Tag: Labor Day
Navigating mental illness in the workplace can be tricky, but employees...
Julie Wolfe, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mental health challenges can affect anyone, regardless of background or circumstance,...
Hulk Hogan and the unraveling of worker solidarity
Brian Jansen, University of Maine
Hulk Hogan’s death by heart attack at age 71 came as a shock to...
Underpaid and overlooked, migrant labor provides backbone of Maryland Eastern Shore’s...
Thurka Sangaramoorthy, American University
Every summer, people flock to Maryland to eat blue crabs. Named for their brilliant sapphire-colored...
US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest...
Marick Masters, Wayne State University
The United Auto Workers union, which represents nearly 150,000 employees of companies that manufacture...
5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history
Peter Dreier, Occidental College
Unions are more popular now than at any time since 1965, and the U.S. is...
Robots won’t steal our jobs if we put workers at center...
Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management and Lee Dyer, Cornell University
The technologies driving artificial intelligence are expanding exponentially, leading many technology experts and...
How robots could help bridge the elder-care gap
Cynthia Matuszek, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Despite innovations that make it easier for seniors to keep living on their own rather than moving into...
How noncompete clauses clash with US labor laws
Raymond Hogler, Colorado State University
Most Americans with jobs work “at-will”: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship and vice versa. Either party may...
EXPLORING NATURE
Protein powders and shakes contain high amounts of lead, new report...
C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
Powder and ready-to-drink protein sales have exploded, reaching over US$32 billion globally from...
