Flexibility and Rising Costs Are Keeping Mothers at Work
From today’s New York Times: Mothers of young children surged into the work force during the Covid-19 pandemic, propelled by a tight labor market, federal child care subsidies and the…
San Francisco Teachers Go On Strike
From today’s SF Gate: Generations of San Francisco public school students have no memory of what it was like to experience a teachers strike. That all changed on Monday: For…
After Weeks of Rancor, A Glimmer of Hope in N.Y.C. Nurses’ Strike
From today’s New York Times: The nurses accused the hospital bosses of cowardice, claiming that the executives were hiding in an office, afraid to show their faces. Both sides called…
How Americans Use AI At work
From today’s AP News: American workers adopted artificial intelligence into their work lives at a remarkable pace over the past few years, according to a new poll. Some 12% of…
Nurses’ Union Conducts Biggest sStrike In NYC History
From today’s ABC 7 New York: The largest nurses’ strike in New York City history continues for a second day on Tuesday as the union is making allegations of “union…
220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency
From today’s New York Times: The Trump administration shrank the federal work force by about 220,000 workers through November, representing about a 10 percent cut, according to new data that…
What Readers Want to See in the Workplaces of the Future
From today’s Wall Street Journal: From mazes of cubicles to plentiful lush balconies, office designers keep re-envisioning spaces to support our professional lives. Not all of their ideas have been…work-friendly,…
As Netflix And Paramount Circle Warner Bros. Hollywood Unions Voice Alarm
From today’s Los Angeles Times: The sale of Warner Bros. — whether in pieces to Netflix or in its entirety to Paramount — is stirring mounting worries among Hollywood union…
Starbucks Union Authorizes A Strike On Red Cup Day Next Week
From today’s Seattle Times: Starbucks union workers approved an authorization to strike on the company’s upcoming Red Cup Day, a major holiday promotional event, according to results released Wednesday. Starbucks…
Why Trump’s Sweeping H-1B Visa Restrictions Will Backfire
From today’s The Hill: It seems fending off illegal immigrants today is no longer enough. Asserting that the H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers have been “deliberately exploited to replace”…