Punching In: Acosta on Future of Work

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

Stopping the ‘Free Rider’ Training Train | Regulatory Bonanza| About that Big Joint Employer Decision

Chris Opfer: The recent news that Amazon is going cashierless in its new retail stores went over like a lead balloon in organized labor circles, where advocates blamed Jeff Bezos & Co. for using machines to eliminate human jobs. Whether it’s robot registers, driverless cars, or contraptions that can pour me a frothy glass of suds, automation isn’t going away. Instead of trying to put the genie back in the bottle, I want to know how workers can ...