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News Archive

July 2021

Food delivery gig workers earned less than minimum wage in NYC, survey says
June jobs report shows strong gains despite persistent hiring challenges
Laundry workers essential in pandemic but shut out from benefits 
The Hill
Many New Yorkers are going back to work — but on their own terms
Microaggressions, work stress more manageable for women of color working remotely 
Protestors angry about anti-Israel union statement vote with their feet – and wallets
Ithaca Times
Report: Ithaca economy shouldn't return to business as usual 
Harvard Business Review
Research: Why Rejected Internal Candidates End Up Quitting
Freakonomics
Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute (Part 2)
The law that protects employees of the fast food industry in NYC enters into force 
Yahoo News
They Risked Their Lives During COVID. They Still Don't Earn Minimum Wage.
WIVB TV
Vehicle inventories nationwide are in short supply, but this problem is creating WNY job opportunities
syracuse.com
What will NY schools look like? Cuomo, districts face key Covid issues on masks, vaccines
Forbes
Women Need Mentors Now More Than Ever
The American Prospect
Canary in the Mine: Striking Miners in Alabama
VICE News
What can Activision's own investigation of harassment actually accomplish?
Grist
Why Texas fossil fuel unions signed onto a climate plan
Q&A with Sam Wang
Marketplace
When economic predictions are wrong
Bloomberg Law
Scabby the Rat Ruling Revives Free Speech Debate at Labor Board
Racounteur
Fashion brands struggle to balance profit and principle in China
The Guardian
I struggled with office life. Now others are alive to benefits of remote working
Bloomberg
The Remote-Work Czar Is the New Shortcut to the C-Suite
BBC News
Why we don't dole out many compliments - but should
Professors Share Future
Nevada Current
How despite losing multiple rulings, Station keeps fending off a Culinary contract
USA Today
Fact Check: COVID-19 deaths didn't cause U.S. labor shortage
Sinclair Broadcast Group
McDonald's shakes up fast-food industry, offers new benefits to employees
Reuters
Asia's apparel industry threatened by rising sea levels, study warns
The Washington Post
Biden once again bungles a story about low-wage noncompete agreements
The Guardian
Wisconsin workers fight factory move to Mexico: ‘Anxiety is through the roof’
The Post-COVID Future of the Apparel Industry
Cornell Chronicle
Takeout Couriers in China Quietly Strike ‘Under the Radar’
Marketplace
U.S. job openings high for second consecutive month
Yahoo! Money
Biden's latest executive order empowers workers in 3 key ways
Agence France-Presse Fact Check
Fact check: graphic misleadingly compares job numbers under Trump and Biden
Times Union News
Local businesses face the reality of rising wages
AP News
Volvo Trucks to restart Virginia factory as strike continue
The Ideological Foundations of the Mobilization of the Unemployed
Cornell Chronicle
NSF Funds Work To Flag Bad Online Behavior
Marketplace
How worried should we be about the COVID-19 Delta variant?
BBC Sounds
Emily Zitek discusses entitlement
The Story Exchange
Rethinking the 40-Hour Work Week
ILR Perspective Informing Reform in India
Yang-Tan Institute Offers Inclusion Resources
Cornell Chronicle
Report: Ithaca Economy Shouldn’t Return to Business As Usual
Cornell Chronicle
New Curriculum Will Prepare Students for Future World of Work Challenges

June 2021

Business Insider
'How Black can I be in this moment?' Black professionals describe the profound psychological toll of code-switching while working from home
96 Extremely Awkward Situations That We Can All  Relate To, As Shared In This Thread
syracuse.com
Can the NYS Fair find up to 6,000 workers for an 18-day run amid a labor shortage?

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