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The Biggest Tech Unionization Effort Is Happening at the New York Times
Thirty years ago, The New York Times did not have a website. Now, the company employs more than 700 tech workers, almost half its number of journalists. On Tuesday, those tech workers announced they want to form a union. Almost half the Times is already...
How Working from Home Changed our Kids’ Perceptions of Work
Years ago, a friend of mine, at the time a clothing designer for the snowboarding line of an athletic apparel company, was working from home. Her then 7-year-old-son saw her at her laptop, and asked what she was doing. She said she was working. “No, you’re not.” He...
Five Ways Covid-19 Changed Gig Work For Good
No matter where you look, you can’t escape the reality that Covid-19 has changed our world. One of the biggest changes? The pandemic completely destabilized the traditional workforce, and millions of people had to turn to gig work to make ends meet. ...
Deafinitely Theatre To Showcase Work Of Bursary Recipients
Deafinitely Theatre today announce they will be showcasing the work of deaf and hard of hearing theatre freelancers that were awarded a bursary in February 2021, via their website - beginning today in celebration of UK Deaf Awareness Week 2021, Coming Through It...
Gig Work Could Change Under Biden’s Labor Secretary
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh sent massive ripples through the “gig economy” last week by stating that he believes gig workers should be classified as employees instead of independent contractors “in a lot of cases.” What happens next could mean upheaval for the...
GM’s Remote Work Plan Surprisingly Simple: ‘Work Appropriately”
General Motors is taking a surprisingly simple approach to its return to work strategy for employees: “Work appropriately.” That’s the message being conveyed Tuesday by CEO Mary Barra and other GM leaders about how the automaker plans to reintegrate its...
Zero-Trust at Home: No-Exception Remote Work
The zero-trust approach has long been a popular strategy for organizations looking for airtight security in the workplace. By consistently questioning who a user is and what they want to do, we expel a potentially harmful blind trust; assumptions go out the...
53% of Workers Now Say Side Hustles Are a Must. 3 Tips for Finding the Right One
Side hustles are hardly a new thing, but in the wake of the pandemic, they may become more popular. In fact, 53% of workers now have or intend to have a second source of income outside of their main jobs, according to a recent Jobvite survey. By comparison, only 36%...
