In an interesting take, Austin Frakt at the New York Times, discusses how a healthy economy can shorten life spans—at least in the short term. According to Frakt, this counterintuitive finding (counterintuitive because economic growth promotes higher living standards) is attributable in large part to the increase in air pollution caused by increased production in the industrial economy. In agricultural economies in contrast, mortality rates have been found to fall in times of economic growth.
In an op-ed for the New York Times, Bari A. Williams describes what she characterizes as a “troubling” trend in the tech industry: that cognitive diversity, rather than inclusion of members of historically marginalized and underrepresented groups, has become prioritized at the expense of the latter. Williams agrees that cognitive diversity is important, but argues that it is being emphasized in a way likely to distract from efforts to make the tech industry more inclusive.
On Monday, striking Canadian autoworkers ratified a four-year agreement with General Motors. The nearly month-long strike (which we briefly covered here) followed worker demands for guarantees that GM would not move production of its Equinox (strong-selling) to factories in Mexico.
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July 17
Senator J.D. Vance joins Donald Trump’s campaign, targeting pro-labor voters, Project 2025 includes gutting the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and Seattle Boeing workers prepare for a strike vote.
July 16
Teamsters president speaks at RNC; Starbucks decertification campaign fails; Biden taps new PBGC leader
July 15
Workday bias suit moves forward; DOL proposes new LMRDA rule; Bronx Defenders to go on ULP strike
July 14
Teamsters president to speak at RNC; youth work permit requirement rollbacks; eulogies to Jane McAlevey.
July 12
Dollar Tree and OSHA settle; union leaders split over Biden support; new report on low wages.
July 11
President Biden meets with union leadership and a New York law firm announces new applicant screening policy regarding student protest activity.