Employers Are Finally Ready to Talk About How Much They Pay
From today’s Bloomberg News: Up until last week, none of the 170 employees working at Verve, a marketing company, knew what anyone else made. Now, everyone’s salary is listed on…
Disneyland reaches a tentative contract settlement with workers, ending a heated battle that lasted months
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Walt Disney Co. reached a tentative settlement Monday with four unions at the Disneyland Resort, putting an end to a contentious dispute that attracted the…
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Tariffs Imperil Workers in South Carolina, Deep in the Heart of Trump Country
From today’s New York Times: In the middle of David Britt’s campaign to get BMW to put a car factory here, a man grabbed him by the tie while he…
Breaking: Uber Is Target of Sex Discrimination Inquiry by EEOC
From today’s New York Times: Federal officials are investigating allegations that Uber discriminated against women in hiring and pay, another federal inquiry into a company that has been rocked by…
In #MeToo Era Companies Embrace Rolling Background Checks at Work
From today’s Bloomberg News Service: Jay Cradeur takes pride in his 4.9 driver rating on Uber Technologies Inc.’s five-star scale and the almost 19,000 rides he’s given in the capital…
Record numbers of folks age 85+ are working. Here’s what they’re doing.
From today’s Washington Post: Seventy may be the new 60, and 80 may be the new 70, but 85 is still pretty old to work in America. Yet in some…
Further Thoughts on a Job Guarantee
From today’s New York Times “Opinion” Section by Paul Krugman: As I wrote the other day, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may call herself a socialist and represent the left wing of the…
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Trump’s SCOTUS nominee favors corporations over working Americans
Today’s Press Release from the AFL-CIO: Working people expect the Supreme Court to be the most fair and independent branch of government in America, yet recent decisions have protected the…
Supreme Court delivers blow to organized labor in fees dispute
From Reuter’s News Service: The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a big blow to organized labor, ruling that non-members cannot be forced in certain states to pay fees to…
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Robots or Job Training: Manufacturers Struggle to Improve Economic Fortunes
From today’s New York Times: For Anthony Nighswander, rock-bottom unemployment is both a headache and an opportunity. For businesses and workers, it could be the key to reversing one of…