#Workers

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

Bots, GOPrs, white upper middle class "liberals" & narcissistic jerks who care only about Facebook likes keep saying "Why support Biden" because slogans like "corporate this & that." Its the

Vicki Brings

VickiBrains

Setting aside the fact that I'm more productive and happier at work because of my international colleagues, banning these visas is more likely to hurt the economy than help it,

Real Bread Campaign

RealBread

Genuine question: Plenty of UK residents kicking their heels right now, so why are companies flying in workers for fruit/veg picking/packing? Did they even try to recruit domestically? Surely many

Sachin

ItsSachinShah

International folks who want to help Indians and can donate some money - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT DONATE TO PMCARES FUND! They've done jackshit for the country. There

Stephen Leary

MeashamHS2Actio

1/2 Hey #Camden residents living near #Euston beware. #HS2Ltd contractors want to begin working again next week. If they show the same lack of regard for #SocialDistancing as has been

Road Scholarz

roadscholarz

1/9 Since NREGA 1.0 is in the air, here is a peep at how NREGA used to be in those days, and could still be today (apologies for the whiff

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: April 2, 1937. Workers at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in Hershey, Pennsylvania sat down on the job. Right after Flint, it seemed like the sit-down

U.S. Tech Workers

USTechWorkers

Rep @RepZoeLofgren will be pushing her Big Tech/India Green Card giveaway bill today in a virtual hearing. Happening now and you can watch it Live here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYAlxwKzBfo .@RepMcClintock states there's no

🌽🍞SurplusCornbread🌽🍞

SurplusCornbre1

The 99% vs the 1% was a nice phrase but at some point you've gotta ask where the hell that 99% is. And when you do that, what becomes clear

Oor Bee🎗

homelesshorse

Do you notice how during these daily briefings Nicola Sturgeon, rather than listing her Govt's performance figures garnished with superlatives, projects an empathic, businesslike urgency, brimming with gratitude to our

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: April 5, 1938. The Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company that companies can hire permanent strikebreakers. Let's talk about how

the apocalypse, but fashion 🦝

ElleArmageddon

IDK who needs to hear this, but adapting to “the new normal” also means adjusting expectations (external and internal) of your performance and productivity to account for the new and

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

A couple months ago, I was quoted in a NYT story on the racial disparities in Unemployment Insurance benefits, alongside @DarrickHamilton @WSpriggs @econjared. Shortly afterwards, I was accused of virtue

Jeremie Cohen-Setton

cohensetton

Short thread: plumbing matters, US edition:1) with CARES Act, unemployment benefits should provide about $80-90bn per month in income support2) preliminary data suggest that only $45bn was distributed in April3)

Matt Goodwin

GoodwinMJ

In the short-term our self-isolation is compulsory. But in the longer-term it will become voluntary. And then it will be economic luxury. The professional middle-classes who can work from home

Zr1Trader

ZR1Trader

America is addicted to using cheap slave labor. This might be changing soon if we are shifting global supply chains etc.https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1246490266661462016 What will have to happen is that instead of