Better Your Chance For Equal Pay – What You Need To Know Now
From today’s Forbes Magazine: The gender pay gap is the most entrenched barrier to equality women face. It seems so simple: equal pay for equal work. But the formula is…
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Tariffs bad news for American economy, including workers and consumers
From today’s The Hill: There’s never a good time for tariffs. American workers and consumers will pay dearly for the Trump administration’s short-sighted action to protect an industry that shows…
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Deadline Is Today in McDonald’s Labor Case That Could Affect Millions
From today’s New York Times: The Trump appointee charged with enforcing federal labor rights is scrambling to head off a court ruling in a case against McDonald’s that could redefine…
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Will Trump’s Tariffs Help or Hurt American Workers? Contrasting Views
From the New York Times: The Case for Trump’s Tariffs and ‘America First’ Economics By DANIEL McCARTHY In his campaign, Donald Trump stressed “America First” economic nationalism. But in his…
SCOTUS Hears Fiery Arguments In Case That Could Gut Public Sector Unions
From NPR News: The Supreme Court heard fiery arguments Monday in a case that could remove a key revenue stream for public sector unions. A sharply divided court could be…
Title VII of Civil Rights Act Protects Gay Workers, Federal Appeals Court Rules
From today’s New York Times: A federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled on Monday that federal civil rights law bars employers from discriminating based on sexual orientation. The case, which…
People Want 3 Things from Work, But Most Firms Are Built Around Only One
From today’s Harvard Business Review: Strike up a conversation about work values, and it won’t be long before someone brings up a pyramid — a famous psychologist’s best-known theory. Abraham…
Opinion: The ‘Manly’ Jobs Problem
From today’s New York Times: Insults, groping — even assault. That kind of sexual harassment came along with being one of the very few women on a construction site, in…
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SCOTUS conservatives set to strike down union fees on free-speech grounds
From today’s LA Times: Paying union dues and baking a wedding cake may not seem like classic examples of free speech—except perhaps at the Supreme Court. This year, the high…
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Market Update: Why Rising Wages Are Scaring the Hell Out of Stock Investors
From today’s Slate Magazine: On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor released a strong jobs report showing wages rising at their fastest rate since the Great Recession. Then, the stock…