– The American Prospect
The progressive magazine, The American Prospect, calls for a coordinated state and local government affairs program to rewrite the laws around labor organizing.
– MarketWatch
A federal minimum wage increase wouldn’t necessarily be a widespread cash infusion for teens working starter jobs, new research says.
– NPR
Only 4 percent of employers surveyed by the Society for Human Resource Management offer student loan repayment as a benefit. But its popularity is increasing, because it helps solve a growing concern for workers about their mounting debt. And it helps employers find and retain people when available workers are scarce.
– Bloomberg
Ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are planning to give some drivers money to buy stock in their initial public offerings, a rare move that would grant them access to two of the most hotly anticipated IPOs ever.