POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The title of this post is the title of an op-ed written by Adam Grant and published in the New York Times. Grant is identified as an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl Sandburg,…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH That our politics have become polarized is a self-evident truism, and the FOX News claim of “fair and balanced coverage” has become as much a catchphrase as an empty boast. As I looked at RealClearPolitics’ Top Stories daily newsletter for yesterday, Labor Day, I saw both of these truisms being illustrated,…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Yesterday, on Labor Day, this was the lead item in the Today’s Headlines newsletter from the Los Angeles Times: Will ‘Space Force’ Mean ‘Jobs, Jobs, Jobs’? President Trump’s plan to create a “space force” is still a long ways from launch, but already some experts and former military officials think it could benefit…
BY JOHN K. WILSON Donald Trump has infamously called the media who dare to tell the truth about him “the enemy of the people” and dreamed of repressive measures to silence the press. But so far he’s been too incompetent to actually fulfill his totalitarian wishes. If you want to find a place where freedom…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Because the Guy Who Has Lived Most of His Adult Life in a Gilded Penthouse Knows More and Cares More about Workers This is from the Far-Right news outlet Newsmax: President Donald Trump slammed AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka early Labor Day morning, accusing him of speaking against working people and the…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Randi Weingarten’s message reinforces many of the points that Rudy Fichtenbaum made in his president’s address at the AAUP’s annual meeting in mid-June: A growing and enduring middle class, great public schools, a living wage, affordable healthcare and college, a decent retirement, a voice at work and in our democracy, communities…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The Economic Policy Institute has prepared a quiz to answer the question that is the title of this post. To be honest, once you have taken the quiz, I am guessing that you will not find the assessment of the fairness of your own job to be especially enlightening. I asked…
BY HANK REICHMAN Lacking any special insights or ideas that I wish to share in recognition of this first Labor Day since the infamous Janus decision, I thought I would instead call attention to some useful analyses of labor’s state published elsewhere today. So what follows are excerpts from a number of different pieces from…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH For the Labor Day newsletter distributed by the L.A. Progressive, W. J. Astore has contributed a very succinct article on labor and democratic socialism. It makes the very important point that voters have to look beyond the ideological catchphrases that focus exclusively on the supposed implications of political labels. Instead, voters…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This is from the Daily Kos’s Elections Update daily newsletter: Democratic students at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University have filed a federal lawsuit against Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson over a state election law that requires voters to register at the address on their driver’s license, even if that…