Workers

Axios - It's increasingly likely that thousands of dockworkers at major ports along the East and Gulf coasts will strike on Oct. 1... A strike would snarl the economy only weeks before the election. A strike could cost the economy $5 billion a day, per a JPMorgan analysis. The 14 ports stretching from Maine to Houston are responsible for more than half of all the goods shipped in containers in and out of the U.S., Bloomberg notes. A shutdown would affect everything from cars and car parts to vegetables and fruits to furniture and all kinds of things Americans will want to buy for the holidays.  For every day of a strike, it will likely take another five or six days to get the ports operating normally again, experts say. More

Ars Technica -  An overwhelming majority of Amazon employees are “dissatisfied” with Amazon killing remote work and requiring them to be in the office five days a week next year. That's according to a survey of 2,585 employees by Blind, an online community where verified employees can discuss their work culture anonymously. Since May, Amazon employees have been able to work remotely up to twice per week—a policy that Amazon has reportedly enforced by keeping track of badge swipes and how many hours workers spend in offices.