California’s fast-food workers will now be among the highest-paid low-wage workers in the nation. The origins of this momentous victory can be traced back to a movement that began on the opposite side of the country more than a decade ago. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU)...
When you visit different restaurants belonging to the same fast-food chain, the menu and food are pretty much the same. Copies of the Speedee Service System spread throughout California and the rest of the United States as restaurateurs adapted the techniques for their own restaurants. Many of ...
“These corporations have already spent millions of dollars in an attempt to deliberately mislead California voters and stamp out the progress fast-food workers have won,” Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a backer of the FAST Recovery...
Discussed. Discuss the questions in pairs or small groups. What is the person's title? How are mr. Smith used in English speaking countries? What's the order of Chinese names? Give an expression of the Chinese name called in English? Do you use your first name of your name with your ...
And here I am in a hot air balloon. W: When did you do that? I’ve always wanted to go up in a hot air balloon. M: It was two years ago, in August, in California. W: What are your plans for the next holiday? M: I’m thinking of deep sea diving in Australia. Do you ...
When deciding where to visit next while traveling in a group, people have to make a trade-off in an interactive group recommender system between (a) disclo
The airport in nearby Baltimore, Md., is cheaper, though it requires a train ride or a drive to get into D.C. Budget airlines bank on the fact that many passengers are willing to take the extra train ride if it means saving hundreds of dollars on their plane fare. Next, we'll see...
Also, in California, saying “demonstrated ability to take initiative” helps hire people faster, but in Illinois, it slows things down. So, this shows that word choices matter and can have different outcomes based on the job and location....
Finding out why sharks socialize — and how much of their behavior is cooperative — is a challenge, but there are some clues, such as food availability and warmer waters. Great white sharks, are showing up in record numbers along southern California beaches as the population has doubled since...
Advances in technology are the very nature of the tasks and skills required in the workplace. To gain a full perspective of how the workplace is set to change over the next decade, employee benefits provider Unum UK with The Future Laboratory to survey 3,000 workers across several industries...