Be Yourself. The 2 Things College Students Should Know about Personality on...
The martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher, Bruce Lee, was one of the most prominent figures in the world throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Lee was not only extremely successful at each of...
View ArticleConrad Liveris: Why WA men are losing their jobs
Hands up if you are bit bored or confused of the government talking to you about innovation? And how about if you know someone who has lost their job in the last twelve months? On the face of it they...
View ArticleAt Carrier, Corporate Greed is the Bottom Line (Alliance for American...
(Source: Alliance for American Manufacturing) Indiana workers remain angry that thousands of middle class jobs are being sent to Mexico. Wayne Dale got the call late in the evening on Feb. 9. A...
View ArticleMaking America Great Again Is a Local Job
Wikimedia Commons Presidential candidates tend to offer a story of national revival that begins with one person: themselves. It is a Great Man (or Woman) Theory of political change. Something is wrong...
View ArticleNow You're Working With Power
A few months ago, Giant Bomb’s Dan Ryckert tweeted about unions. He didn’t get them, why they exist, or what they do. Responses ranged from the appalled to the helpful, but the truth is that Dan’s not...
View ArticleSanders Is Fighting to Raise the Wages for Most Black and Latino Workers
Corporate profits are booming, and U.S. workers remain some of the most productive in the world. Yet tens of millions of workers still earn hourly wages that fall below the federal poverty line. These...
View ArticleObsessed & 2 Dumb 2 Tame
Comedian and writer Joseph Scrimshaw seems obsessed with obsession. Not his own so much, but those of the guests that join him on each episode of Obsessed with Joseph Scrimshaw. His show is hosted on...
View ArticleWhy Raising The Social Security Retirement Age May Hit Latinos Hardest
More than four in 10 workers aged 58 or older have physically stressful jobs, according to a new report. Six in 10 older Latino workers have jobs that are either "physically demanding" or involve...
View ArticleWhy Raising The Social Security Retirement Age Could Hit Latinos Hardest
More than four in 10 workers aged 58 or older have physically stressful jobs, according to a new report. Six in 10 older Latino workers have jobs that are either "physically demanding" or involve...
View ArticleBeyond email: could startup Slack change the way you work?
Two million people are already using Slack to chat, send emojis and encourage creativity at work. Nasa and Harvard are on board – will your company be next?...
View ArticleRubin: The Detroit Promise has, well, promise
How’s this for a sales pitch for the Detroit Promise: The less debt young people have, the more quickly they can become productive members of society. That was one reaction from Wayne State University...
View Article11,000 Young People Apply for Summer Jobs through Grow Detroit’s Young Talent...
(Source: City of Detroit, MI) In just 5 weeks, more than 11,000 Detroiters between the ages of 14 and 24 went online and applied to participate Grow Detroit's Young Talent. The program, recently named...
View ArticleThe wearable tech that’s getting girls into coding
This article is part of a collaboration with iQ by Intel. Taking friendship bracelets into the digital age, Jewelbots teaches young girls to tinker and code their way into the exploding world of...
View ArticleLow wages, unsafe conditions and harassment: fashion must do more to protect...
In the spirit of International Women’s Day, leading brands should vow to do more to protect the women making our clothes...
View ArticleWhy aren’t salaries growing more?
It's one of the biggest economic challenges at the moment: with the recession behind us, employment is improving, yet wages remain stubbornly low. In America, median wages have been stagnant for more...
View ArticleAn innovative project on the Mexican border helps people with disabilities...
NOGALES, MEXICO — In a makeshift audiology center on the southern end of this border town, 6-year-old Jesus Lopez sits in a sound booth wearing headphones and a look of wonderment as a technician...
View ArticleLabour safety low, health risks high
Labourers working on the site are the first to get exposed to the health and other risks, but little is being done to improve their safety. Even a decade after the Building and Other Construction...
View ArticleCan You Attract Top Talent With Free Food and a Long Wait Time For Benefits?
For years now, the general agreement has been that if you want to retain top talent, you need to offer office perks. The workplace environment has become the main benefits focus for many top companies...
View ArticleDeLauro Testifies on Paid Family and Medical Leave (Rosa L DeLauro)
(Source: Rosa L DeLauro) HARTFORD, CT (March 8, 2016) - Today Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) testified at a Labor & Public Employees Committee hearing on paid family and medical leave. DeLauro...
View Article$188,100 penalty for underpaying trolley pushers (FWO - Fair Work Ombudsman)
(Source: FWO - Fair Work Ombudsman) 10 March 2016 A former company director and his operations manager have been penalised a total of $188,100 for their role in underpaying 10 Adelaide trolley...
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