/tags/labor labor en-US Copyright Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:57:34 GMT /business-and-labor/2024-06-18/california-hits-amazon-with-fines-under-warehouse-worker-law A 2021 law has resulted in a $6 million penalty against Amazon for allegedly not notifying employees at two Inland Empire facilities of production targets. Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:57:34 GMT /business-and-labor/2024-06-18/california-hits-amazon-with-fines-under-warehouse-worker-law Jeanne Kuang /labor-employment/2022-09-23/ems-provider-shortage-reaches-breaking-point Emergency medical service providers throughout Oregon are sounding the alarm about workforce shortages in their field. Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:15:25 GMT /labor-employment/2022-09-23/ems-provider-shortage-reaches-breaking-point Jane Vaughan /health-and-medicine/2022-01-25/covid-infected-nurses-working-at-short-staffed-california-nursing-homes About 11,500 long-term care center workers are now sick with COVID. “It’s been like one coworker after another, after another, everyone getting sick,” one nursing assistant said. Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:48:12 GMT /health-and-medicine/2022-01-25/covid-infected-nurses-working-at-short-staffed-california-nursing-homes Kristen Hwang /business-and-labor/2021-09-24/a-new-law-in-california-aims-to-protect-workers-at-retail-warehouses-like-amazons California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 701 on Wednesday. It aims to address the impact of speed quotas on warehouse worker injuries and health. Fri, 24 Sep 2021 23:18:54 GMT /business-and-labor/2021-09-24/a-new-law-in-california-aims-to-protect-workers-at-retail-warehouses-like-amazons Jaclyn Diaz /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-03-03/your-side-may-be-losing-the-new-class-war The polarization of the United States has less to do with color than with money, says University of Texas professor Michael Lind. Bigotry is mixed in, but… Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:18:16 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-03-03/your-side-may-be-losing-the-new-class-war The �Ϸ��Ӵ�ý Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-09/exchange-exemplar-employee-employer-loyalty-nears-extinction Remember when you could graduate from high school, get a job at the local factory, and make decent money there until you retired? Few people do in today's… Thu, 09 Jan 2020 18:18:14 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-09/exchange-exemplar-employee-employer-loyalty-nears-extinction The �Ϸ��Ӵ�ý Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-04-29/u-of-o-prof-on-how-passionate-workers-get-exploited Life goes a lot faster when we like what we do at work. Being passionate rivets the attention and can result in eruptions of creativity. But it can also… Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:42:15 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-04-29/u-of-o-prof-on-how-passionate-workers-get-exploited The �Ϸ��Ӵ�ý Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-04-16/immigrant-group-pushes-for-workforce-development-for-all "A rising tide lifts all boats" is often the rationale for tax cuts for wealthy people. But the phrase can be applied in other ways, too. For one, the… Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:03:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-04-16/immigrant-group-pushes-for-workforce-development-for-all The �Ϸ��Ӵ�ý Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-04-02/how-the-other-half-works-maid Stephanie Land's career as a writer had to take a back seat to motherhood. With a baby, no partner, and no money, Stephanie turned to cleaning houses for… Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-04-02/how-the-other-half-works-maid The �Ϸ��Ӵ�ý Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-02-15/making-steady-work-of-unsteady-work It's been called the sharing economy or the gig economy.Whatever the name, the legions of temporary Amazon employees, Uber drivers, and Taskrabbit workers… Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:28:10 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-02-15/making-steady-work-of-unsteady-work The �Ϸ��Ӵ�ý Exchange Team