers Strike At Warehouses Nationwide Amid Busy Holiday Season

Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job at several facilities across the U.S. early on Thursday morning.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 02: United States Representative Adam Schiff attends the 2024 WeHo Pride Parade on June 02, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

California Senate Race Results

Adam Schiff has won California’s Senate race.

NILES, ILLINOIS - APRIL 30: People stand at a counter inside a McDonald's fast food restaurant April 30, 2003 in Niles, Illinois. McDonald's Corporation announced that results for the quarter that ended March 31 and showed a 7 percent gain in earnings per share (before the cumulative effect of accounting changes) on higher revenues. Comparable unit sales have declined. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

California Sees 7% Fast-Food Price Hike Amid $20 Minimum Wage Raise, Tops Nation

With the massive increase in minimum wage for fast-food workers in California, the Golden State saw their fast-food prices increase at least 7% in a six-month period.

US-POLITICS-CAMPAIGN-MONEY A driver pulls into the drive-thru lane at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Alhambra, California on August 30, 2018. - Califoria's Democratic Party Chairman, Eric Bauman, is calling for a boycott of the Irvine, CA based fast food chain after it donated $25,000 to help California Republicans in November. In addition to this week's donation, In-N-Out donated $30,000 to the GOP in 2017 and 2016. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

In-N-Out Burger Heiress: Fought to Keep Costs Down Post California Minimum Wage Hike

The heiress of In-N-Out Burger has stated that she fought “toe-to-toe” to keep prices down at the fast food chain amid California’s minimum wage hike.