Amazon, Instacart and other essential workers reportedly plan walk-out strike May 1
According a report from The Intercept, the employees will call in sick or walk off the job during their lunch break.
According a report from The Intercept, the employees will call in sick or walk off the job during their lunch break.
Trump orders meat processing plants to remain open
The order will use the Defense Production Act to classify meat processing as critical infrastructure to keep production plants open, according to the Associated Press.
The order will use the Defense Production Act to classify meat processing as critical infrastructure to keep production plants open, according to the Associated Press.
Local small businesses fed up with COVID-19 lockdown reopening in defiance of stay-at-home orders
Two local small business owners are fed up with the lockdown orders and are reopening their businesses.
Two local small business owners are fed up with the lockdown orders and are reopening their businesses.
Austin health officials say it’s too early to open up Texas economy
In a phased plan, beginning Friday, restaurants, retailers, movie theaters and malls can reopen if they want to, but operate at only 25 percent capacity.
In a phased plan, beginning Friday, restaurants, retailers, movie theaters and malls can reopen if they want to, but operate at only 25 percent capacity.
JetBlue to require customers to wear face coverings
The new requirement begins May 4.
The new requirement begins May 4.
Shortages easing on coronavirus-hit toilet paper
U.S. consumers have begun spotting rare Quilted Northern and Charmin toilet paper rolls on store shelves across the United States, as stocks start building after weeks of severe shortages.
U.S. consumers have begun spotting rare Quilted Northern and Charmin toilet paper rolls on store shelves across the United States, as stocks start building after weeks of severe shortages.
Companies seek to limit legal liability for virus infections
President Donald Trump has floated shielding businesses from lawsuits, according to the Associated Press.
President Donald Trump has floated shielding businesses from lawsuits, according to the Associated Press.
Austin Pets Alive! to reopen thrift stores May 1, donations closed
The three APA! locations on Burnet Road, W. Oltorf Street and Clarkson Avenue will be open every day from 12-6 p.m.
The three APA! locations on Burnet Road, W. Oltorf Street and Clarkson Avenue will be open every day from 12-6 p.m.
Stock rally takes breather ahead of Starbucks, Google earnings
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose as many as 378 points, or 1.57 percent, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite gained as much as 1.48 percent and 1.15 percent, respectively.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose as many as 378 points, or 1.57 percent, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite gained as much as 1.48 percent and 1.15 percent, respectively.
California salon owner plans to defy coronavirus closure orders
Lia Rivera plans to resume cutting hair at the salon she opened two years ago.
Lia Rivera plans to resume cutting hair at the salon she opened two years ago.
California governor weighs easing virus order for businesses
Newsom said he will consider different needs based on the types of businesses and where they are located.
Newsom said he will consider different needs based on the types of businesses and where they are located.
Hair salons left out of new executive order from Gov. Abbott
The governor's new order on Monday which expanded the list of businesses allowed to have a conditional reopening did not include hair salons.
The governor's new order on Monday which expanded the list of businesses allowed to have a conditional reopening did not include hair salons.
Whataburger to pay $180K to settle retaliation suit that claims manager was told to only hire white applicants
According to the lawsuit, a general manager of a Tallahassee Whataburger location repeatedly told her hiring manager to hire white, and not black, applicants.
According to the lawsuit, a general manager of a Tallahassee Whataburger location repeatedly told her hiring manager to hire white, and not black, applicants.
FOX 7 Discussion: Mayor Adler on Gov. Abbott's plan to reopen Texas businesses
Austin Mayor Steve Adler joins Marcel Clarke to discuss what the governor's plan to reopen Texas means for Austin.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler joins Marcel Clarke to discuss what the governor's plan to reopen Texas means for Austin.
Judge Eckhardt responds to Gov. Abbott's plans to reopen the Texas economy
Eckhardt agrees with the state opening things in phases, but if things do go awry, Travis County is ready to respond.
Eckhardt agrees with the state opening things in phases, but if things do go awry, Travis County is ready to respond.
Dow, S&P jump as states begin coronavirus reboot
Investors usher in the week on an optimistic note.
Investors usher in the week on an optimistic note.
Small business loan program plagued by outages, delays as second wave of aid begins
E-Tran, the Small Business Administration's electronic system used to help process applications for government-backed aid, has suffered glitches amid the first wave of applicants.
E-Tran, the Small Business Administration's electronic system used to help process applications for government-backed aid, has suffered glitches amid the first wave of applicants.
Hotels beef up cleaning standards to calm travelers
Hotels and home-sharing companies are beefing up their cleaning efforts in order to soothe jittery travelers.
Hotels and home-sharing companies are beefing up their cleaning efforts in order to soothe jittery travelers.
'Food supply chain is breaking,' Tyson Foods chairman says as processing plants continue to close
The chairman of Tyson Foods has issued a stark warning to Americans following the shuttering of multiple meat processing plants across the country: “The food supply chain is breaking.”
The chairman of Tyson Foods has issued a stark warning to Americans following the shuttering of multiple meat processing plants across the country: “The food supply chain is breaking.”
Papa John’s founder donates $1 million to small businesses for COVID-19 relief
The money will be be distributed as charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations, and some money will go to small business owners directly, according to a statement.
The money will be be distributed as charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations, and some money will go to small business owners directly, according to a statement.