Solidarity with Scarlett Johansson? Let me explain
As the industry has consolidated and adopted new technologies, it’s used its power against labor. Johansson needs to fight along with other workers in the industry if they’re going to…
Back To The Office? Not Yet. Companies Scramble To Adjust To The Delta Variant
September was expected to be the month of mass returns to the office. Now the surging extra-contagious coronavirus variant has employers wondering what to do.
Are Bosses Dictators?
A philosopher argues that millions of Americans are subject to tyranny in the workplace.
This machine needs us but doesn’t care about us
“I think the pandemic really gave industry workers a footing to stand on and get started,” Hanley went on. “People were patting industry workers on the back, saying we’re ‘essential’…
Commuting is psychological torture
“People worried about recouping their corporate real estate expenses are gonna use every lie and find every ‘expert’ possible to tell us why we don’t actually enjoy the new model,…
The means by which you need to survive are privately owned
selling your labor under capitalism
Protests in Colombia
who is protesting and why
Diversity Efforts Lead to Salary Hikes
While professionals of color are hopeful about the wage increases as one step toward addressing these various issues in their workplaces, they remain cautious. “I just want a comfortable working…
AliExpress: The New Amazon? Or, Close, But No Cigar?
oth Ali and Amazon are sticking around for the near future, if not way longer. But they will get some new competititors. In Korea, for example, competitor Coupang just went…
Fast Food Giant Claims Credit For Killing $15 Minimum Wage
The company’s boasts come just a few months after a government report found that some of its chains had among the highest percentage of workers relying on food stamps. Inspire…