At the end of November 2021 we issued our Top Trends for 2022. One of them was “LABOR UNION COMEBACK.” As forecast, it has come back. In October 2021, Trends Journal asked, “Where have all the workers gone?”; see “SPOTLIGHT: WORKERS ON DEMAND,” which told of a labor market already at historically low levels and...
While real average hourly earnings for the plantation workers of Slavelandia fell 1.7 percent from January 2021 to January 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, CEOs at the largest 100 companies in the U.S. saw their pay increase an average of 31 percent in 2021, according to a newly released study. “A lot...
The public doesn’t want to pay for the corporate media bullshit. CNN+, the highly touted streaming service that was supposed to take the news company into the future, slumped into CNN- after just a month in operation and a massive $350 million investment by the company. The idea of CNN+ was hatched while Jeff Zucker was at the...
Former U.S. President Barack Obama called on tech companies to clamp down on freedom, denouncing those challenging the “official” government narrative on social media as spreaders of disinformation and a threat to democracy itself. Unhappy with those who refuse to swallow the bullshit of the Noble Peace Prize winner who bragged in the book “Double...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said last week that his administration will need more time to get a handle on crime in the city after major crime increased 36.5 percent in March compared to 2021. The NYPD said Wednesday that homicides in the city fell, but robberies and burglaries both increased by 48.4 percent...
About 99 percent of the world’s population lives in an area where air quality could reach levels of pollution that may be harmful to their health, the World Health Organization said. Maria Neira, the director of environment at the WHO, called it “unacceptable” that there are seven million “preventable deaths and countless preventable lost years...
Swearing might be frowned upon in certain company, but researchers at England’s Keele University say slipping in the occasional curse word during some medical treatments can increase the body’s tolerance of pain. “Swearing is drug-free, calorie-free, cost-free, and side effects-free, so why not try it,” Dr. Richard Stephens, a senior lecturer in psychology at the...
Since the beginning of the year, we have been reporting on the acceleration of one of our Top Trends for 2022: Unionization. The trend continues to accelerate: CONDE NAST: Hundreds of workers at Condé Nast—the company behind magazines like The New Yorker and Vogue—announced last week that they formed a union and requested the NewsGuild of New York...
About 1,400 workers at a Kellogg’s plant in Kansas City, Kan., are now in line for a 15 percent pay increase over the next three years after taking part in a three-month strike for improved wages and working conditions. “This contract is further evidence of the power of a union voice and collective bargaining,” Stuart...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed deal that calls for $1.1 billion in public funding to finance the new Buffalo Bills Stadium in Orchard Park, which is just outside Buffalo, has drawn criticism from residents and lawmakers alike who called the deal an example of “corporate welfare.” The New York Times reported that the state...