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The COP30 Deal Won’t Solve Fashion’s Climate Problems

The Business of Fashion News
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.”
The COP30 Deal Won’t Solve Fashion’s Climate Problems

The U.S. Needs Better Data. Why We Fell Behind and How We Can Catch Up.

Barron's
“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.
The U.S. Needs Better Data. Why We Fell Behind and How We Can Catch Up.

Forget Musk's latest pay package, his last one could wipe out years of Tesla profits

Reuters
“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.
Forget Musk's latest pay package, his last one could wipe out years of Tesla profits

Should Recent Layoffs at Major Companies Worry You? Experts Weigh In

ABC News
ILR Professor Philipp Kircher offers a perspective on the current state of the labor market amid recent high-profile layoffs.
Should Recent Layoffs at Major Companies Worry You? Experts Weigh In

UAW watchdog raises doubts about reform efforts at troubled union

Detroit News
Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, comments on the progress and challenges facing the UAW’s reform efforts.
UAW watchdog raises doubts about reform efforts at troubled union

Here's what's different about this year's Starbucks strikes, as union drive nears 4-year anniversary

Morningstar
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.
Here's what's different about this year's Starbucks strikes, as union drive nears 4-year anniversary

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