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Opinion | Dear Federal Workers: Don’t Quit – POLITICO
Opinion | Dear Federal Workers: Don’t Quit Our democracy needs federal workers more than ever. The U.S. Capitol building on a foggy day.The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, on Dec. 10, 2024. Angelina Katsanis / POLITICO Opinion by Max Stier12/22/2024 10:00 AM EST Max Stier is president and CEO of the nonpartisan, nonprofit…
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People Are Sharing Professions That They Think Won’t Exist Soon, And It’s Weird To Think About | Buzzfeed
“Mark my words. Animators. AI will start doing animation work for big companies sucking the people’s souls and hard work out of the art form. Just you wait! Why pay people to animate when you can teach AI to draw each frame by frame for you at lower cost value?” by Ryan Schocket, BuzzFeed Staff,…
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“Equity within the whole restaurant”: The problem with the tipped wage | Salon.com
“We’re the only industry where half of the workforce has to rely on a customer’s goodwill” By Maggie Hennessy, Published September 18, 2022 5:30PM (EDT) Even though he came up in professional kitchens starting as a line cook, Ron Hsu didn’t internalize the implicit inequity and racism of the tipped wage system until he became…
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Looking Where to Work Remotely? Libraries Could Be Your New Haven | Insider
By Angie Schmitt, Jun 13, 2022, 4:04 AM I am a work-from-home veteran. Over the past 12 years of using my house as my base of operations, there are a few things I’ve learned that are really helpful. Among the most important is a coffee shop I can walk to — sometimes you just need…
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Quitting Time | American Libraries Magazine
The pandemic is exacerbating attrition among library workers By Lara Ewen | June 1, 2022 *Editor’s note: All librarian names have been changed to protect their privacy. Alex* can pinpoint the day she knew she was done with library work. “I was doing a lot of extra emotional support for people who didn’t have anybody…
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Unemployment Benefits Are Not Creating A Worker Shortage | HuffPost
While some employers may be struggling to hire for one reason or another, economists say generous unemployment benefits are not the cause. By Arthur Delaney and Dave Jamieson, 05/04/2021 10:41 am ET Updated 1 day ago As the U.S. economy bounces back from the COVID-induced downturn, some employers say they’re having a hard time finding…
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Students are being prepared for jobs that no longer exist. Here’s how that could change.
As automation disrupts the labor market and good middle-class jobs disappear, schools are struggling to equip students with future-proof skills. Source: Students are being prepared for jobs that no longer exist. Here’s how that could change.

