This Week’s Top Hits

Jason Judd, executive director of the Global Labor Institute, recommends that the fashion industry should “get their act together” with regard to heat and climate change, “because workers are suffering from heat stress and, in turn, so are margins.”

“We happen to have an administration which is less worried about doing things that are disruptive, so this is an opportunity,” said Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, commenting on a possible opportunity to centralize statistics-related government agencies.

“They’re backdooring a massive transfer of wealth from the shareholders to the single largest shareholder,” said Brian Dunn, director of professional programs at ILR’s Institute for Compensation Studies, as part of his criticism of how Tesla’s board has handled fiduciary practices regarding CEO pay.

ILR Professor Philipp Kircher offers a perspective on the current state of the labor market amid recent high-profile layoffs.

Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, comments on the progress and challenges facing the UAW’s reform efforts.

Kate Bronfenbrenner, ILR director of labor education research, analyzes the effect of labor laws and the National Labor Relations Board on the dispute between Starbucks and the Starbucks Workers United union.