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A frenzy of hiring left labor in short supply, giving workers leverage over bosses for the first time in a generation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

IG Metall is organising protests by VW workers outside plants across the country Thursday, when the carmaker's bosses will present the restructuring plans to the supervisory board.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

I think we’ve all had those difficult bosses, where you go out with colleagues and spend all of lunch talking about them.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

The TUC, the umbrella group for trade unions, says bosses where possible should allow staff to work from home, start later and make up their hours in the near future, or swap their hours.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

It was now possible to do more than one thing, but if he bet against subprime mortgage bonds and was proven wrong, his bosses would find it easy to be mad at him.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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