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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is warning store workers not to download a smartphone app designed by OUR Walmart, an organization that advocates for higher pay and other benefits, as the battle between employers and labor groups increasingly shifts to social media.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is warning store workers not to download a smartphone app designed by OUR Walmart, an organization that advocates for higher pay and other benefits, as the battle between employers and labor groups increasingly shifts to social media.

A white supremacist website has declared the Boston-based footwear manufacturer New Balance the "Official Shoes of White People." The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/2gbfTEv) the alt-right website The Daily Stormer made the proclamation Saturday after New Balance vice president Matt LeBretton praised Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

A white supremacist website has declared the Boston-based footwear manufacturer New Balance the "Official Shoes of White People." The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/2gbfTEv) the alt-right website The Daily Stormer made the proclamation Saturday after New Balance vice president Matt LeBretton praised Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

The Latest on a white supremacist website's support of the sneaker company New Balance (all times local): 7:30 p.m.

The Latest on a white supremacist website's support of the sneaker company New Balance (all times local): 7:30 p.m.

Air maintenance workers at United Parcel Service Inc have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against the world's largest package delivery company as contract talks remained deadlocked over health-care benefits, the workers' union said on Monday.

Air maintenance workers at United Parcel Service Inc have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against the world's largest package delivery company as contract talks remained deadlocked over health-care benefits, the workers' union said on Monday.

The top Republican in the Senate says he asked President-elect Donald Trump to move swiftly in approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

The top Republican in the Senate says he asked President-elect Donald Trump to move swiftly in approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

A spokesman for SandRidge Energy Inc. says the Oklahoma City-based company is planning more layoffs.

A spokesman for SandRidge Energy Inc. says the Oklahoma City-based company is planning more layoffs.

Lowell and Scott Hester, owners of two Mr. Transmission shops in Georgia, say owning a franchise is an attractive post-military path for veterans.

Lowell and Scott Hester, owners of two Mr. Transmission shops in Georgia, say owning a franchise is an attractive post-military path for veterans.

The union representing 4,700 transit workers in Philadelphia has revealed details of a tentative agreement that ended a weeklong transit strike on Monday.

The union representing 4,700 transit workers in Philadelphia has revealed details of a tentative agreement that ended a weeklong transit strike on Monday.

The head of the United Auto Workers union says about 2,000 General Motors factory workers who face layoff in January could be placed at other company factories.