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Shannon Pettypiece

Shannon Pettypiece is senior policy reporter for NBC News digital.

Shannon Pettypiece is senior policy reporter for NBC News digital.


Latest from Shannon Pettypiece

15d ago

How hospitals are fighting to keep their former doctors from seeing patients

Doctors are pushing back against the growing use of noncompete agreements in medicine, a practice they say is putting patient care in jeopardy.
16d ago

A ‘cowboy ski town’ where high earners can’t afford a home faces a housing battle

Despite offering a salary of $167,000, Steamboat Springs can’t find a head of human resources who can afford a place to live in the remote Colorado resort town.
37d ago

As electric vehicle demand slows, workers caught in the middle face an uncertain future

This year was shaping up to be a good one for the workers at the GM Orion Assembly plant in a working-class suburb of Detroit.

Stretched social safety net could see more strain in 2024

Funding for a range of pandemic-era assistance programs ran out this year, leaving Americans with fewer resources to help cope with rising prices.
100d ago

Why Americans are going hungry despite a strong economy

Those on the front lines of feeding the hungry say they are seeing the opposite of what the prospering economy would suggest.
116d ago

Holiday hiring frenzy cools with retailers anxious over consumer spending

Retailers have been pulling back on holiday hiring this season, announcing the fewest seasonal job openings since 2013 and nixing hiring perks.

How a government shutdown could upend holiday travel

Transportation Security Administration officers and air traffic controllers across the country could be working without pay during the Thanksgiving travel rush as the U.S. heads towards a government shutdown days before a record number of air passengers are expected at American airports.
127d ago

36-hour shifts, 80-hour weeks: Workers are being burned out by overtime

Virginia Beach firefighter Max Gonano was coming off a 24-hour shift on Father’s Day when he was told he’d have to work another 12 hours to cover for a staffing shortfall.
143d ago

Billions in Ukraine defense spending has been slow to translate into U.S. jobs

Billions of dollars being spent by the federal government to arm Ukraine and replenish U.S. military stockpiles have been slow to translate into a significant number of new jobs in the U.S. as defense manufacturers grapple with logistical challenges in ramping up production.
156d ago

Amid millions of open jobs, finding work remains a struggle with a criminal record

For nearly three years, Tonya Jones went on one job interview after another, only to be passed over for positions and have offers rescinded when background checks revealed a misdemeanor food stamp fraud conviction on her record.

Pay for millions of federal workers is at risk with a looming government shutdown

With six kids under the age of 15 to support, Stephen Booth, a police officer for the Air Force in Kansas, doesn’t have room in his budget for a missed paycheck.