Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Work
07/28/2022
Trader Joe’s workers vote to unionize for the first time
Employees at a store in western Massachusetts became the first of more than 500 Trader Joe’s locations to take such a step.
06/08/2022
Trader Joe’s Workers File for Election to Create Company’s First Union
The workers, at a store in western Massachusetts, cited health and safety concerns and cuts to benefits at the grocery chain.
05/26/2022
South Korean Workers Turn the Tables on Their Bad Bosses
“South Koreans live with an enormous tolerance for abuse” from the powerful, said one famously bullied advocate. A backlash has erupted.
05/04/2022
What ‘Moneyball’ got wrong: Pro baseball scouts can teach us a lot about automation and technological unemployment
Using data and technology + old-school experience and intuition seems to be the winning combination.
05/04/2022
Record number of women appointed to Fortune 500 boards
Women comprised 45% of all new Fortune 500 board appointments in 2021, a new high, while Black directors were 26% of new appointees, a tad lower than 2020 after a surge that year, according to a report released Wednesday morning by executive search and leadership consulting firm Heidrick & Struggles.
04/20/2022
A TikTok Army Is Coming for Union Busters
Online activists Gen-Z for Change targeted Starbucks and Kroger for anti-union firings. Now they plan to take aim at Amazon.
04/20/2022
Will women leaders change the future of management?
The demographics of work and business are shifting rapidly — and the male-dominated model is overdue an overhaul.
04/15/2022
Our obsession with robots was a distraction from the real threats facing the U.S. workforce
Remember when the robots were coming for our jobs? Before the pandemic, there was a constant stream of conferences, policy reports, and news headlines sounding the alarm about technology replacing human workers.
04/06/2022
How LinkedIn’s ‘career break’ feature could help normalize caregiving
LinkedIn users can now classify their time away from paid work as one of 13 types of career breaks.
04/06/2022
‘The revolution is here’: Chris Smalls’ union win sparks a movement at other Amazon warehouses
Staff at more than 50 locations have contacted the organizers as a second warehouse is set to vote on a union later this month.
04/07/2022
Worker-to-Worker Organizing May Finally Have Its Moment
For years, many worker advocates have said there’s a simple, straightforward answer for reversing organized labor’s decline: worker-to-worker organizing.
04/07/2022
