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Lilly Ledbetter looks to the audience as President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 8, 2014, during an event marking Equal Pay Day. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86
By ALEXANDRA OLSON - AP Business Writer
Mon,10/14/24-12:56PM , 151 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.
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Thousands of hotel workers went on strike at top U.S. hotel chains a day before Labor Day, pressing owners to raise their wages and benefits, together with giving them daily room cleaning work. (AP Video shot and produced by Rodrique Ngowi.)

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Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages and daily room cleaning work
By ALEXANDRA OLSON - AP Business Writer
Sun,09/01/24-8:11AM , 224 Reads
With up to 17 rooms to clean each shift, Fatima Amahmoud's job at the Moxy hotel in downtown Boston sometimes feels impossible.
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Co-founders and CEOs of The Fearless Fund Arian Simone, center left, and Ayana Parsons, center right, speak to journalists outside federal court in Miami, on Jan. 31, 2024. A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended the venture capital firm's grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is the discriminatory. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules
By ALEXANDRA OLSON - AP Business Writer
Mon,06/03/24-2:36PM , 58 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended a venture capital firm’s grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is discriminatory.
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Travellers queue for the Eurostar trains at St Pancras Station in London, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Eurostar was hit Thursday by an unofficial strike in northern France, this led to the cancellation of most services. With full trains leading up to Christmas those travellers affected by the strike will have to find alternative ways to their destination. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Busiest holiday travel season in years is off to a smooth start with few airport delays
By ALEXANDRA OLSON - AP Business Writer
Fri,12/22/23-6:43AM , 97 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday travel rush hit its peak Friday as mild weather and lower flight cancelation rates raised hopes for merrier drivers and airline passengers than last year.
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