Workplace Strikes Surge During Pandemic, Empowering Workers
From today’s Washington Post: Factory workers, nurses and school bus drivers are among the tens of thousands of Americans who walked off jobs in October amid a surge of labor…
Facebook settles federal lawsuit over allegations it favored foreign workers
From today’s NPR News Online: Facebook is paying a $4.75 million fine and up to $9.5 million to eligible victims to resolve the Justice Department’s allegations that it discriminated against…
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As Starbucks Workers Seek a Union, Company Officials Converge on Stores
From today’s New York Times: During her decade-plus at Starbucks, Michelle Eisen says she has endured her share of workplace stress. She points to the company’s increased use of productivity…
Unions Fighting Vax Mandates Endanger Public Health & Economic Recovery
From today’s New York Times: As New York pushes forward with some of the toughest and farthest-reaching vaccine mandates in the nation, thousands of health care workers in the state…
How to Intervene When a Manager Is Gaslighting Their Employees
From today’s Harvard Business Review: “We missed you at the leadership team meeting,” our executive vice president messaged me. “Your manager shared an excellent proposal. He said you weren’t available…
Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Transgender Worker Rights
From today’s Forbes Online: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Monday, seeking to block enforcement of guidance focused on transgender workers and employment…
New rules on extreme heat means more air conditioning and breaks for workers
From today’s Business Insider: The Biden administration announced Monday that it is beginning work on a new workplace regulation to address safety during extreme heat events, a process that will…
Families Of Undocumented Workers Lost On 9/11 Search For Closure
From today’s NPR News Online: For a brief moment, on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Teresa Garcia thought she’d seen a ghost. She was in her office in midtown…
Pres. Biden to require federal workers and contractors to get vaccinated
From today’s New York Times: President Biden on Thursday will sign executive orders requiring the vast majority of federal workers and contractors who do business with the government to get…
Post-COVID, Americans Don’t Want to Return to Lousy Low Wage Jobs
From today’s New York Times: The hopes for a booming pandemic recovery — growth led by jobs gains in the millions every month — were dealt a blow in recent…