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A Valedictory Recommendation For What Unions Need To Do
Last Friday, D. Taylor stepped down as president of UNITE HERE—the union of hotel and casino employees. His nearly dozen years at the helm of one of America’s most member-involved unions saw it become an improbable political powerhouse in a host of swing states and...
Gig Economy Workers Organizing For Palestine
In response to the war on Gaza, the 100,000-strong International Alliance of App-Based Transport Workers has called a boycott of Chevron-owned gas stations. It shows how precarious workers can use solidarity action to hit firms who profit from apartheid. Historically,...
Three Ways To Re-Invent Working From Anywhere
As the hybrid work debate continues, one issue that gets lost is what employees want when they come back to the office. A Cisco global study of 14,050 workers across 19 countries entitled, The Race to Re-imagine Workplaces and Workspaces, reports that while 72% of...
BlackRock’s Larry Fink: 65 Retirement Age ‘A Bit Crazy’
BlackRock Chair Larry Fink said capital markets can help solve a crisis brewing around the ability of Americans to afford retirement as lifespans elongate, and that the government can provide a basic safety net. In his annual letter to shareholders of the investing...
Providing More Opportunity For Women In STEM
The gender gap for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) remains significant, with women making up only 28% of the STEM workforce. Fueling this gap is the stigma that the industry is viewed as a more male-dominated workforce, further adding...
Workers With Job Flexibility And Security Have Better Mental Health
American workers who have more flexibility and security in their jobs also have better mental health, according to a study of 2021 survey data from over 18,000 nationally representative working Americans. The study, published Monday in JAMA Network Open, may...
Ask Someone to Be Your Mentor Using These 10 Simple Techniques
At this point in your career journey, you might be ready for a mentor yet unsure of how to approach the topic. Knowing how to ask someone to be your mentor is a vital skill, as discovering a mentor is likely one of the most valuable choices you will make in...
Is 4-Day Work Week The Future?
One recent study of British companies that adopted a 32-hour workweek concluded that employees came to work less stressed and more focused. In the study, revenues for these companies remained steady and or even increased. Dozens of companies based in the United...
