Posts tagged unionized jobs.
Self-Checkout Is Under Fire Across the Country. Is Theft Really the Reason?
May 8, 2026 // For instance, the Connecticut bill mandates that stores must have one employee for every two self-checkout machines, in addition to having one manual checkout station for every two automated lanes. Stores cannot go over eight self-checkout lanes total. And any employee designated with the task of supervising self-checkouts is barred from engaging in any other simultaneous duties that could interfere with such supervision.
2021 was a year of labor action—but it didn’t translate into more unionized workers
January 20, 2022 // Despite high levels of union activity and public favorability, the number of workers in unions fell in 2021