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Andrea Hsu
Andrea Hsu is NPR's labor and workplace correspondent.
Hsu first joined NPR in 2002 and spent nearly two decades as a producer for All Things Considered. Through interviews and in-depth series, she's covered topics ranging from America's opioid epidemic to emerging research at the intersection of music and the brain. She led the award-winning NPR team that happened to be in Sichuan Province, China, when a massive earthquake struck in 2008. In the coronavirus pandemic, she reported a series of stories on the pandemic's uneven toll on women, capturing the angst that women and especially mothers were experiencing across the country, alone. Hsu came to NPR via National Geographic, the BBC, and the long-shuttered Jumping Cow Coffee House.
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The City of Philadelphia has ordered all city workers to return to the office five days a week starting July 15. A judge ruled the mandate could go forward, despite opposition from union workers.
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A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether to allow the Federal Trade Commission's ban on noncompete clauses to take effect in September. The decision could affect some 30 million people.
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To shore up childcare in Arizona, a nonprofit has long focused on training informal caregivers -- the family, friends and neighbors who care for a majority of young children in the state.
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A hospital in New Jersey is among several that have moved nurse managers, who oversee scores of bedside nurses on a unit, to a four-day work week to address burnout and high turnover.
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The US Supreme Court ruled this week in favor of Starbucks in a case involving employees trying to unionize. What are the implications for companies and the labor movement?
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A tech company out of San Diego is working to solve the vexing problem that is child care, by creating a platform where employers, working parents and child care providers can connect and transact.
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To attract workers, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, a joint venture in northern Alabama, decided to offer a child care benefit. The company pays 30% of its employees child care costs, up to $250 a month.
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A new initiative in Alabama seeks to address the shortage of child care by supporting the creation of family child care homes. These small businesses aim to better serve the needs of working families.
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Disneyland employees in California, including those who perform as characters from Mickey Mouse to Moana, have voted to unionize. The 1,700 workers will be represented by Actors' Equity Association.
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More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers who build luxury SUVs in Alabama were eligible to vote on whether to join the UAW. Workers faced intense anti-union messaging from Mercedes in the run-up.