"One of the best pieces of labor writing — on the attempt of memory care workers to unionize in Oregon during the pandemic — that I've ever read: ."

>"For almost two years, couches have been cubicles. Colleagues are instant message avatars. And people are reconsidering how much they should have to put up with from a boss."

"Labor shouldn’t be seen as one more special interest group. It benefits all of us if the people doing essential work throughout our economy have good jobs, a collective voice & dignified treatment at work."

>"A second union vote may be held at an Alabama warehouse, and new tactics by the Teamsters and other groups aim to pressure Amazon _...Read More_

"A wave of the contagious Delta variant is causing companies to reconsider when they will require employees to return, and what health requirements should be in place when they do."

"When our colleagues quit, are we more or less likely to quit too? Is quitting contagious? Research shows it depends on the departing employee's performance — and what kind of manager is in charge."

"The hollowing out of America’s manufacturing base has devastated workers from all backgrounds, but it has hit Black and Hispanic Americans the hardest."

"What has caught some managers off guard is the emotional reaction to their edicts that it was time for employees to head back, in person."

>"Companies including Walmart and Costco began to rethink their requirements for face masks after federal health regulators relaxed their _...Read More_

>"The administration learned of what appeared to be “serious violations” of labor rights, it said, and is using a new tool in the North American trade _...Read More_

>"The A.F.L.-C.I.O. and other groups are seeking to make use of a new enforcement mechanism in the updated North American trade deal."

This talk about politics at work crap is just a ploy to blacklist the non woke and non compliant.