Future of Work
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Why unions are growing and shrinking at the same time
Joining the picket line like it’s 1939.
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Amazon’s surprising new delivery partners: Rural mom-and-pop shops
The e-commerce giant is recruiting local businesses in Alabama, Mississippi, and Nebraska as part of a secretive new delivery program.
What does it mean to take America’s “jobs of last resort”?
Author Eyal Press on the nation’s most morally troubling labor — and why many refuse to acknowledge it.
Gen Z does not dream of labor
On TikTok and online, the youngest workers are rejecting work as we know it. How will that play out IRL?
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The Amazonification of the American workforce
The e-commerce giant’s labor issues expose the complicated truth about getting what we want when we want it.
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What it would take to make us love our jobs again
Recognizing that many of us find purpose in what we do is a good start.
When your job helps the rest of America work
Why so many are giving up on child care work and what it will mean for everyone else.
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What if the future of work is exactly the same?
For many, the gains in worker pay and power during the pandemic are fading fast — if they even saw them at all.
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