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12/07/2017 - Midnight Reads – New Labor Board Counsel Looks at Undoing Obama-Era Rulings

New Labor Board Counsel Looks at Undoing Obama-Era Rulings

– Bloomberg

The federal labor board’s top prosecutor seems primed to steer the agency toward reversing many of the rulings that expanded workers’ rights during the Obama administration.
The Most Effectively Managed U.S. Companies-and How They Got That Way

– The Wall Street Journal 

The Drucker Institute releases its inaugural list of Management Top 250, ranking companies based on five areas that reflect business guru Peter Drucker’s core principles of management. While tech companies dominate the list, companies from other sectors earn high marks as well. The Wall Street Journal explores here.

 

There Are 170,000 Fewer Retail Jobs In 2017-And 75,000 More Amazon Robots

– Quartz

From Quartz: “Even though Amazon represents a small portion of the overall retail industry, it dominates the industry’s sales growth. We wondered: Does Amazon create more jobs than it destroys? The answer: It depends-on whether you are a robot.”

 

Harvard: Millennials Now Biggest Voting Group in U.S., 2-1 Democratic

– The Washington Examiner 

Demographic trendlines favor Democrats, but can they capitalize?