Tag: Workforce
Toby Ayers, Rhode Island for Community and Justice executive director
Leaders & Achievers 2022
TOBY AYERS
Executive director, Rhode Island for Community and Justice
WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE, Toby Ayers won a fellowship to study in...
Merger fallout claims CNE leader
Fallout from the latest failed attempt to merge the state’s two largest health care systems continues.
Care New England Health System CEO and President Dr....
Suddenly, the new U.S. union movement
In a result that could reverberate across the U.S., the independent Amazon Labor Union – first formed in 2020 by Chris Smalls, an Amazon.com...
Young workers prize balance
Douglas H. Sherman | New England Institute of Technology senior vice president and provost
There has been a lot of discussion about the “Great Resignation,” which includes baby...
Is union influence waning in Rhode Island?
Rhode Island remains the most unionized state in New England, but the percentage of union members among its workforce dropped from 17.8% to 15.7%...
PBN summit panel: Companies need to fine-tune their perks
In today’s job market, companies that hold strictly to pre-pandemic work expectations, such as rigid schedules and full-time office hours, tend to struggle to...
R.I. unemployment dips to 4.2% in Jan.; 1,300 jobs lost
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s uneven economic recovery continued in January, with the monthly unemployment rate dipping three-tenths of a percentage point to 4.2%, according...
Business leaders encourage flexibility, creativity to meet workforce needs
PROVIDENCE — With employers in nearly every industry reporting recruitment and retention as among their largest challenges – if not the largest – employers...
Holdouts may be returning to the workforce
The U.S. economy surprised analysts by adding 467,000 jobs in January, overcoming concerns about the COVID-19 omicron variant and continuing a long streak of...
U.S. employers shrug off omicron, add 467,000 jobs in January
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added a burst of 467,000 jobs in January despite a wave of omicron inflections that sickened millions of workers,...
