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Organisations need to take their share of responsibility, too.
The Ludlow strike was one of the most bitter and violent in U.S. labor history.
Data on pain can tell us a lot about about a the wellbeing of a country’s citizens.
When new technology can produce the texts companies or departments use to explain themselves, core values can shift incrementally without anyone really noticing.
U.S. tariffs disrupted Canada’s manufacturing sector in 2025, but their labour-market effects didn’t impact immigrant and Canadian-born workers the same.
At its best, the scheme changes lives – like an abattoir worker using savings to supply clean drinking water to his Vanuatu village. But exploitation remains rife.
Many women in the skilled trades are turning to online communities for mentorship, advice, and support to help them stay in the field.
Less than 4% of young workers now belong to a union.
Workers are clinging to their roles and there’s little space for entry-level candidates.
Policymakers inside and outside of government can provide ideas on creating targeted policies and pathways to recruit talented workers to Canada in the wake of the U.S. H-1B visa fee hike.
The US central bank is aiming for its soft landing that avoids recession, but the data and competing policy choices will make it difficult.
The challenge is not job creation, but how to find the workers we need. There’s much the government can do, from childcare to migration.
Thursday, 18 September is a day of national strike action in France.
What role have strikes played in French history? What meaning do they have today?
Neurodivergent people may struggle with casual conversations and networking. Efforts to ameliorate workplace settings and routines only go so far.
While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.
Medicaid improves access to care for low-wage workers who cannot survive on bare-bone benefits offered by their employers.
Salgado produced technically flawless, mesmerising images of some of the world’s harshest realities, from the gold mines of Brazil to the horror of the Rwandan genocide.
Workplaces across the country are becoming safe and supportive places for people with substance use issues.
During World War I, the US government designed and constructed entire communities for workers and their families, setting new standards for housing and neighborhood planning.
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Labour studies, Brock University
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor Emeritus of Business, Wayne State University
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Global Fellow at the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, University of Arizona
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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Leiden University