The Dawn Of A Labor Renaissance?

"Rays of hope for the worker's struggle against unfettered, exploitative capitalism are coming from multiple angles as strikes from creatives in Hollywood and autoworkers in Detroit are striking to demand wages, benefits, and protections while executives make arguments for why workers should be made to feel the threat of poverty to keep them in line."

Click on the link below for some hopeful news about the labor movement:

Workers Rights Ascending

Another Canary-In-The-Coalmine Is Dying

"America's doctors are leaving the profession in growing numbers, creating a crisis in the U.S. healthcare system. Some 117,000 physicians left the field in 2021, and one in five doctors say they will soon do so. In a recent op-ed for The New York Times, political anthropologist and physician Dr. Eric Reinhart explained fatal flaws in the country’s health system that led to this worrying trend. He shares with Michel Martin some potential solutions."

Look at what is happening within virtually all human services. Workers in these vital areas of society are leaving in droves. The US of A had best pay attention and vote out the you-know-whos. Click on the link below:

Why are Doctors Quitting?

Are Globalization And Robots Going To Take Your Job?

"Far from it. Thanks to rising prosperity and technological innovation, American jobs aren’t disappearing, they’re getting better. As people get wealthier, more of us are getting to do work that we love.

"For centuries, most people have had to grimly soldier on in unfulfilling but necessary work. That’s changing quickly. While technology and trade free Americans from mind-numbing drudgery, prosperity creates markets for all the goods and services that creative people pursuing their passion can dream up. For the first time in history, most people can earn a living doing what they really want to do."

An optimistic view of the future of work:

The End of Work 

(PNG Mart)

Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

For several decades, the USA has had a problem of growing economic inequality.  This scholarly book written in 2009 is the result of in-depth research into the subject.  It supports the claim that the more economic inequality within a nation, the less well-being experienced by its inhabitants.  It also presents advise on how to change the situation for the better.

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

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A Podcast on the progressive look at the history and future of work:

Leisure, Desperation or a Reorientation (The Future of Work)