#LABOR

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

Yesterday my first commissioned op-ed ran in the Dallas Morning News. In it, I outline why economic recovery from this recession should include comprehensive child care, from ages 0-18. (thread

Jubilee

crowddemocracy

About to watch 13th on Netflix2 hours to generate ideas for collectively solving prisons and slavery (it is just what my brain does)Will tweet here as I goIt is what

Stephanie Sendaula

sendaulas

Something that we need to talk about in the wake of white people discovering racism is them no longer wanting to review social justice books because they’re "listening," and asking

Liz Mair

LizMair

WHOA. I just tried to tip my cashier at Stop and Shop and was told that’s BANNED. Upon investigation it appears this is to do w it being a UFCW-organized

Olivia Lark

missolivialark

How many guys out there would date a sex worker if you had the opportunity and the genuine connection was there? I’ve been more and more disturbed lately by the

Joshua Clark Davis

JoshClarkDavis

1 of largest COVID-19 clusters in US is at factory owned by Smithfield Foods, company with long history of labor violations.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/south-dakotas-governor-resisted-ordering-people-to-stay-home-now-it-has-one-of-the-nat

Jurrien Timmer

TimmerFidelity

(THREAD) What can we learn about the Japanese experiment with negative rates and #debt monetization? It’s an important Q because demographically the US is about 15 years behind #Japan. I’m

AFL-CIO // Pass the #PROAct

AFLCIO

The AFL-CIO, @SEIU, the SNITIS and @Public_Citizen announced today that they have filed the first complaint under the Rapid Response Mechanism of the #USMCA against Tridonex, an auto parts factory

Daniel Gross

dgorganize

Management keeping tabs on workers' propensity to organize is nothing new. Starbucks would not only track who was wearing union pins but changes in how many pins they would wear.

Seth Hahn

hahn__solo

I know people are joking about this COBOL thing, but this is the reality: I worked for the State of South Dakota in 2005. The computer system we used then

pacefalm

peakofgoodlivin

looking forward to 4 more years of mercilessly bombing the middle east and 4 more years of a patchwork private healthcare system designed to turn a profit for the uber

😷 Lauren Spieller 🏡

laurenspieller

Even if you love your job, even if your job doesn't exist w/o you, even if you have people at work who depend on you, even if you're behind...your job

Emily Heller

MrEmilyHeller

Is it? Some insight from my pen pal who is incarcerated: right now all 120 inmates who regularly work in the garment factory onsite are working 7 days a week

was that a nerve?

primediscussion

All of this boils down to socialization around partnership/relationship economics. Married women/mothers shoulder too large a share of the labor in most cases, and the financial share husbands used to

nutanc

nutanc

Good points covered here. If you are a SaaS business selling to India, these are good points to think about.But it is missing the most important point.Indian businesses will pay

Emily Peck

EmilyRPeck

Three years otter #metoo went viral, these women spoke up about sexual misconduct at United Way, following its own policy. Two were fired, the other retaliated against as well.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/united-way-retaliation-female-em