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Low-wage workers are reviving Dr. King's 1968 Poor People's Campaign
by
Renata Sago
May 8, 2018
Low-wage workers have jobs, but many still live in poverty. So thousands of them, along with clergy and activists, are working to try and change that.
Tight labor market, tight … jeans?
by
Erika Beras
Apr 19, 2018
It’s a tight labor market out there – so in a quest to attract workers, Walmart is trying out something new – allowing workers on the stores’ floors to wear jeans and solid shirts in any color. The new policy is being tested in less than two dozen stores. Click the audio player above […]
How to make technology work for you, not against you
Apr 10, 2018
Former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker says we are not doing enough to meet the challenge and opportunity of automation.
U.S. adds a modest 103,000 jobs in March, unemployment rate stays at 4.1 percent
Apr 6, 2018
The unemployment rate is at a 17-year low.
Productivity is poised to rise. Finally.
Feb 21, 2018
Labor productivity, a measure of how efficient workers are, hasn’t been improving in recent years. That has caused worry among economists, because worker productivity has a big impact on economic growth. Well, times may be a-changing. The McKinsey Global Institute is out with a new report that says this era of low productivity growth might […]
Companies might have raised wages even if tax reform never passed
Jan 11, 2018
Walmart is raising wages, but that might have less to do with taxes and more to do with the labor market.
Do you plan on doing any work during the last week of December?
Dec 18, 2017
If so, you might be one of the few.
For public good, not for profit.
Labor ruling says employees can only have one boss
by
Andy Uhler
Dec 15, 2017
The National Labor Relations Board has overturned an Obama-era ruling that had made it easier for workers at franchise businesses to form unions.
These days, the holiday magic happens in warehouses
by
Reema Khrais
Dec 14, 2017
With online shopping now a $400 billion industry, fulfillment centers and warehouses are central to the season.
Bad! Why the AT&T strike means jobs woes for Trump
May 19, 2017
"I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created."