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Tag Archives: Labor and Jobs
Is it OK to Work on Vacation? Yes, If You Do it Right.
The boundaries between work and life are already blurred. If you embrace that reality, you can make it work to your advantage.
How New Zealand’s Climate Fight Is Threatening Its Iconic Farmland
As the country puts a growing price on greenhouse emissions, investors are rushing to buy up pastures and plant carbon-sucking trees.
Silver-Haired and Shameless About Perks: Retirees Take Part-Time Work in the Travel Industry
Spend 15 hours a week loading baggage at the airport or passing out towels at the pool, and you can see Europe for a fraction of the usual cost.
For Ukrainians Abroad, War Has Also Meant a Flowering of Identity
Italy already had the biggest Ukrainian community in Western Europe before the war, but in recent months the diaspora has taken on new prominence and visibility.
What ‘The Bear’ Gets Right About Restaurant Work
The Hulu drama is resonating partly because it shows workers demanding a better workplace, which is happening in the restaurant industry and beyond.
Return to Office: Young Workers Shouldn’t Stay Remote Forever
Many offices are desolate, open plan landscapes dotted with individuals staring at screens, headphones on. It doesn’t have to be that way.
How This Economic Moment Rewrites the Rules
Jobs aplenty. Sizzling demand. If the United States is headed into a recession, it is taking an unusual route, with many markers of a boom.
Good News on Jobs May Mean Bad News Later as Hiring Spree Defies Fed
Employers hired rapidly and paid more in July, suggesting the Federal Reserve may have to remain aggressive in its effort to cool the economy.
With Surge in July, U.S. Recovers the Jobs Lost in the Pandemic
The increase of 528,000 outstripped expectations, and the gains were spread widely across industries. The jobless rate fell to 3.5 percent.
The Case for Mandatory National Service
Expanding AmeriCorps could help us solve a number of pressing individual, social and economic problems.
‘Head of Team Anywhere,’ and Other Job Titles for an Uncertain Time
Hyper-specific and unconventional roles are opening up to match a professional landscape no one has seen before.
Newsom Asks Hollywood to Stop Filming in Conservative States
The California governor says film companies should “walk the walk” on abortion rights and L.G.B.T.Q. protections by leaving states such as Georgia and Oklahoma.
Living Side by Side, Ukrainian and Russian Sailors Are Tested by War
Sailors are accustomed to not discussing politics at sea, but the war between the two countries has made that more difficult.
Who’s to Blame for a Factory Shutdown: A Company, or California?
The closing of a meatpacking plant near downtown Los Angeles has left its workers reeling and amplified questions about doing business in the state.
United Auto Workers Seek to Shed a Legacy of Corruption
After his predecessors’ imprisonment, the union’s president is being challenged for re-election in the first direct vote by its membership.
Gen Z Knows What It Wants From Employers. And Employers Want Them.
To tap into the creativity of younger workers, and to offset a labor shortage, companies are offering four-day weeks, club memberships and work-from-anywhere flexibility.
The Best Extracurricular May Be an After-School Job
Personally, I learned more working outside school than I did in the classroom.
Pay growth and prices picked up, keeping the Fed on track for rate increases.
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge climbed rapidly in June. Wage and benefit gains are fast, too, separate data showed.
How Do Workers’ Wages Relate to Inflation?
Why workers’ pay has become central to inflation debates.
These Republican Governors Are Delivering Results, and Many Voters Like Them for It
Some G.O.P. governors have high public profiles, others fly below the radar — and many are excelling.
Tell us how the economy is affecting you.
Sharing your experience will help inform our coverage of inflation, jobs, interest rates and more.
Federal Reserve Makes Another Supersized Rate Increase to Tame Inflation
The central bank raised rates by three-quarters of a percentage point and suggested additional large increases could be warranted.
Money Alone Won’t Buy U.S. Tech Superiority
Semiconductor supremacy isn’t something we can buy. It’s something we must build.
America’s Safety Net for Workers Hurt by Globalization Is Falling Apart
A 60-year-old program that provides retraining to workers whose jobs are eliminated because of foreign competition has expired, leaving many at risk.
