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The Shut-In Economy
In the new world of on-demand everything, you’re either pampered, isolated royalty — or you’re a 21st century servant.
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The one wild possibility missing from most of the equally baseless Germanwings speculation
French prosecutors have said they believe the Germanwings co-pilot deliberately crashed his Airbus 320 into the mountain after locking the plane’s captain out of the cockpit...By Mark Ames.
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An Important Victory at the Supreme Court for Pregnant Women
The Supreme Court compromises a smart new rule into existence. By Dahlia Lithwick
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Six simple ways to reduce your wrist pain
Anyone who works with keyboards and mice is a candidate for repetitive stress injuries or carpal tunnel syndrome. Here are six practical, inexpensive techniques to keep your wrist pain in check.
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Why Office Walls Are Crumbling in 2015
Should we shut the doors on the open office concept? Or are office walls gone for good? Here we discuss the pitfalls and the possibilities of the open concept office.
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The Company You Work For Is Not Your Friend
One thing becomes apparent after the honeymoon of a newly-launched career is over: Your employer--whether it’s a scrappy startup or a massive multi-million dollar company--is not your friend. You are a resource. That means the only one you can trust, really, is you. Here's how to keep a cool head and stay in control of your career.
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It’s illegal to prevent workers from talking about wages - T-Mobile did it anyway
Carolina Figueroa works at a T-Mobile call center in Albuquerque, N.M., in the bilingual retention section, trying to talk Spanish-speaking customers out of canceling their accounts. She likes her job, and the pay is decent — $18.50 an hour after eight years working there, plus health coverage, which covers the bills for her and her young daughter.
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Joseph Stiglitz on the Trans Pacific Partnership: “This Is A Big Deal”
Trade agreements are about more than business—they’re about who has final say in the way people around the world live, what they eat, how much they are paid, what medicines they can buy and whether they have jobs. Such agreements shape economic policies that impact billions of people. The discussions surrounding these agreements are far too important to done in secret. But that’s precisely how the Obama administration is trying to pass the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
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Workers Behind Ruthless and Effective Grassroots Campaigns Are Now on Trial for Racketeering
The LWC counters that their tactics have involved creative direct action, not conspiracy or extortion.
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As “Right To Work” becomes law in Wisconsin, a reminder of its inventor’s racist past
"Wisconsin is historically one of the most pro-union, progressive states, home to the legendary 'Fighting Bob' LaFollette, and the only community-owned nonprofit NFL football team— so gutting unions in labor’s historical heartland is like what Russian homicide detectives call a 'control shot' — the point-blank bullet to the head that makes sure the bleeding target on the ground never breathes again." By Mark Ames.
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Saharan 'carpet of tools' is the earliest known man-made landscape
Researchers used the new survey of the Messak Settafet to estimate that enough stone tools were discarded over the course of human evolution in Africa to build more than one Great Pyramid for every square kilometre of land on the continent.
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Are Uber Drivers Employees? The Trial That Could Devastate the “Sharing Economy”
Uber, you might recall, is very rich. It’s racked up billions of dollars in funding for a valuation somewhere in the realm of $40 billion. Lyft, its main rival, isn’t doing too shabbily either...
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Meet the Sex Workers Who Lawmakers Don't Believe Exist
Meet the Sex Workers Who Anti-Trafficking Politicians Aren't Thinking About
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Why salaries don’t rise
Unemployment is down, but wages remain stagnant, which leaves the middle class stuck in neutral.
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N. Korean workers abroad only get to keep 10% of their earnings
North Koreans working abroad earn $1,000 per month on average, but up to 90 percent of their wages is intercepted by authorities, according to a book about human rights on their experiences, released Tuesday. The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB), a private research institute, authored the book after interviewing 20 North Koreans with experience of working abroad.
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I was a professor at four universities. I still couldn’t make ends meet.
Last week was the first ever National Adjunct Walkout Day, a grassroots protest to push for fair pay and better working conditions. Protests and teach-ins took place on as many as 100 campuses nationwide, prompting at least one university to create a task force to address labor concerns. It’s little wonder that a national movement has sprung up around the adjunct system, which offers little or no job security or access to benefits and significantly lower wages than regular faculty.
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As Workers' Comp Varies From State To State, Workers Pay The Price
At the time of their accidents, Jeremy Lewis was 27, Josh Potter 25. The men lived within 75 miles of each other. Both were married with two children about the same age. Both even had tattoos of their children's names. Their injuries, suffered on the job at Southern industrial plants, were remarkably similar, too. Each man lost a portion of his left arm in a machinery accident.
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The Best Freelance Advice You Need But Don’t Want To Hear
Many people fail at their attempt to freelance because of their half-hearted commitment. They only like the idea of freelancing rather than the actual act of doing it.
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How Much Is Your Arm Worth? Depends On Where You Work
The men lived within 75 miles of each other. Both were married with two children about the same age. Both even had tattoos of their children’s names. Their injuries, suffered on the job at Southern industrial plants, were remarkably similar, too. Each man lost a portion of his left arm in a machinery accident. After that, though, their paths couldn’t have diverged more sharply...
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The Robots Are Coming
In the London Review of Books, John Lanchester reviews "The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies" by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee Norton, and "Average Is Over: Powering America beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation" by Tyler Cowen.
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