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March 2023

Cornell Chronicle
One in Five in NYS Face Workplace Sexual Harassment
Wall Street Journal
Erica Groshen
Falling Survey-Response Rates Undermine Economic Data
Business Insider
Russell Weaver
Layoffs are still historically low, so why does it feel like everyone's losing their job?
John August
Burden of enforcing contracts falling on healthcare union members to 'speak up'
Yahoo News
Russell Weaver
Push to raise NYS minimum wage worries some businesses
Axios
Art Wheaton
Norfolk Southern CEO in the hot seat
Nabiha Qureshi ’23 Awarded Rangel Fellowship
Cornell Chronicle
Johnnie Kallas
Travel Worsens Poor Conditions For Rural Health Aides
Yahoo! Finance
Duanyi Yang
The Perks Workers Want Also Make Them More Productive
Bloomberg
Alex Colvin
Balance of Power
The Hill
Francine Blau
The gender pay gap has stayed largely unchanged for 20 years. What will it take to close it?

February 2023

Bloomberg Law
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Worker-Led Organizing Efforts: Independent Unions Explained
Reuters
Labor Action Tracker
Some US Caterpillar workers plan possible strike once contract expires
CNBC
Art Wheaton
UAW leadership faces historic upheaval ahead of union negotiations with Detroit automakers
NPR
Alex Colvin
You may have heard of the 'union boom.' The numbers tell a different story
ABC News
Ileen DeVault and Labor Action Tracker
'Bare minimum Monday' marks latest quiet quitting trend
Spectrum NY 1
Russell Weaver
4 things to watch as New York budget negotiations start simmering
Psychology today
Vanessa Bohns
How to Use Predictable Laziness to Influence People at Work
City & State
The 2023 State Labor Power 100
syracuse.com
Nellie Brown
Interest in Cannabis Workforce Initiative program continues to expand
Fortune
The Worker Institute
ServiceNow shifted its talent strategy to internal hires in 2022—it filled 1,500 open positions with existing employees
Marketplace
Alex Colvin
Workers are staging more labor actions, thanks in part to the strong job market
Business Insider
Labor Action Tracker
Over 100,000 workers walked out in 2022, showing that Americans' demands for better conditions aren't going away
Yahoo News
Johnnie Kallas
Number of workers on strike spiked 50% in 2022, mostly in service sector
Yahoo News
Labor Action Tracker
Strikes Increased In 2022 As Workers Wielded Their Leverage
CBS News
Harry Katz
Strikes more than double in 2022, with workers exerting leverage in tight labor market
Strikes up 52% in 2022: Labor Action Tracker
Time
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Over 100 Kids Were Illegally Employed in Dangerous Meat-Packing Plant Jobs
NPR
Nellie Brown
Risks for chemical spills are high, but here's how to protect yourself
Wall Street Journal
Virginia Doellgast
AI in the workplace is already here. The first battleground? Call centers
Axios
Kate Bronfenbrenner
How big companies like Tesla and Starbucks are fending off unionization
Fast Company
Shannon Gleeson
How the Biden administration is helping protect the most vulnerable and exploited workers
NBC News New York
The Worker Institute
Manhattan DA Unveils New Unit to Combat Wage Theft, Protect NYC Workers
Marketplace
Erica Groshen
What’s in a number?
Fast Company
Alex Colvin
Ranking workers can hurt morale and productivity. Tech companies are doing it anyway
Sky News
Eli Friedman
China shows that suppressing strikes only fuels discontent
NPR
Erica Groshen
Planet Money: Our 2023 valentines
The Ithaca Voice
Wage Atlas
Op-ed: Make the NY minimum wage a living wage
MSN
Art Wheaton
USW members, ExxonMobil set to meet in federal court Monday as formerly locked out employees seek back pay
The Hill
Labor Action Tracker
Biden is facing these 5 economic hurdles in 2023. Can he solve any of them?
Boston Globe
Risa Lieberwitz
Harvard researchers and non-tenure faculty to push for union
Ithaca Times
Ian Greer
Labor unions confront Common Council again
Gleeson Authors Book on Migrant Worker Rights
USA Today
Chris Collins
Bad news, remote workers: You need to return to the office for your employer to succeed
Forbes
Duanyi Yang
It's Important For Remote Work To Maintain Boundaries Between Personal And Professional Lives
Fast Company
Alex Colvin
You probably took a pay cut last year
Mother Jones
Lara Skinner
Relax, New Yorkers. Nobody’s Coming for Your Gas Stove.
BBC Science Focus
Vanessa Bohns
Instant Genius Podcast: The science of persuasion, with Prof Vanessa Bohns
Newsday
Esta Bigler
Legal marijuana and work: What to know about drug testing, policies and more
The Nation
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Meet the Activist Championing the Rights of Workers From the Inside

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