by dankeelan | Sep 9, 2025 | Construction, Featured, Skilled Trades
A 2025 survey of more than 1,300 general contractors nationwide found 92% reported difficulty finding qualified workers. The report from the Associated General Contractors of America states that another 45% of employers reported that labor shortages are leading to...
by dankeelan | Sep 9, 2025 | Age, Agriculture, Featured
In 1979, the average California farmworker was 30 years old. Today it’s 40, with many still laboring well into their 60s and 70s, according to Edward Flores, faculty director of the UC Merced Community and Labor Center, who has studied these changes. Beginning in the...
by dankeelan | Sep 2, 2025 | Featured, Jobs, Tariffs
Americans’ view of the U.S. economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight month. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index ticked down by 1.3 points to 97.4 in August, down...
by dankeelan | Sep 2, 2025 | Featured, Mental Health, Workplace
The number of Americans feeling lonely at work is on the rise, according to a new study from Bingo Card Creator. In the survey of 2,000 people collected in June, nearly two in three American and Canadian workers said they were lonely at work, up 49 percentage points...
by dankeelan | Sep 2, 2025 | Featured, Mental Health
The social upheaval caused by the pandemic sparked a national conversation about the sacrifices of American workers and the proper balance between work and life. Then we moved on. An April study by career services firm Glassdoor found that employee...
by dankeelan | Sep 2, 2025 | Featured, Unions
Sharda Fornnarino got the news in early August. The Department of Veterans Affairs was ending nearly all of its collective bargaining agreements. The agency gave labor unions just days to get out of federal buildings. “We went in on the weekend, and we emptied...
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