CVS to lay off 5,000 employees as it seeks to cut costs

The Rhode Island-based pharmacy giant said in a statement that it is eliminating "a number of non-customer facing positions" throughout the company

Overstock's website changes to Bed Bath & Beyond domain

The online retailer Overstock.com is dumping its name online and has become Bed & Bath & Beyond, which declared bankruptcy earlier this year.

US trucking giant Yellow shutting down operations amid standoff with Teamsters union

The end of the road comes after the company earlier this month averted a strike by some 22,000 Teamsters-represented workers, saying the company will pay the more than $50 million it owed in worker benefits and pension accruals.

Meet Hollywood's 'journeyman' actors going on strike

You don't know their names but you might recognize their faces. Hollywood's “journeyman” actors tend to work for scale pay, and spend at least as much time lining up work as working.

UPS strike avoided after agreement reached with Teamsters

The Teamsters called the tentative agreement “historic" and “overwhelmingly lucrative." It includes, among other benefits, higher wages and air conditioning in delivery trucks.

IRS is ending unannounced visits to taxpayers to protect worker safety, combat scammers

The IRS says it is ending its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits — in a an effort to keep its workers safe and combat scammers who pose as IRS agents.

UPS strike looms: Workers on the brink, here's what you need to know

Negotiations broke down earlier this month and unionized workers have been holding rallies and practice pickets across the country.