New Orleans Worker mobility is always of interest in the United States, especially when companies are scrambling during the pandemic and post-pandemic labor shortage that is helping fuel worker organizing across the country. Are workers really making big moves now to expanding job markets, or are we being fed some kind of boosterism …
Category: Economics
The Great American Un-resignation
New Orleans Doggone it! It’s never easy to find the reverse gear on opinions that have become comfortable and well-worn. I loved calling this concept of the Great Resignation of workers reacting to the pandemic by leaving their jobs and sometimes the entire workforce a “silent strike.” I’ve written about it, talked about …
CPI Headaches and Challenges
Pearl River For years our nonprofits have had a policy that automatically affixes the annual increase in the Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) to our salary scale. In some years, in all honesty, the policy is more aspirational that achievable. There’s a simple explanation: not enough money coming in the front door to roll over to the …