On AlterNet: workforce

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "workforce"

Apple Driving Workers to Threaten Mass Suicide? The Pathologies of the Modern Corporation

Robert Cruickshank, AlterNet. January 24, 2012.

Better technology is not sufficient to build a better society. To really change lives, corporations must use their work force to improve democracy and equality.

Growing Industry Helps Moms Relaunch Careers

Kara Alaimo, Women's eNews. August 25, 2008.

Women reentering the workforce after taking time off to care for their families are getting help from career counselors and staffing firms.

Alert! A jobs program that actually leads to jobs!

Elana Levin, March 19, 2007.

Elana Levin: Why does the government support jobs programs for the unemployed that lead to dead-end, short-term jobs?

Voters Make Work More Rewarding

Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. November 9, 2006.

In the 24 states that voted to raise their minimum wages, it just got a bit more worthwhile to get up for work each morning.

White-Collar Workers Unite!

Rina Palta, AlterNet. October 10, 2006.

Barbara Ehrenreich's new organization seeks better health care, insurance and debt relief for unemployed and underemployed professionals.

Is the American Dream a Delusion?

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. October 3, 2006.

I want to tell my working-class students that the American Dream isn't all it's cracked up to be. But maybe I shouldn't question their belief that hard work will bring success.