July 28, 2021 - Smlr_net

28 Jul 2021


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*July 28, 2021*
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*Title:*                    Teleworking and Lost Work During the Pandemic:
New Evidence from the CPS
*Source:*               Monthly Labor Review
*Author:*               U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
*Date:*                   July 2021
*Summary:*          To measure the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019
pandemic, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics added questions to the
Current Population Survey, the main U.S. labor force survey, starting in
May 2020. This article analyzes the results from questions asking people
(1) whether they teleworked because of the pandemic and (2) whether they
were unable to work because their employers closed or lost business because
of the pandemic.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3BQaM2P
*Title:*                    Walmart Offering Full College Tuition and Books
for Employees
*Source:*               NPR
*Author:*               Jonathan Franklin
*Date:*                   July 27, 2021
*Summary:          *In an effort to help decrease the growing student debt
nationwide, Walmart announced Tuesday that the company will begin offering
free college tuition and books to its 1.5 million U.S. employees, effective
Aug. 16.
*Link:*                    https://n.pr/3xcAriR
*Title:*                   Workers’ Anxiety Grows as COVID Variant Casts a
Shadow
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Noam Scheiber
*Date:*                   July 28, 2021
*Summary:*          Some see an undue rush by employers to get workplaces
back to normal, whether by dropping precautions or imposing new rules.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3BL0dyl
*Title:*                    Biden’s Talk of Vaccine Mandates Sends Labor
into Disarray
*Source:*               Politico
*Author:*               Rebecca Rainey and Natasha Korecki
*Date:*                   July 28, 2021
*Summary:*          On Tuesday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said he
would support a mandate, giving a boost to White House efforts to increase
vaccination rates after they stagnated in recent weeks. But Trumka’s
position was at odds with some of the AFL-CIO's largest members, including
the American Federation of Teachers, whose president said that vaccine
protocols should be decided at individual workplaces. Other unions have
also voiced opposition.
*Link:*                    https://politi.co/3rCHQqD
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