When it's time to change

BossFeed, the week in work: retail lobbyists work it against overtime; one cheer for minimum wage; Victoria lets on a secret; and beavers, turtles, and robots do what they do.

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Living wage on a prayer

BossFeed, the week in work: women’s clothing & brain function; discrimination at Zara; farmworkers pick the right fights; and various things that don’t quite measure up.

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So many ways to hit rock bottom

BossFeed, the week in work: the Uber ick-factor; a consensus vote of no confidence; Tacoma rocks it against visible poverty; and animals reborn free.

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The sigh of the tiger

BossFeed, the week in work: another McDonald’s new hire; fair housing enforcement; a look at working on an ocean liner; and tigers everywhere but your tank. 

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That story has legs

BossFeed, the week in work: the only bad news about fifteen is a sea serpent; retail work and wholesale racial disproportionality; the look of religious freedom; and KFC just can’t help themselves.

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What's the opposite of poetic justice?

BossFeed, the week in work: Jimmy John’s controls khaki color but not wages; captions change everything; the $156 million man; when you don’t have $101,000 to spare, and a cow ends up where it ends up.

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Until justice rolls down like spiders…

BossFeed, the week in work: more abuses at the Tacoma immigrant detention center; how to adjust $15 over space and time; can anyone afford the rent these days; and animals that work, shop, and probably tweet #yolo.

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Don’t know much about art but I know what I strike

The week in work: $15 advances from Facebook & Hamburglar to Connecticut & LA; turns out the deadliest catch is in fact the deadliest job; the richest week of art sales ever; poverty, food insecurity, and body image; and untapped animal potential.

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If the new Grimace goes on strike, we’re definitely winning

BossFeed, the week in work: McDonald’s takes an even sleazier turn; NYT finds sweatshop conditions in nail salons; Domino’s tracks drivers’ speed and musical tastes; and animals roam less-than-free. 

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That's not chaos, that's progress

BossFeed, the week in work: class identification on the move; movie extras walk out for justice; pizza place anecdotes and antidotes; lions, tigers, buffaloes and monkeys push back.

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Basically, American labor law is like a Full House of Cards

The week in work: slapping a service charge and a restraining order on the Prime Minister of New Zealand; making ends meet at the ends of the state; something’s backed up in Bentonville; and zebras + spiders + Ashley + Mary-Kate.

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The absurds and the bees

The week in work: NY investigates scheduling robots; workers instigate a national movement; a pizza chain navigates the meaning of service; and animals agitate from Lynnwood to LA to luxury class.

 

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Money for nothing, kicks for free

The week in work: the ultra-wealthy exploit the working poor; the working life of a bikini barista; another thing that’s wrong with Kansas; and why orcas get the best sushi.

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Know when to fold 'em

BossFeed, the week in work: restaurants continue to exist in Seattle; Tom Douglas loses his mind; slavery in the seafood industry; and not-so-great expectations.

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The nature of the beasts

The week in work: the childcare job market; the future of radio talk show drones; emotional labor at Starbucks; and a full-on bestiary.

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Someone's making out like a bandit

The week in work: ALEC, the IFA, and the Seattle Times share a strategy; workers torn limb from limb; Olympia: it’s the wages not the water; and  banditry on the rise. 

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Oh cap'n my cap'n

The week in work: the State House debates a higher minimum wage; McDonald’s finds a way to pay less that the minimum; child soldiers join the Recess Army; and the economy continues to change.

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So many little piggies...

The week in work: an unfair share of corporate profits; boycotting everywhere we can; labor law can actually still get worse; and the animal uprising continues

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Some jobs suck. Other jobs sting.

The week in work: restaurant meals are a form of terrorism; Space Needle management spins in reverse; Pasco rises up; and all kinds of beastly things at our airports

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