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UrduJohns Hopkins Carey Business School Researchers Gordon Gao and Ritu Agarwal published a new report on Wednesday, October 11 that explores how knowledge workers (workers whose main capital is knowledge) with different levels and types of experience team with AI for productivity gains. The primary findings…
Tag: Workers
GW Expert Available to Discuss September Jobs Report & Labor Market Trends
263,000 U.S. jobs were added in the month of September and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. One business professor at the George Washington University says today’s report shows that…
GW Expert Tracking Labor Market Trends Ahead of August Jobs Report
All eyes are on the August jobs report that’s coming out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, as the U.S. labor market continues to appear strong. Dr. Christopher Kayes, a professor of management at the George Washington University…
Cornell labor experts on strikes surging across the US
Thousands of U.S. workers across numerous industries have participated in strikes and other labor actions this fall. As the economy is recovering from the pandemic and a nationwide labor shortage, workers have more bargaining power and are using it to…
What’s at Stake Today for Workers, Unions? Rutgers Labor Experts Available for Interview
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (November 3, 2020) – Stronger workplace health and safety protections, national paid family leave, a higher federal minimum wage, organizing rights, and other policies critical to workers and their families hinge on the outcome of today’s presidential election.…
Harmful Microbes Found on Sewer Pipe Walls
Can antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape from sewers into waterways and cause a disease outbreak? A new Rutgers study, published in the journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, examined the microbe-laden “biofilms” that cling to sewer walls, and even built a simulated sewer to study the germs that survive within.
Rutgers Expert: Expect More Strikes After Friday
A coalition of Amazon, FedEx, Instacart, Target, Walmart, and Whole Foods workers are reportedly planning to call in sick or walk off the job Friday to demand fair pay and safe working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rebecca Kolins Givan,…
Worker shortage more likely than food shortage amid coronavirus pandemic
Ednilson Bernardes, chair of the Global Supply Chain Management program within West Virginia University’s John Chambers College of Business and Economics, says companies like Smithfield and Tyson Foods closing their meat-producing plants is unlikely to lead to a food shortage.…