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The pandemic amplified nursing homes' long-standing workforce issues. Those staffing shortages persist, as nearly a quarter of nursing homes in the U.S. report not having enough nurses or aides.
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A Pew Research Center analysis found that one in six journalists are now part of a union, and more than twice that want to join one. However, it also found that smaller publications, like those in the rural Mountain West, are less likely to unionize. Of those with fewer than 10 people, only 4% have a union.
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This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally in March 2021.In an era of rising corporate profits and anemic wage gains, low-paid…
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This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally in March 2021.In an era of rising corporate profits and anemic wage gains, low-paid…
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Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. This episode originally aired in February 2021.In "This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto,"…
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Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. This episode originally aired in February 2021.In "This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto,"…
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The King Soopers strike is emblematic of a broader labor movement sweeping the country, and parts of the Mountain West, as workers walk out for better pay and benefits or unionize to harness their collective power.
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“What we’re starting to see is that affordable housing can no longer be ignored,” says Megan Lawson of Headwaters Economics.
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Educators are exhausted these days. Schools in the Mountain West are dealing with extreme staff shortages that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
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An annual report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the gender wage gap in the United States held steady during the pandemic, with women working full-time jobs only making, on average, 82.3% of what their male counterparts do.