Job cuts have risen this year, even as the US economy shows no signs of a downturn for now
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Stress over cost of living crisis harming workers’ performance, survey finds
Managers say anxiety is causing distraction, affecting productivity and increasing absenteeism
Workers at Amazon’s largest air hub in the world push to form a union
Employees at the company’s hub outside Cincinnati Northern Kentucky international airport are now mobilizing
Company fires 2,700 workers while they were sleeping days before Thanksgiving
Workers at Mississippi-based furniture company received text saying they were terminated right before midnight on 21 November
More workers say Starbucks retaliated for union efforts: ‘I lost everything when they fired me’
US employee rights agency issues growing number of complaints against coffee chain as hundreds of stores try to form unions
Yes, you should monitor your remote workers – but not because you don’t trust them
Cybercrime attacks are increasing. That’s one good reason to keep track of employees who work from home
Workplace trauma can affect anyone in any occupation. How can we deal with it?
It doesn’t just happen to emergency or frontline workers, and can stem from accidents, bullying, and even severe stress
Mass firings, wage cuts and open hostility: workers are still unionizing despite obstacles
Companies are hiring anti-union consultants and deploying hardball tactics when workers threaten to form a union
American workers are burned out and tired. There’s a solution: unions
The good news is, we know how to fix that malaise – because many, many people have been right there with you before
California approves landmark bill to give fast-food workers more power
New fast-food council will give half a million employees more power and protections, over objections of restaurant owners
Long Covid is keeping 2-4 million Americans out of workforce, report says
About 16 million working-age Americans have long-term Covid, according to a Brookings Institution report
Workers are being punished for inflation. The real culprit is corporate greed
Big corporations are using inflation as cover to raise prices. Yet the US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates – further hurting Americans
Trader Joe’s Workers Unionize In Historic Vote In Massachusetts
The supermarket chain is the latest major company where workers, who passed the vote 45-31, have unionized
US employers’ support for workers’ abortion care leaves serious gaps
Millions of Americans rely on their employers for health insurance and while some firms have stepped up, others have not, with those on low incomes most likely to suffer
Amazon could run out of workers in US in two years, internal memo suggests
With exceptionally high turnover, the company risks churning though available labor pool by 2024