May 19, 2021 - Smlr_net

19 May 2021


      *SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource
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*May 19, 2021*
*Title:*                    Changed by Pandemic, Many Workers Won’t Return
to Old Jobs
*Source:*               Associated Press
*Author:*               Dee-Ann Durbin, Stephen Groves, Alexandra Olson and
Joseph Pisani
*Date:*                   May 18, 2021
*Summary:*          There’s a wild card in the push to return to
post-pandemic life: Many workers don’t want to go back to the jobs they
once had. Layoffs and lockdowns, combined with enhanced unemployment
benefits and stimulus checks, gave many Americans the time and the
financial cushion to rethink their careers.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3wd6zmk
*Title:*                    Reversing America’s Poor Track Record on
Inclusivity in Infrastructure Jobs
*Source:*               Brookings
*Author:*               Caroline George and Joseph W. Kane
*Date:*                   May 17, 2021
*Summary:*          A focus on inclusivity in infrastructure jobs would
mark a historical turning point for people often excluded from past
infrastructure stimulus efforts. One such effort—the Works Progress
Administration (WPA) of the 1930s and 1940s—is often cited as the most
successful infrastructure and jobs initiative in American history; however,
not all workers got a fair New Deal.
*Link:*                    https://brook.gs/3f0u6kQ
*Title:*                   America’s Unemployment System Failed When It Was
Needed Most. Can It Be Fixed?
*Source:*               Politico
*Author:*               Katherine Landergan
*Date:*                   May 19, 2021
*Summary:*          The solution will require a coordinated,
multibillion-dollar undertaking — with governors, Congress and the
president working together on the biggest overhaul since the social safety
net was created more than 85 years ago.
*Link:*                    https://politi.co/3u1baGH
*Title:*                    Some Arab Employees of Jewish-Owned Businesses
Risking Jobs by Joining Strike
*Source:*               Haaretz
*Author:*               Adi Dovrat-Meseritz and Netanel Gams
*Date:*                   May 19, 2021
*Summary:*          The timing of the general strike called in the Arab
community on Tuesday – immediately after the Eid al-Fitr and Shavuot
holidays – brought tempers to a boil among a number of Jewish employers and
their Arab employees. When Aya Baidusi, an engineer at an architectural and
construction company, informed her boss she would not be coming to work
because of the general strike in the Arab community, she didn’t think it
would cost her her job.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3eZWGCR
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