April 28, 2022 - Smlr_net

28 Apr 2022


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*April 28, 2022*
*Title:*                    The Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Noam Scheiber
*Date:*                   April 28, 2022
*Summary:*          Since the Great Recession, the college-educated have
taken more frontline jobs at companies like Starbucks and Amazon. Now
they’re helping to unionize them.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3KnREwn
*Title:*                    Budweiser Workers Could Strike in UK,
Threatening a ‘Summer Beer Drought’
*Source:*               CNN Business
*Author:*               Sharon Browne-Peter
*Date:*                   April 27, 2022
*Summary:*          The UK staff of the world's biggest brewer have refused
to accept the company's new pay package. According to GMB Union, the offer
from the Budweiser Brewing group, the UK arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD),
was a 3% increase for 2022 and 3% for 2023 with increases in overtime
rates. But with UK inflation hitting 9%, the union says the pay raises will
actually amount to an overall pay cut for the workers.
*Link:*                    https://cnn.it/3KiHZak
*Title:*                   Ford Motor Co. Slashes 580 Jobs as Company
Overhauls Talent
*Source:*               Detroit Free Press
*Author: *              Phoebe Wall Howard
*Date:*                   April 27, 2022
*Summary:*          "We continue to align staffing around the critical
skills needed to deliver our products, services and the Ford+ plan,"
Monique Brentley, a Ford spokeswoman, told the Free Press. "We are making
adjustments in select U.S. engineering teams, which includes some
reassignments as well as a reduction of approximately 350 salaried and 230
agency positions."
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/38qMfHz
*Title:*                    N.J. Public Worker Pension Fund Loses Billions
on Investments in Rocky First Quarter
*Source:*               NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
*Author:*               Derek Hall
*Date:*                   April 27, 2022
*Summary:*          New Jersey’s public worker pension fund lost nearly $3
billion in the first quarter of 2022 as mounting economic headwinds and
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine roiled global markets.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3kiTC6H
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