Analysis Best state in the nation for workers? Oregon Sep 14, 2022 Washington is a close third, according to a recent report released by the global antipoverty nonprofit Oxfam.
Analysis Young workers are much less secretive about pay Aug 24, 2022 When it comes to openness about how much money they make, Gen Z is all about pay transparency. The Baby Boom generation, not so much.
Analysis Inflation hits 41-year high Jun 16, 2022 If you haven’t gotten an 8.6% raise over the past year, you’re not keeping up with inflation, which is at its highest level since 1981.
Analysis A sign that the working class is rising May 23, 2022 Two decades of Gallup polls show a trend: Americans are increasingly calling themselves “working class” again.
Analysis Unemployment is down. But then so is employment. Mar 2, 2022 Unemployment was down to 4.0% last month, almost back to 3.5%, where it was two years ago before the pandemic.
Analysis The 16 biggest strikes of 2021 Mar 2, 2022 Bureau of Labor Statistics reports annually on large work stoppages. Here are the 16 major actions happened in 2021, and how they turned out.
Analysis U.S. strikes rare but increasing in 2021 Mar 2, 2022 The year 2021 had twice as many large work stoppages as 2020, but still far fewer than in the teachers-union-led strike surge of 2018-2019.
Analysis Wages jumped in 2021, but inflation jumped higher Feb 2, 2022 Wages for U.S. workers rose 4.5% in 2021, the fastest in 13 years. The biggest were in “leisure and hospitality” where wages jumped 14%.
Analysis Unions drop back to 10.3% of workforce Feb 2, 2022 Last year’s jump in the percentage of workers who are union-represented appears to have been related to COVID.
Analysis 2021 in labor Jan 1, 2022 The year 2021 in labor: A strike wave, eye-popping wage gains in bargaining, statehouse victories. And polls say unions are popular again.