Labor
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Time to End the Five-Day Work Week?
Most developed-world denizens take the five-day work week as a given. The very idea of questioning it would be as inconceivable as it is fanciful. (Indeed, in our work-obsessed culture, it would likely brand you a lazy bum by coworkers and superiors alike.) But as Philip Sopher over at The Atlantic points out, even the seven-day… Continue reading
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Lessons From Ikea on the Merits of Better Pay
While many American employers regard higher wages as anathema to business success, Ikea, the world’s largest furniture retailer, is thriving in the U.S. in large part because of its generous compensation. As HuffPo reported: Under the system that the ready-to-assemble furniture maker first established in January [2015], the starting wage for any given store in the U.S. reflects… Continue reading
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Why Workers Put Up With A Bad Economy
Given the mounting hardship and misery that has become common in most Americans’ working lives, one cannot help wonder why we have yet to take action — where are the strikes, demonstrations, unionizings, and other forms of pushback?How many more years of income stagnation, inequality, and stress can the majority of workers take? How much… Continue reading
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Reflections On International Workers’ Day
International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day and Labor Day, is a holiday that honors the working classes and the labor movement, and also commemorates the Haymarket affair of 1886, in which workers went on strike for rights like an eight-hour workday and better working conditions (it soon became violent due to police brutality and a fatal bombing… Continue reading
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