#Workers

Evidence from a US government lottery shows that restricting foreign low-skill workers shrinks businesses without creating jobs for Americans.

A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers.

We should be giving all agents tools that excel at what’s important for an AI model. Kitesurf is Cloudflare’s new stateless, highly scalable, and cost-effective web browser that runs entirely on top of Workers and was designed specifically for the Agentic…

Staffers on ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’ and ‘All American’ unanimously greenlit deals brokered by Production Assistants United.

The move comes after the company left potentially sensitive data from the initiative exposed internally.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott has joined the list of elected officials calling on Apple to change how it is handling the closure of its Towson Town Center store.

The President signed an executive order that strips job protections for thousands of career civil servants and effectively turns them into at-will employees.

The AI boom is driving widespread job cuts across tech, finance, retail, and media as companies deploy automated systems for coding, analysis, support, and decision-making, citing efficiency gains.…

Cross-border workers forfeit thousands in pension benefits due to obscure totalization rules, as seen in U.S.-Canada cases. Meanwhile, aggressive immigration enforcement has stripped 1.2 million foreign-born workers from the U.S.…

Lawmakers from 40 congressional offices are pressing Apple to reverse or soften its planned closure of the first U.S. unionized Apple Store in Towson, Maryland.…

New York Fed research shows remote work explains 64% of the rise in unemployment among young college graduates since the pandemic. Firms hire fewer juniors for distributed teams because mentorship and feedback suffer at a distance.…

“When people have a stake in the economy, they gain a stake in the system,” writes Sarita Gupta.

Meta's rollout of mouse-tracking software to train AI agents sparked protests, petitions and viral internal dissent among employees. Flyers labeled the company an "Employee Data Extraction Factory" as layoffs loomed.…

Apple Towson Town Center employees received an endorsement from Maryland Governor Wes Moore in their fight against Apple over the company’s decision to close its first US unionized store.

Tech professionals mourn the loss of craft and identity as AI automates core skills faster than adaptation allows. This anticipatory grief, distinct from anxiety or burnout, lacks social permission or HR frameworks.…

Dozens of members of Congress are urging Apple to reconsider its plan to close the Towson Town Center store in Maryland.

Studies from Brookings, NBER and others show Trump's ICE enforcement surge caused 668,000 job losses across 86 cities, with 51,000 to 297,000 hitting American-born workers.…

Workers facing AI displacement experience grief-like emotions that erode professional identity and purpose long before layoffs occur. Clinical proposals like AIRD and rising reports of anxiety, depression and isolation reveal a psychological crisis…

Gov. Jared Polis on Friday vetoed yet again legislation that would have made it easier for labor organizations to impose dues on non-union members, a decision long expected after the legislature approved the measure without securing the buy-in of…