This Week’s Top Hits

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, predicts that the bureau will “work very hard to make sure quality is preserved,” despite the current partial government shutdown.

John August, director of healthcare labor relations at ILR’s Scheinman Institute, provides insight into the dynamics of the nurses’ strike and negotiation process.

“The technology to cool workers is not complicated, and the costs are manageable in most countries,” said Jason Judd, executive director of ILR’s Global Labor Institute, sharing his expertise about how the garment industry is addressing climate change and heat stress in factories.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, supports the nomination of Brett Matsumoto to be the new commissioner of the bureau.

This article cites research affiliated with the CAROW Initiative on Home Care Work, including ILR Professor Ariel Avgar, which found that home health aides experience significant stress, loneliness and mood challenges due to their work conditions.

Patrica Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute, suggests next steps for protecting the labor rights of gig workers, following recent changes in New York City to how grocery delivery workers are compensated and food delivery platforms encourage tipping.