The rise of companies like Amazon suggests many people are simply too afraid to go into town to shop so last year this blog called for a general strike to sink the Trump Organization. Now, the movement has morphed into what Anthony Klotz, an organizational psychologist at Texas A&M University, is calling The Great Resignation.
It's not about laziness, it's about equity or Maria shrugged, if you will. Just because we're Democrats doesn't make us subjects, it makes us powerful: a reverse "Who is John Galt?" Some believe it could last well into 2023.
Traditionally, a slowdown is a strike tactic in which workers remain on the job but slow productivity with the aim of negotiating for a particular objective, such as higher wages. In this sense, a slowdown is a highly localized and temporary effort. In the spirit of slow-up, we could ask: What would it mean, instead, if diversity, equity, and inclusion practices were worker-led and intended to explore labor practices that can grapple with rest as a necessary part of reparations and closing the sleep gap? What if inclusion examined the relationships that emerge from labor organizing? As with any labor movement, the Great Resignation is a waiting game. [Erika Rodriguez, The Great Resignation has employers sweating. It’s time to escalate the pressure]Learn more at NPR.
Help wanted signs are no stranger to American cities amid the so-called "Great Resignation," and central South Dakota is no exception. https://t.co/tzN446Y26e
— Capital Journal (@capitaljournal) September 28, 2021
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