Tag: Workers
Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization
Nathan Meyers, UMass Amherst
Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has aggressively moved to shrink the federal government....
Philadelphia’s minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since...
Michael O'Bryan, Drexel University and Alicia Atkinson, Drexel University
In Philadelphia, the poorest big city in the U.S., the...
Workers in their teens and early 20s are more likely to...
Diane Rohlman, University of Iowa
Think about your first job. Maybe it was delivering pizza, bagging groceries, busing tables...
How workplaces can create more inclusive environments for employees with deafness...
David C Baldridge, Oregon State University; Brent John Lyons, York University, Canada; Camellia Bryan, University of Toronto, and Liu-Qin Yang, Portland State...
Workplace discrimination saps everyone’s motivation − even if it works in...
Brent Simpson, University of South Carolina
When people work for discriminatory managers, they put in less effort. That’s true...
Railroads and unions reach deal to avert devastating strike, keeping America’s...
Jason Miller, Michigan State University
Most Americans may not appreciate the central role that private railroads play in supporting...
How to make performance reviews less terrible – especially given the...
Yalcin Acikgoz, Appalachian State University
Few office workers seem to like performance reviews, those annual examinations of how well...
Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
John Logan, San Francisco State University
April 1, 2022, may go down as a pivotal day in the history...
EXPLORING NATURE
Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks
Kristina P. Brant, Penn State
On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....
