#Workers

Richard V. Reeves

RichardvReeves

1/18 New paper from me & Katherine Guyot on unpredictable work hours. Bottom line is that workers need more control of their time - or "time sovereignty" - and more

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: January 5, 1914. Henry Ford announced his famous $5 a day wage to his workers. But let's be clear; Ford was a horrible human who

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

In September, 865,000 women over 20 left the labor force in a single month. I've struggled to explain just how large and shocking that number is. So I thought I'd

Progressive Caucus

USProgressives

BIG NEWS: the Progressive Caucus has secured the inclusion of a $15 minimum wage in the House's pandemic reconciliation package.This has been a leading priority for our caucus and would

Esther Choo MD MPH

choo_ek

Dr. Gokal had in-hand doses of COVID vaccine that would go to waste if he didn't use them within hours. He used them for neighbors, acquaintances, and family, filtering out

Marianne Wanamaker

mwanamak

Lots of focus recently on the weekly UI claims report from @USDOL, and rightfully so. UI claims data give us real-time measures of employment status changes amid the pandemic. They

dork phoenix🌹

uhshanti

it works in a legislative body but you can’t Manchin a general electionhttps://twitter.com/briebriejoy/status/1352682244306071552 RCV is great but it’s just instant runoff! it doesn’t actually enable third parties, unless you’re ass

OptionsTrader32

optionstrader32

$NET some notes from the call-added 99 new large customers, now 736 customers spending $100k+/year, which is 47% of revenueThey make a point to note that no customer accounts for

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin

Ceannabhain

1/11: Seen people recently thinking of joining a party & various discussions around that. Thought I'd write about what I think makes PBP fundamentally different from other left parties -

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

It’s #JobsDay. This is a snapshot of the economy the next president will inherit. 0/ October was the 8th month of the COVID crisis in the U.S. labor market. We

Frank Lee

trumpcowboy

MARXISM FOR MAGA #MAGA #Trump2020 Quick guide to Marxism for Trump fans trying to figure out what the heck is going on with the insane left. I'm going to skate

Li Jin

ljin18

At the turn of the 20th century, in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, agrarian society and cottage industries gave way to urbanization, mass production, and corporate employment.Now, new internet

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia

BhadeliaMD

It has always been hard for me describe my experiences within Ebola Treatment Unit walls during the 2013 West African Ebola epidemic. Leaving that battlefield, most of us, national and

Has Jeff Bezos Decided To End World Hunger?

HasBezosDecided

Feel like I see this a lot so gonna clarify something:The socialist nations of the 20th Century, such as the Soviet Union, Cuba, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, China and others, were

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

Republicans want to extend additional unemployment benefits but cut them substantially: to about $200/week for the typical worker, down from $600/week for all workers right now.More on the plan and

Carla Shalaby

CarlaShalaby

I’ve been grumpy for something like 2639268 days and didn’t want to put that energy out into the world, so I’ve been very limited in my own social media. But

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