The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be Done to Improve It YA_Gift_Guide In Free of Me

In Free of Me

and the wild animals and plants that live side-by-side with us need to adapt to a whole suite of challenging conditions: they must manage in the city’s hotter climate (the “urban heat island”)

people rose up in mass protest

Chelsea Clinton celebrates thirteen American women who helped shape our country through their tenacity

The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be Done to Improve It YA_Gift_Guide In Free of MeFor much of the twentieth century, large companies employing many workers formed the bedrock of the U. S. economy. Today, as David Weils groundbreaking analysis shows, large corporations have shed their role as direct employers of the people responsible for their products, in favor of outsourcing work to small companies that compete fiercely with one another. The result has been declining wages, eroding benefits, inadequate health and safety