July 20, 2021 - Smlr_net

20 Jul 2021


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*July 20, 2021*
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*Title:*                    Low Pay, No Benefits, Rude Customers:
Restaurant Workers Quit at Record Rate
*Source:*               NPR
*Author:*               Alina Selyukh
*Date:*                   July 20, 2021
*Summary:*          Low wages are the most common reason people cite for
leaving food service work. But in one recent survey, more than half of
hospitality workers who've quit said no amount of pay would get them to
return. That's because for many, leaving food service had a lot to do also
with its high-stress culture: exhausting work, unreliable hours, no
benefits and so many rude customers.
*Link:*                    https://n.pr/2VWcjE9
*Title:*                    Black Unemployment Matters Just as Much as
White Unemployment
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               William E. Spriggs
*Date:*                   July 19, 2021
*Summary:          *Many economists I know quietly think that the
employment gap highlights the problem of longstanding strains in the Black
community. Not long ago, the Federal Reserve based its policies on a
mechanical rule about inflation risk and the level of unemployment, which
led central bankers to slow down the economy whenever the overall
unemployment rate falls below about 6 percent. As a consequence of this
mentality, every month from September 1975 to June 1997 the Black
unemployment rate was in the double digits.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3BlvvLR
*Title:*                   Hollywood Studios, Unions Reach Tentative Deal
to Relax COVID Safety Protocols
*Source:*               Variety
*Author:*               Cynthia Littleton
*Date:*                   July 19, 2021
*Summary:*          The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
and four unions — DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and Teamsters — confirmed late
Monday that they have reached an agreement on adjustments that will be in
effect through Sept. 30. The new pact allows the studios to make it
mandatory for all those on a given set to be vaccinated, to decrease the
rate of regular COVID testing and to loosen mask mandates in outdoor
settings.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/2UWSxYS
*Title:*                    What Work-Life Balance Needs is Less Work, More
Life
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Bryce Covert
*Date:*                   July 20, 2021
*Summary:*          In truth, the debate over the return to the office is
fraught. Employers are used to being able to dictate when and where
employees work, but we have now discovered that a lot of work can be done
at odd hours between remote school lessons and from home offices or even
the comfort of one’s bed.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3xNsdih
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