Tag: salaries
Reality TV show contestants are more like unpaid interns than Hollywood stars
David Arditi, University of Texas at Arlington
In December 2018, John Legend joined then-newly elected U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
MLB’s new collective bargaining agreement fails to address players’ biggest grievances
Victor Matheson, College of the Holy Cross
“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball,”...
MLB’s new collective bargaining agreement fails to address players’ biggest grievances
Victor Matheson, College of the Holy Cross
“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball,”...
Baseball’s biggest problem isn’t pace of play – it’s teams tanking
Adam Felder, University of Virginia
Major League Baseball is in trouble. But for all of Commissioner Rob Manfred’s concerns about pace of play, he’s looking...
How big bonuses for winning coaches became a tradition in college...
Jasmine Harris, Ursinus College
As college football bowl and playoff games unfold before a TV audience of millions, most of the attention will be on...
Amazon and other ‘superstar’ companies could give all American workers a...
Carolin Schellhorn, St. Joseph's University
The latest employment data, released on Oct. 5, point to a persistent economic puzzle: The unemployment rate is the lowest...
Cheating workers out of wages is easier than ever
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Jara Neal Willis, a nurse at a hospital in Texas, usually clocked in a few minutes before the start...
How timekeeping software helps companies nickel and dime their workers
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
If you work on an hourly basis, you may not have given much thought to what happens to your...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
