Tag: jobs
A tax credit was meant to help marginalized workers get permanent...
The government gives hundreds of millions of dollars in Work Opportunity Tax Credits to temp agencies, even if the jobs they offer don’t lead to permanent employment.
Robots are coming for white-collar jobs
This robotic automation of white-collar jobs is being imposed so suddenly, widely, and stealthily that losses will crush any gains.
The Fed is about to shaft American workers—or no good reason
Fed policymakers are poised to raise interest rates at their March meeting and then continue raising them, in order to slow the economy.
Artificial intelligence wants you (and your job)
We’d better control machines before they control us.
Jobs report coverage lacked context, worker perspective
Workers might be in a better position to push wages up if employers are forced to compete with both the fear of the pandemic and increased unemployment payments.
Sanders urges labor secretary to protect jobless benefits as GOP governors...
Sanders is hardly alone in calling on Walsh to do everything in his power to ensure that jobless workers continue receiving benefits regardless of Republican governors' actions.
The shecession: Women face staggering job & income losses amid the...
“The reason for this is because women are over-represented in the hardest-hit sectors: service, leisure/hospitality, education and healthcare services.”
Jobs, the environment, and a planet in crisis
When it comes to heat, extreme weather, wildfires, and melting glaciers, the planet is now in what the media increasingly refers to as “record” territory,...
Job growth bounces back in June, but unemployment edges upward
While workers are seeing modest real wage growth, it is much less than would be expected with the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years.
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Hype about Democrats passing the torch: Don’t get fooled again
While Pelosi quickly endorsed Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to replace her as leader, an overall closer look reveals a problematic record.
Blessings and curses of a losing Trump finale: A boon to Democrats could hurt...
It’s not clear whether benighted, garden-variety Republicanism (or Democratism) is a better stimulant for Progressive politics vs. another vapid, sensationalized, chaotic Trump circus stunt.
As corporations enjoy record-high profits, experts urge Congress to ‘rein them in’
"Instead of raising interest rates and slowing the economy toward a recession, Congress and Biden should be taking aim at corporate price gouging."
Populist climate action requires thinking about freedom from specific oppressors—not just species survival
The climate crisis is a form of oppression by a wealthy few.
San Francisco approves police deployment of potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots
“Robots will only be used as a deadly force option when [the] risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other force option available to SFPD.”