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News Archive

January 2022

Politifact logo
George Boyer
‘Christmas Carol’ character’s wages not the best comparison to today’s minimum wage worker
Forbes
JR Keller
Be careful how you reject internal candidates, you may lose them entirely
Inside Higher Ed
Ronald Ehrenberg
Income inequality drives up tuition, study argues
CNBC
Patricia Campos-Medina
‘All work produces value’: What experts say Eric Adams gets wrong about ‘low skill’ workers
Marketplace
Alex Colvin
Employers struggle to hire and retain workers almost two years into the pandemic
More Training, Fewer Layoffs: Research

December 2021

CNBC
77% of workers with disabilities say their employer has done a better job supporting them since the pandemic started
Activision Blizzard's Leadership Is As Homogenous As You Might Have Expected
The Guardian
‘They are fed up’: US labor organizing rises in 2021 after decades of decline
“Striketober” and Labor’s Long Downturn
Wall Street Journal
Risa Lieberwitz
Amazon reaches federal settlement allowing workers more leeway to organize
CNBC
Vanessa Bohns
Psychologists share top tips on how to hit your career goals in 2022
Financial Times
Erica Groshen
US struggles to measure jobs growth as pandemic distorts labour market data
Ileen DeVault
The Great Resignation is ‘truly a defining moment’ for food services, but it may not result in better restaurant jobs
The New York Times
Nellie Brown
Air Filters and Outdoor Spaces: Office Costs Rise as Workers Return
NBC News
Ariel Avgar
From essential status to strikes, 2021 was the 'year of the worker'
Rosemary Batt
Fast Food Restaurant Owners Are Trying Crazy Stuff to Attract Workers. Here's What's Actually Working.
Erica Groshen
Top 10 stories: 2021 shows area coming together amidst struggles
Wall Street Journal
Diane Burton
In Hot Job Market, Salaries Start to Swell for White-Collar Workers
CNBC
Erica Groshen
Why economists say you should ask for a raise in the New Year
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Warrior Met Coal Miners Are Spending Christmas 2021 on Strike
Vanessa Bohns
The Power of Asking for What You Want, According to a Psychologist
The Street
Risa Lieberwitz
Amazon Agrees to Let Workers Organize More Easily
Vanessa Bohns
Study: How to Get to ‘Yes’ When Asking for More Business
The Washington Post
Risa Lieberwitz
The video game industry is closer to unionization than ever before
Fast Company
Vanessa Bohns
Should I email, text, or call? Researchers have discovered the answer to an age-old question
Wall Street Journal
As inflation rises, cost-of-living raises gain popularity
The New York Times
Patricia Campos-Medina
The Pandemic Struck Orchestras With Underlying Conditions Hard
Cornell Chronicle
Martin Wells
Alternative Method Could Improve Clinical Trials
CNN
ILR School
Kellogg strike will end after workers agree to new contract
Patricia Campos-Medina
Mayor de Blasio Announces Additional Actions To Improve Health, Safety, And Working Conditions For 65,000+ Delivery Workers
Kate Bronfenbrenner
What's behind the surge in labor strikes?
Harvard Business Review
Vanessa Bohns
Need a Favor? Research Suggests It’s Best to Ask In Person.
Cathy Creighton
HelloFresh and Starbucks highlight the challenges of union organizing
The Hill
Art Wheaton
Biden's big climate goal faces challenge with federal workforce
The Guardian
Bradford Bell
‘It’s a fraught moment’: Omicron puts brakes on US return-to-office plans
The Times of India
Ileen DeVault
Striking Kellogg workers could return after Christmas as tentative deal reached
Adam Seth Litwin
UPMC hopes in-house staffing agency will help solve nursing crisis
Reuters
Ileen DeVault
Striking Kellogg workers could return after Christmas as tentative deal reached
The Washington Post
Vanessa Bohns
One reason so many are quitting: We want control over our lives again
Boston Globe
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Starbucks workers’ union victory could lead to more coffee shops organizing
Fortune
Chris Collins and Brittany Bond
How TikTok became Gen Z’s favorite career coach
Kim Cook
Behind the scenes of Starbucks workers' first successful union drive
Cornell Chronicle
Cartoons About Disability Will Educate Children
ILR Podcast Addresses New Work-Life Realities
ILR School
NYS launches digital equity portal showing gaps in internet access across the state
Boston Globe
The Worker Institute
Unions, climate groups call for 'decarbonizing' R.I. public school buildings
Axios
Bradford Bell
Companies give up on return-to-work
The Atlantic
Louis Hyman
The future of work is a 60-year career
Wall Street Journal
Erica Groshen
Why U.S. Job Gains Are So Hard to Count During Covid-19

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