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untry many economists and other experts on retirement see some common increasingly worrisome trends a growing number of workers are convinced they will not have a comfortable retirement a boston college study in october found that 53 percent of americans were at risk of being unable to maintain their pre retirement standard of living once they retire up from 30 percent in 1989 a study last may by the employee benefit research institute found that 44 percent may not have enough money to meet their basic needs in retirement burdening next generations as the cost of a college education continues to climb student loan debt rises with it martha c white reports for time on the economic repercussions of massive student loan debt the broader economic implications are troubling graduates struggling to dig out from a mountain of student debt also tend to put off getting married buying homes and having kids and since a bigger chunk of their income will go towards servicing the mortgages or car loans they are able to obtain at higher rates they ll have less spending power when they do eventually buy big ticket items like homes and cars and that s not even addressing the psychological impact of mountainous debt and reduced hopes cryn johannsen of the economic hardship reporting project writes about the spectre of suicide in connection with student debt suicide is the dark side of the student lending crisis and despite all the media attention to the issue of student loans it s been severely under reported i can t ignore it though because i m an advocate for people who are struggling to pay their student loans and i ve been receiving suicidal comments for over two years and occasionally hearing reports of actual suicides inequality more stress and illness america s wealth gap is widening despite the supposed economic recovery reports rick newman for u s news world report the problem however is that the recession raised the bar for success while leaving fewer haves and more have nots america as a whole may be just as wealthy as it used to be but the wealth is being shared by a smaller slice of the population and that rearrangement may end up being permanent in this piece for billmoyers com theresa riley interviews epidemiologist richard wilkinson an authority on the destructive public health consequences of societal inequality the pattern we ve found in our research is quite extraordinarily clear more unequal countries the ones with the bigger income differences between rich and poor have much more violence worse life expectancy more mental illness more obesity more people in prison and more teenage births all these problems get worse with greater inequality because it damages the social fabric of a society the end of the american dream joseph stiglitz a nobel laureate in economics assessed our economy in the context of the november election in this election each side debated issues that deeply worry me the long malaise into which the economy seems to be settling and the growing divide between the 1 percent and the rest an inequality not only of outcomes but also of opportunity to me these problems are two sides of the same coin with inequality at its highest level since before the depression a robust recovery will be difficult in the short term and the american dream a good life in exchange for hard work is slowly dying stiglitz s public policy prescriptions include at least significant investments in education a more progressive tax system and a tax on financial speculation goodbye to trickle down economics the policies that led us to this widening gap between the haves vs the have less and the have nots have been at least 30 years in the making with trickle down economics being the policy mantra of the era this concept held that if wealthy people could keep more of their money and businesses could be freed of regulatory safeguards the benefits would trickle down to everyone else the centerpiece of trickle down theory was that tax cuts to the wealthy would give a jump start to america s economic engine an assumption rebutted in a non partisan congressional research service report discussed in this huffington post piece if you re interested in learning more read some of these articles and start connecting the dots for yourself we re at a critical economic juncture in america and the well being of all but the most fortunate is at stake share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading recycling the social context of workplace bullying and responses to it march 11 2013 by david yamada in education and learning psychology and work recycling workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags education and learning psychology and work workplace bullying mobbing and abuse leave a comment i dug into the blog archives from 2011 to pull these posts addressing some of the contextual issues surrounding workplace bullying and our attempts to understand and respond to it if you didn t catch them the first time around i hope you find them worthwhile now 1 america s bullying culture march 2011 a look at broader cultural forces that fuel bullying and abuse at work 2 the experience of being bullied at work insights and silos november 2011 how personal experiences of being bullied at work shape and limit our understanding of this phenomenon 3 how lousy organizations treat institutional history september 2011 this post was not about workplace bullying per se but it helps to explain how organizations that enable such behaviors find it easy to overlook ignore and forget them 4 when bad employers retain thuggish employment lawyers july 2011 i ve recycled this post on other occasions but i think it bears repeating that employers that enable and defend bullying behaviors have an uncanny knack for retaining employment lawyers of the same ilk 5 the american academic response to workplace bullying a grounded orientation june 2011 much of the important research on workplace bullying is not coming from elite institutions operating in rarified settings rather it s largely the product of people associated with state regional and distance learning universities as well as organizations such as the workplace bullying institute share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading working notes upcoming speaking appearances spring 2013 march 8 2013 by david yamada in health care internships labor unions working notes workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags health care internships labor unions workplace bullying mobbing and abuse 3 comments i ll be heading out of the office on several occasions during the coming months for speaking engagements mostly on workplace bullying and related issues of labor relations for programs accepting registrations i ve provided links massachusetts association of registered nurses state house legislative forum boston ma march 22 2013 i ll be discussing the healthy workplace bill the anti bullying legislation i ve authored filed in the current session of the ma legislature house bill no 1766 with representatives ellen story hwb lead sponsor and kay khan hwb co sponsor marn is among the organizational