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April 2022

Vox
Harry Katz
Congrats! You formed a union. Now comes the hard part.
Harvard Business Review
Vanessa Bohns
The Essentials: Persuading People
Patricia Campos-Medina
Worker Institute report on NYS nail salon industry report findings shared
Player FM
Vanessa Bohns
Ep. 167 - Human Element Series - Paying Attention To The Human Side with Vanessa Bohns
KCBS Radio
Jason Judd
Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent food prices to global record highs
Vanessa Bohns
Need a favor? Here’s how to ask that researchers say will get you a ‘yes’ answer
Kate Bronfenbrenner
‘Captive Audience’ Meetings are in the NLRB’s Crosshairs. Here’s How a Ban on the Popular Management Tactic Could Impact Union C
MSN
Esta Bigler
New York Prepares For Billion-Dollar Marijuana Industry, Launches Cannabis Workforce Initiative
The Economist
Adam Seth Litwin
Amazon has its first union, but lots more are unlikely to follow
syracuse.com
Esta Bigler
NY’s Cannabis Workforce Initiative aims to train next generation of entrepreneurs
Democrat and Chronicle
Andrew Karhan
Pandemic unemployment slammed people with disabilities; can this program help fix it?
Susanne Bruyere
What is neurodiversity, and why has it become so important to employers, educators?
Art Wheaton
Railroad workers warn that BNSF’s “harsh” new policy may force them to work while sick, exhausted
Study Documents Salon Worker Risks
The New York Times
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Amazon workers who won a union their way open labor leaders’ eyes
Boston Globe
Erica Groshen
Labor shortages across economy are creating opportunities for older workers
Cornell Chronicle
Disadvantage Impacts White Men’s Perception of Privilege
NBC NEWS
Patricia Campos-Medina
Staten Island Amazon warehouse workers unionize
They’re young, optimistic and they want a union
Vox
Ileen DeVault
They’re young, optimistic and they want a union
Yahoo News
ILR School
Bernie Sanders lays out 2 possible economic futures for the US — powerful billionaire oligarchs or a powerful unionized middle c
News 10 Albany
Esta Bigler
Skill, training gaps are obstacles for NYS cannabis workforce
Russell Weaver
New analysis finds eviction filings, crime rates are correlated
Marketplace
Adam Seth Litwin
Amazon union showcases the power of grassroots labor organizing, professor says
Yahoo News
Patricia Campos-Medina
A Union Has A Pivotal Decision To Make In This New Play
Cornell Chronicle
NYS Cannabis Workforce Initiative Surveys Industry
Market watch
JR Keller
Don’t burn bridges: Companies are welcoming back older workers
Vox
Ileen DeVault
How a bunch of Starbucks baristas built a labor movement
NPR
Patricia Campos-Medina
He was fired by Amazon 2 years ago. Now he's the force behind the company's 1st union
Russell Weaver
Census data: New Yorkers left downstate during COVID's first year
Erica Groshen
Sanctions on Russia: Who gains, who loses?
Bloomberg
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Amazon NYC Warehouse Workers Support Union in Historic Labor Win
NBC NEWS
Patricia Campos-Medina
https://news.yahoo.com/amazon-workers-claim-historic-union-164307307.html
Yahoo News
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Amazon Workers Claim Historic Union Win in Big Blow to Bezos
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Amazon workers in New York vote to form union in ‘historic victory’
Cornell Chronicle
Student Grants Serve Communities Near and Far

March 2022

Aligning Incentives, Performance Metrics and Strategic Objectives
Forbes
Leadership in tech: How can we get more women to the top?
Yahoo News
Maine labor unions to form climate change panel
The effects of workplace change may not be the ones we expect
US News and World Report
The Great Return: Companies are calling their workers back to the office as COVID-19 fades
Times Union News
Workers at Latham Plaza Starbucks want to unionize
Maine Beacon
Lara Skinner
Maine unions launch platform to create thousands of good jobs, take on climate crisis
Yahoo! Finance
Patricia Campos-Medina
Amazon union vote in Alabama could drag out amid contested ballots
The Need to Revamp Refugee Resettlement
ILR Announces Future of Work Fellowship Program
The Washington Post
Erica Groshen
4.4 million Americans quit or changed jobs in February as turnover remained very high
CNBC
Cathy Creighton
Covid upended the labor market, and now these workers are using their leverage to push for unions
Ileen DeVault
Applebee’s franchise exec calls lower pay an ‘advantage’ of high gas prices in viral email: This ‘shouldn’t shock us,’ says labo
Kate Bronfenbrenner
The Battle of Beaumont

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