Loans Could Burn Start-Up Workers in Downturn
Tech workers took out loans based on the value of their start-up stock in recent years. That may come back to haunt them.
Hey, Is Anybody Watching the Interns?
School is out for the summer — but in some cases, so are the bosses.
I’m a Democratic Strategist. This Is How We Win Back the Working Class.
Stop letting Republicans own the issues of outsourcing and trade.
Why Union Drives Are Succeeding
College-educated workers are driving a spike in union organizing.
The Magic of Your First Work Friends
Early-career connections can be life-defining. For young people entering the work force today, the connections over Zoom are shaky.
Why New York’s City Workers Are Quitting in Droves
Competition from the private sector and the government’s balky hiring practices have prompted thousands to flee city government.
The Humbug Economy
Different data are telling different stories.
Robots Aren’t Done Reshaping Warehouses
The pace of automation has accelerated in the pandemic, as big players invest billions in their efforts to streamline how goods are sorted and shipped.
A Mystery: More Jobs Filled, but Lower Output
Productivity gains achieved during the pandemic have diminished as low-wage workers return en masse.
Airline Pilots Seek Big Raises, and Broader Changes
Pilots feel frustrated and overworked, issues that they say the air travel rebound has magnified by disrupting operations.
U.S. Economy Added 372,000 Jobs in June, Defying Slowdown Fears
The strong Labor Department report comes as consumers and businesses express increasing concern about a downturn.
Strong Wage and Jobs Growth Keeps Fed on Track for Big Rate Increase
The Federal Reserve is trying to cool down the economy to bring inflation under control, but the job market is still going strong.
It’s Time to Stop Living the American Scam
We’ve been “productive” enough — produced way too much, in fact. And there is too much that urgently needs to be done.
For People Just Leaving Prison, a Novel Kind of Support: Cash
Joining a raft of initiatives aimed at helping the formerly incarcerated, a program gives money to defray expenses they face, including court fines and rent.
Fed Moves Toward Another Big Rate Increase as Inflation Lingers
As the Federal Reserve battles rapid inflation, officials are likely to stay on an aggressive path even as signs of economic cooling emerge.
When Paying Dues Doesn’t Pay the Rent, How Does the Theater Survive?
Frank talk about salaries and the end of unpaid internships are positive steps, but the cost may be fewer opportunities to learn the ropes.
Pass the Chowder, and the Curry: Jamaican Chefs Add to Cape Cod’s Culinary Delights
Thanks to Jamaican seasonal workers, the taste of Cape Cod now extends beyond the known lineup of Yankee favorites, to golden patties, jerk-rubbed meats and turmeric-rich curries.
Britain Gears Up for a Summer of Labor Discontent
With energy costs and inflation surging, and taxes and the cost of loans increasing, British workers are demanding higher pay and going on strike with a militancy not seen in years.
We Are Not Powerless Against a Recession
Rushing in to confront a crisis is always better than letting it simply unfold.
When Where You Work Determines if You Can Get an Abortion
After the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, many women are discovering that their employer can shape major decisions in their lives even more than it did a week ago.
More Mexicans Are Migrating to the U.S. After a Decade-Long Drop
The death of at least 53 migrants in Texas, more than half of whom were from Mexico, is testing U.S. efforts to enlist Mexico in deterring migration.
Workers at Airports Have Had It
Across Europe, airport and other transport employees are striking, disrupting summer travel plans to demand better staffing and pay.
As Dockworkers Near Contract’s End, Many Others Have a Stake
West Coast longshoremen and port operators say they’re determined to reach an agreement, but truckers and retailers relying on cargo are uneasy.
Crypto Crash Widens Divide Between Rich and Amateur Traders
No cryptocurrency investor has been spared the pain of plunging prices. But the fallout from more than $700 billion in losses is far from even.
Elon Musk and Kraken’s Jesse Powell Shouldn’t Claim to Be Free Speech Advocates
In Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs are lauded as innovators whose vision exceeds that of ordinary mortals. Sometimes they start believing the hype.