Jobs
Puzder’s workers say he’s not fit to be Secretary of Labor
January 27, 2017Andrew Puzder has said if the federal minimum wage is raised, he’ll hire robots.
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Trump’s federal hiring freeze likely to cost more than it saves
January 24, 2017“I do not think Trump understands the crippling effect a hiring freeze has…or perhaps he just does not care."
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Victory: Postal workers stop Staples privatization scheme
January 6, 2017Putting the mail in the hands of low-wage, non-union workers was a threat to decent union jobs.
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Meritocratic thinking devalues all work: Job Talk series, part 3
December 31, 2016Karl Marx and Frederick Engels upended the meritocracy myth when they argued you should get what you need.
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Work is more than a job: Job Talk series, part 2
December 28, 2016When we talk about jobs, as a culture, we tend to talk about what workers are given rather than what is taken from them or what they give to society.
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