About a year into her sales job at TikTok, Nnete Matima had what she describes as her first-ever panic attack.
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How Shawn Fain, an unlikely and outspoken president, led the UAW to strike
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has been in that office less than six months, and already he has launched a series of targeted strikes at factories owned by General Motors, Ford and Stellantis.
Oops! I called my boss ‘dude.’ Career coaches weigh in on tricky workplace dilemmas
It can be hard to know how to act at work. I want to be my relaxed, authentic self — but sometimes that comes off as way too casual.
Sky-high CEO pay is in focus as workers everywhere are demanding higher wages
Workers of all stripes have chafed at the stratospheric pay of their CEO bosses for years, even decades.
Meet The New Bosses — Younger Than The Old Bosses
The chair of North Carolina’s Democratic party is just 25.
Why a 4-day work week is on the table for auto workers
What if you could work just four days a week but get paid for five?
A look at the most annoying workplace jargon and why people are bothered so much
A poll by the company Preply asked white-collar workers to weigh in on the words and terms they’re most sick of hearing on the job. “Circling back” and “touching base” are two that made the list.
4 things to know on Labor Day — from the Hot Labor Summer to the Hollywood strikes
This Labor Day, one thing’s for sure: Organized labor is on the move.
I’m a new dad. Here’s why I’m taking more parental leave than my wife.
My wife and I just had a baby. And, thanks to a generous parental leave policy hammered out between my union and my employer back in 2021, I’m about to take six months of paid leave.
UPS union negotiated a historic contract. Now workers have the final say
When Luigi Morris reports to the UPS distribution center in Canarsie, Brooklyn at 4 a.m., packages are already overflowing off the conveyor belt.
How to ace a job interview when re-entering the workforce after an absence
Difficult bosses, career changes, potential layoffs. From the logistical to the emotional, work can be full of challenging situations and dynamics.
The Visual Effects workers behind Marvel’s movie magic vote to unionize
Ever since production of the first Star Wars movies in the 1970s, the visual effects industry has largely been non-unionized.
The Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action may impact workplace hiring practices
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Harvard law professor Noah Feldman on the implications the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action will have on businesses.
Post Supreme Court ruling, Colo. anti-discrimination law will be tested in new ways
Colorado’s attorney general and others expect lawsuits following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed a Colorado web designer to refuse service to gay couples.
Women are returning to the job market in droves, just when the U.S. needs them most
Deandrea Rahming was eager to go back to work when her youngest child started school, but after more than a decade of being out of the workforce, she wasn’t certain employers would want her.