Episode 61: Tight labor market gives workers upper hand

On this episode of the Working Lunch podcast the Align team takes a closer look at the tightening job market in the new economy and the expectations workers have for higher wages to portable benefits and more. All of it is making it harder to recruit and retain workers. Plus, as Starbucks gets ready to shutdown 8000 stores for racial-bias training, what message is the company communicating to its employees about the brand? Also on the show, Align has several updates to stories first mentioned last week including another a new soda tax study, ICE raids and an influential conservative think tank calling for a paid leave policy.