Mark Zuckerberg Wants To Silence Facebook’s Employees
From today’s Vice News: Mark Zuckerberg loves free speech, just not when it comes to his own employees. The Facebook CEO has repeatedly cited free speech as the reason he…
I got COVID-19 working at Ralphs. We need a voice in workplace safety
From today’s Los Angeles Times: After spending seven weeks isolated in my bedroom sick with COVID-19, I stood in front of the Ralphs grocery store where I work, bracing to…
When Your Employer Doesn’t Respect Your Family Commitments
From today’s Harvard Business Review: When trying to balance your work and family commitments, it helps to have a boss who is understanding and supportive: someone who doesn’t raise an…
Employer-Based Health Care, Meet Massive Unemployment from Pandemic
From today’s New York Times: In the early months of 2020, Americans were engaged in the perennial election-year debate over how best to reform the nation’s health care system. As…
How the Coronavirus Could Create a New Working Class
From today’s Atlantic Online: Late last month, a photo circulated of delivery drivers crowding around Carbone, a Michelin-starred Greenwich Village restaurant, waiting to pick up $32 rigatoni and bring it…
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Could the Pandemic Wind Up Fixing What’s Broken About Work in America?
From today’s New York Times: Crises like pandemics, economic collapses and world wars have, at times throughout history, ended up reordering societies — shrinking the gap between the rich and…
Op-Ed: Is the Coronavirus Shaping the Future of How We Work?
From today’s New York Times: Both the irony and the symbolism were evident as members of the California Future of Work Commission gathered in a virtual meeting, hastily rescheduled in…
Dear COVID-19: Working from home is awesome. Here’s how to excel at it
From today’s Los Angeles Times: I love working from home. I learned this week that this is apparently a controversial stance. The unfolding coronavirus crisis is forcing many of us…
Dear COVID-19: Sorry, but Working From Home Is Overrated
From today’s New York Times: I’m writing this from the makeshift quarantine bunker in my dining room — sweatpants on, hand sanitizer nearby, snacking my way through my emergency rations.…
Enjoy The Extra Day Off! More Bosses Give 4-Day Workweek A Try
From NPR News Online: Companies around the world are embracing what might seem like a radical idea: a four-day workweek. The concept is gaining ground in places as varied as…