List of Labor Policy articles
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tett The U.S. Economy Needs More Productivity, Not Jobs
Advice for the president-elect.
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Indian schoolchildren wait in line for their mid-day meal at a government primary school in the outskirts of Hyderabad on June 13, 2011, on the opening day of the new academic year. The government of India's Andhra Pradesh state has introduced English as a second language from Class 1 onwards for the 2011-2012 academic year. India's National Knowledge Commission has admitted that no more than one percent of country's population uses English as a second language. AFP PHOTO/Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read ) Here Come the Young
In the coming years, the population of people under the age of 30 in some of the most fragile and unstable countries is going to skyrocket. And the world is not ready for them.
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GettyImages-542980376 Trump Accuses Clinton of Betraying American Workers
Trump outlines an protectionist American economic policy and promises to bring back long-lost manufacturing jobs.
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GUANGAN, CHINA: Workers assemble goods at a Hong Kong-China joint-venture factory manufacturing wigs and other hair products for export to Africa, Europe and the Americas, as well as the domestic market, 22 August 2004 in Guangan, in southwest China's Sichuan province. China is facing increasing pressure to create employment at a time when jobs are being wiped out at an unprecedented rate as state enterprises downsize and agriculture offers too few opportunities for work. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) Did China Trade Cost the United States 2.4 Million Jobs?
In a charged election year, with China suspicion running high, it becomes even more vital that analyses be well-conceived.
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A worker dries organic coffee beans produced at the Fortaleza Environmental Farm in Mococa, some 300 km northeast of Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 6, 2015. AFP PHOTO / NELSON ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images) In Brazil’s Coffee Industry, Some Workers Face ‘Conditions Analogous to Slavery’
A new report sheds light on punishing labor issues in the coffee sector, and on Brazil’s progressive efforts to protect farmworkers.
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A prototype robot with two arms, which was developed by Japan's comprehensive electrical machinery manufacturer Hitachi for distribution warehouses, demonstrates its abilities during a demonstration for the media at a warehouse in Noda, in suburban Tokyo, on August 25, 2015. The robot can move to a location, take items off shelves and put them into boxes automatically, in place of employees. AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images) Is America Ready for the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’?
I just finished Klaus Schwab’s new book, "The Fourth Industrial Revolution," and it is worth reading.
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Worker prepares the collaborative dual-arm robot YuMi at the Swiss automation group ABB booth at the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Hanover, central Germany on April 13, 2015. India is the partner country of this year's trade fair running until April 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images) The Brainbelt Awakening
It’s time to stop championing the "lonely heroes" of innovation like Apple, Google, and Amazon and rally around the ingenuity of the world’s waning industrial communities.
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GettyImages-508605034 This Is What Happens When Good News Is Bad For U.S. Stocks
Here's why Wall Street is treating more jobs as bad news.
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A protester holds a sign reading "Bad Year - Workers : We were formidable (making 24 000 tyres per day) - Bosses : They were pathetic (pushing for outsourcing)" as workers of the Goodyear tyre manufacturing company's factory in Amiens take part in a protest against the company's announced layoffs of workers, in front of the town hall in Amiens, on January 18, 2014. A few hundred workers took part in the protest against the proposed layoffs with many chanting a common slogan 'To fire a worker is to kill a family'. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) France: No, You Can No Longer Kidnap Your Boss
A group of Goodyear employees are facing jail time for holding executives hostage in 2014.
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GettyImages-502174304 U.S. and Chinese Stocks Off to a Very Bad Start to 2016
U.S. and Chinese stocks get bludgeoned on the first trading day of 2016.
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Screen Shot 2015-12-17 at 2.39.46 PM Mapped: Bangladesh Still Has a Garment Factory Problem
A new report released by NYU found that 3 million garment workers in Bangladesh remain at risk.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 26: Pope Francis waves from the Popemobile on his way to attend the Via Crucis on Copacabana Beach during World Youth Day celebrations on July 26, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 1.5 million pilgrims are expected to join the pontiff for his visit to the Catholic Church's World Youth Day celebrations which is running July 23-28. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) Pope Francis Is a Great Economist
His speeches in Washington weren’t just allegory and hope. They were a clear message to Congress to avoid creating a permanent American economic underclass.
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Migrant workers harvest strawberries at a farm March 13, 2013 near Oxnard, California. A mess with no easy fix: American crops going unpicked -- it's backbreaking work Americans won't touch -- and poor migrants in need of work are shying away for fear of being abused. AFP PHOTO/JOE KLAMAR (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images) Workers of the World, Divided!
Estonian parents get two years of paid leave, U.S. prisoners make $.12 an hour, and other statistics to consider this Labor Day.
