*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management*

*APRIL 6, 2021*

*Title:* McDonald’s, Other CEOs Tell Investors $15 Minimum Wage Won’t Hurt Business

*Source:* Newsweek

*Author:* Julia Rock and Andrew Perez

*Date:* April 5, 2021

*Summary:* Big restaurant chains are telling investors that a national minimum wage hike wouldn't be a big deal—even as their corporate lobbying groups in Washington fight plans for a $15 minimum wage.

*Link:* https://bit.ly/3cT5lG5

*Title:* U.S.’s Long Drought in Worker Productivity Could Be Ending

*Source:* The Wall Street Journal

*Author:* Sarah Chaney Cambon

*Date:* April 4, 2021

*Summary:* After a decade long drought, worker productivity might be about to accelerate thanks to pandemic-induced technological adoption, which could lift economic growth and wages in coming years while staving off inflation pressure.

*Link:* https://on.wsj.com/3dB1JHT

*Title:* The March Jobs Report and the State of the Recovery

*Source:* Center for Economic and Policy Research

*Author:* Dean Baker

*Date:* April 5, 2021

*Summary:* I can remember few jobs reports that were as unambiguously positive as the data released last Friday. Just about everything in the report was moving in the right direction, and for the most part, at a rapid pace…

*Link:* https://bit.ly/3dCJrGi

*Title:* The Wage Gap that Threatens Biden’s Climate Plan

*Source:* Politico

*Author:* Kelsey Tamborrino

*Date:* April 6, 2021

*Summary:* Workers in the greener side of the energy industry earn significantly less than those who extract fossil fuels and run power plants, new data show.

*Link:* https://politi.co/3ulH2X2

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