Labor

Performing well as a first-level supervisor is like walking the circus high wire. In both positions, the ability to maintain one’s balance when shifting forces pull in opposite directions is a measure of one’s success. First-level supervisors must be able to harmonize the demands of management, the demands of the collective work force (often represented […]

It’s time to stop treating the situation as a short-term crisis.

A new model for long-term collaboration, based on five principles.

Most American managers have a hard time making sense of Germany. It has a fraction of the resources and less than one-third the population of the United States. Labor costs are higher, paid vacations are at least three times as long, and strong unions are deeply involved at all levels of business, from the local […]

At this large GM plant the union and management jointly seek to change the meaning of work itself

In 2022, U.S. workers voted to form more unions than they have in nearly 20 years.

The consequences of joblessness are far-reaching.

Losing your job may feel like a permanent setback. But it’s not.

Being good at your job means having the right understanding of your job.

Hilltop Stores 100 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06105 Serving Greater Hartford Since 1926 Date: February 16, 1989 To: Margaret Flynn, CEO Hilltop From: Ed Boyer, VP for store operations Our contract with Local 413 expires June 18, so we need to start preparing for negotiations (they’re scheduled to begin in eight weeks). Now is a […]

Why is it that we pay people handsomely for analyzing financial data, say, but not for the much harder work of smiling in the face of an insult? Every...

Inequality in the U.S. has been getting worse for decades: The richest 1% own a majority of all business wealth, and the top 10% own more than 90%. It...

Research suggests it has a positive — and sizable — impact on firm performance.

Machine learning is increasingly capable of complex analysis.

Recruiters should search public data on where engineers live and work.

Today, most multinationals have a conspicuous social conscience. They publicize their internal codes of conduct, monitor labor conditions in their global supply chains, and require suppliers to meet basic labor practice standards. But despite efforts to be better global citizens, companies by themselves are unable to eliminate abuses in their supply chains. In fact, so […]

New takes on the class divide, from "Bridging the Divide: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society," by Jack Metzgar; "Fight Like Hell: The Untold...

Are you a creator, a composer, or a coach?

The conventional wisdom in retail and other low-margin service industries has been that bad frontline jobs-with low pay, unpredictable schedules, and...

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