endorsers of the hwb northeastern university school of law symposium on worker misclassification boston ma march 22 2013 sponsored by the northeastern law journal this is shaping into a very good program on the widespread problem of misclassifying workers as independent contractors and other non employees to avoid paying wages and benefits i ll be speaking on the legal status of unpaid interns city university of new york law school faculty forum queens ny april 10 2013 cuny law is dedicated to educating future public interest lawyers i ll be speaking on law professors as intellectual activists new york state psychological association workshop on bullying violence at work new york ny april 28 2013 this workshop is sponsored by the nyspa s division of organizational consulting and work psychology and will be held at john jay college of criminal justice i ll join dr gary namie of the workplace bullying institute to talk about various aspects of workplace bullying work stress and health conference 2013 los angeles ca may 16 19 2013 co sponsored by the american psychological association national institute for occupational safety health and society for occupational health psychology this multidisciplinary biennial conference is one of my favorites i ll be on panels discussing low cost approaches to helping targets of workplace bullying may 18 and the use of social media to promote healthy workplaces may 18 share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading exploited twentysomethings it s time for a meetup with the labor movement march 7 2013 by david yamada in compensation internships labor market labor unions tags compensation internships labor market labor unions 4 comments if you re a recent college graduate you may be learning some harsh truths about the job market good entry level positions are few and far between more than a few employers are willing to take advantage of that fact by offering jobs at very low pay requiring well in excess of 40 hours of work per week the worst of them create postgraduate internships many of which are unpaid to squeeze out even more while paying less nothing in a recent piece for the new york times about the employment challenges facing many twentysomethings teddy wayne writes the recession has been no friend to entry level positions where hundreds of applicants vie for unpaid internships at which they are expected to be on call with iphone in hand tweeting for and representing their company at all hours we need to hire a 22 22 22 one new media manager was overheard saying recently meaning a 22 year old willing to work 22 hour days for 22 000 a year perhaps the middle figure is an exaggeration but its bookends certainly aren t good jobs at good wages you may have heard the phrase good jobs at good wages it refers to jobs that provide safe working conditions and respectable compensation america used to have a lot more good jobs at good wages but they weren t created by accident and they certainly didn t come about at the behest of benevolent employers rather it took the labor movement to turn not so great jobs into decent ones how do you think provisions such as living wages health care coverage pensions paid vacation days and sick leave entered the picture for rank and file workers it took unions engaging in collective bargaining to do it it s how for example working in the steel mills went from being a tough job at low pay and few benefits to a still tough job at good pay and decent benefits and today it s more than a coincidence that america s wealth and income gaps are sky high at a time when labor union membership has dwindled to one of its lowest levels ever you may have some misgivings about unions fair enough like any other type of organization unions are far from perfect and some do much better by their members than others and yes being in a union means you pay dues and give up the right to negotiate with your employer individually but this doesn t change the fact that unions represent the best way for many workers to join together and advocate for their interests as a unified more powerful voice your college education and upbringing may cause you to think that unions are for blue collar folks who work in plants and factories or perhaps for cops firefighters schoolteachers and other public servants that s what i thought too when i graduated from law school as a newly minted idealistic public interest lawyer working for the legal aid society in new york city but i would quickly learn that the legal aid staff attorneys union played a critically important role in bargaining over salaries benefits and working conditions i eventually became an elected shop steward i e union rep for my office and played an active role in the union s advocacy work intern labor rights this is why i m delighted to see an emerging movement against unpaid internships borrowing tactics from organized labor and adding a few twists of its own in the process these advocates are starting to make their case against this widespread economically exploitative practice intern labor rights for example is using creative advocacy campaigns and social media to spread the word while not a union per se intern labor rights is showing what happens when groups of committed energetic people come together to push for change that benefits the greater good dilbert vs norma rae it boils down to this on the one hand you ve got the cartoon character dilbert who makes his humorous biting observations about cubicle life that are so on target yet doomed to result in more of the same because one person growsing alone is unlikely to change anything that s the case even if you graduated magna cum laude from state u on the other hand there s norma rae the character played by sally field in the award winning movie of the same name norma comes to realize that conditions in the textile plant where she works aren t going to improve until workers unionize and so she enters the fray too many younger folks and yes i m now old enough to use that phrase younger folks don t understand why the labor movement is critical toward improving working conditions for everyone at the risk of sounding condescending i say it s about time for them to get it for their own good they didn t create the terrible job market and exploitative employer practices that confront them but by organizing on their own behalf they can forge a more promising future share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading on leadership genius makers vs vampires march 5 2013 by david yamada in academic workplaces leadership tags academic workplaces leadership leave a comment writing for the chronicle of higher education allison vaillancourt distinguishes between the genius makers and the vampires of academic leadership link here the genius makers are excited about revealing others smarts open to creating a shared vision and engaged in creating organizational energy the vampires are obsessed with proving their own smarts focused on others flaws and committed to sucking the lifeblood out of innocent people she offers these characterizations in connection with a mini review 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