This week’s #ThrowbackThursday highlights some of the phenomenal guest authors we’ve hosted here at the Power At Work Blog. Featuring posts from Anne Seder, Ingrid Berg, and Michael Felsen, this collection of features was written by our very own readership. If you’re interested in writing for the Power At Work Blog, please contact us at [email protected].
Book Review: Kim Kelly's "Fight Like Hell" Uplifts the Labor Movement's Forgotten Voices by Anne Seder (posted March 16, 2023)
“Freelance labor journalist Kim Kelly’s debut book, “Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor,” is not your traditional book detailing labor history. The book’s concentration on marginalized workers and historically exploitative industries is a refreshing change from history books that forget anyone who isn’t a cishet white man. Kelly introduces us to the history of labor among marginalized communities in America by highlighting those who were so often at the center of the fight but left out of the history — people of color, queer people, and women, for example — and their solidarity with each other that allowed them to achieve such advancements. Their untold stories deserve to be told and listened to.”
The Uncertain Future of Generation Z’s Work Lives by Ingrid Berg (posted August 13, 2023)
“With increasing concerns about everything from generative AI to the looming climate crisis to the cost of living crisis, the future of jobs is becoming more uncertain. The last decade of rapid technological innovation, dubbed the “Fourth Industrial Revolution,” has dramatically transformed the workplace, creating new job types, integrating new technologies into daily job tasks, increasing the use of online platforms, and more. The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated these changes by forcing the adoption of technology on businesses that had been slow to do so previously, as well as vastly increasing the proportion of workers who work at least partly online or from home… These changes are not going to slow down. So what can the workers of the future expect about the future of work? And what skills will GenZ workers need to succeed?”
Protecting Migrant Workers: Here and Across the Globe by Michael Felson (posted September 10, 2023)
Having spent the bulk of his 39-year career with the U.S. Department of Labor enforcing federal worker protection statutes in the six New England states, Michael Felson “had the chance to spend about six months with the department’s International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) based in Washington, D.C. [He] served as Acting Project Manager for Eastern Europe, and was tasked with overseeing worker protection projects DOL was supporting in Poland and Ukraine. This was the beginning of a global labor rights journey that most recently includes my article in the Global Labour Rights Reporter about protecting migrant workers that I summarize and put into context below.”
Subscribe to the Power At Work Blog.