April 21, 2021 - Smlr_net

21 Apr 2021


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*APRIL 21, 2021*
*Title:*                    Welcome to the YOLO Economy
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Kevin Roose
*Date:*                   April 21, 2021
*Summary:*          Something strange is happening to the exhausted, type-A
millennial workers of America. After a year spent hunched over their
MacBooks, enduring back-to-back Zooms in between sourdough loaves and
Peloton rides, they are flipping the carefully arranged chessboards of
their lives and deciding to risk it all.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3tHfZpe
*Title:*                    Why Black Workers Still Face a Promotion and
Wage Gap that’s Costing the Economy Trillions
*Source:*               CNBC
*Author:*               Courtney Connley
*Date:*                   April 16, 2021
*Summary:*          Black workers continue to face significant gaps in the
labor market when it comes to promotion, pay and opportunity, costing the
U.S. economy trillions of dollars. If the Black wage, education, housing
and investing gaps had been closed 20 years ago, it would have added an
estimated $16 trillion to the economy, according to a report by Citi, with
the Black pay gap alone accounting for $2.7 trillion.
*Link:*                    https://cnb.cx/2QKA7bH
*Title:*                   MLB, Players’ Union Meet for 1st CBA Talks,
Sources Say
*Source:*               ESPN
*Author:*               Jeff Passan
*Date:*                   April 20, 2021
*Summary:*          Leaders from Major League Baseball and the MLB Players
Association met Tuesday for their first official negotiating session a
little more than six months before the sport's collective bargaining
agreement lapses, sources told ESPN.
*Link:*                    https://es.pn/3xezXd5
*Title:*                    N.J. Police Officers, Firefighters Can Retire
Early Under Bill Signed by Murphy
*Source:*               NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
*Author:*               Samantha Marcus
*Date:*                   April 20, 2021
*Summary:*          Nearly 8,000 New Jersey police and firefighters with 20
years of service can now retire early under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed
into law Monday. The legislation (S1017), known as a “burnout bill,” allows
public safety workers who reach 20 years of service within the next two
years to retire with a pension, regardless of their age.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3grjBrK
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