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Women and Power in the Workplace

December 15, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times: “Revolution will come in a form we cannot yet imagine,” the critical theorists Fred Moten and Stefano Harney wrote in their 2013 essay “The Undercommons,”…

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Will Robots Take Our Children’s Jobs?

December 12, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times: Like a lot of children, my sons, Toby, 7, and Anton, 4, are obsessed with robots. In the children’s books they devour at bedtime, happy,…

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How To Make a Flexible Work Culture Work For All Employees in a Firm

December 9, 2017 Editor

From today’s Forbes: Imagine a work culture in which team members can connect, regardless of where, when and how they work. The traditional workspace is rapidly changing, and today’s businesses…

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Should You Share Your Feelings During a Work Conflict? Probably best to avoid it.

December 6, 2017 Editor

From today’s Harvard Business Review: When a disagreement gets heated with a colleague, it’s normal to feel all sorts of emotions: disappointment, anger, frustration. But should you express those emotions?…

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Proof Retail Jobs Don’t Need to Be Bad

November 28, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by Eduardo Porter Bethamy Magrow is grateful that the minimum wage in New York City is rising to $13 at the end of next month.…

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On Sex Discrimination, Men at Work Wonder if They’ve Overstepped

November 14, 2017 Editor

From Nov. 10 New York Times by Nellie Bowles: It has been a confusing season for America’s working men, as the conversation around workplace harassment reveals it to be a…

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Employees do want their job to matter, but meaning at work can be hard to find

November 10, 2017 Editor

From today’s Chicago Tribune by Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz: Jennifer Ruiz holds her patient’s trembling hand as she presses a stethoscope to the frail woman’s chest and belly. She compliments the woman…

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House GOP passes bill that rolls back “joint employer” protections for workers

November 9, 2017 Editor

From yesterday’s New York Times by Christine Owens: House Republicans on Tuesday took another step in their campaign to cheat workers out of fair pay and workplace rights. On a…

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Cordray Gives No Signal of Departure Plans as CFPB Finalizes Payday Rule

October 20, 2017 Editor

From law.com Oct. 5, 20 by C. Ryan Barber: As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved Thursday to impose tighter restrictions on the payday lending industry, one question still looms…

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Actresses—and Millions More Workers—Have No Federal Sexual Harassment Protections

October 19, 2017 Editor

From today’s Nation by Bryce Covert: After the New York Times dropped its bombshell investigation into decades of sexual harassment perpetrated by film producer Harvey Weinstein, and the New Yorker…