…At the same time, rising wage inequality has affected workers across the American labor market, partly because union membership has diminished substantially since the mid-1970s. Research shows that the decline…
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…Institute, “Beyond Guns and God: Understanding the Complexities of the White Working Class in America,” created a profile of non-Hispanic, non-salaried workers without four-year college degrees; this demographic constitutes 36%…
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…by hurting jobs that depend on the spending of federal contractors; and by diminishing the spending of workers whose salaries are often cycled back into the economy through the purchase…
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…are notorious complainers. Contended Albert Hunt, Bloomberg News, who has been a journalist for 47 years, “We complain because we are quasi-creative workers.” Creative people are supposed to complain. Why…
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…were found to significantly reduce gun-related crimes. Of these legal interventions, probation strategies — increased contact with police, probation officers and social workers — proved most effective at curtailing gun…
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…effective interventions ranging from self-awareness to medication. The researchers recommend that health care workers be keenly aware of the increased risk of violent behavior during first-episode psychosis. Keyword: crime, metastudy…
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…among telecommuters is only marginally higher than among nontelecommuting workers. According to the CPS data, 77% of those who telecommute are parents, while 75% of nontelecommuters are parents. In sum,…
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…workers tend to have higher average unemployment. Meanwhile, there are structural factors at work in the economy that appear to be limiting the number of startups and “young firms.” A…
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…for bridging the “skills gap” between workers and employers, while universities view online offerings as a way to maximize the value of their branded pedagogical content and potentially shore up…
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…200,000; and they estimated that 330,000 people had been killed overall as a result of the conflicts, accounting for all soldiers, militants, police, contractors, journalists, humanitarian workers and civilians involved….
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