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A WeWork office in San Mateo, Calif. Shares of WeWork plunged more than 46 percent in Wednesday trading after news reports that the New York-based company is planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

WeWork may enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy as soon as next week

Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows a company to keep operating while it works out a plan to repay its debts.

The future of work has arrived — and the CEO of Slack isn’t looking back
On the latest episode of “Say More with Shirley Leung," Lidiane Jones said she believes technological innovation will be essential to unlock collaboration between those working from home and those in the office.

Zoom made employees return to the office to feel your hybrid pain
Zoom enabled millions of people to do their jobs, take classes, and socialize remotely during the height of the pandemic. Now, it's requiring employees who live in a 50 mile radius of an office to return two days a week.

‘I can’t afford the cars I help make’: At Mansfield UAW strike, employees rail against pay disparities

A few dozen at the Stellantis parts distribution center are fighting a tiered compensation system.

More US firms offer student loan help to debt-burdened grads
The share of full-time job listings mentioning student debt repayment programs has more than doubled since 2019, according to an analysis by job site Handshake.

Three-plus years after COVID onset, Mass. companies still figuring out the future of work
A new survey of white-collar employers finds many are still trying to find the right approach to in-person work.

Writers, seeking pay change for the streaming era, prepare to strike
More than 11,000 unionized screenwriters could head to picket lines as soon as Tuesday, an action that, depending on its duration, would bring Hollywood’s creative assembly lines to a gradual halt.

As burnout mounts, push for a four-day work week grows
Making jobs more efficient and reining in time-creep is crucial for workers’ well-being, advocates note, and some employers are going to extremes by slashing time out of the long-established 40-hour work week.

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Matisse DuPont (right) spoke to potential employers while attending the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce's job fair focused on the transgender community on Jan. 17.

For the transgender community, work can be a difficult world to navigate

Navigating the world of work can be enormously challenging for members of the transgender community, and changing jobs is especially tricky. 5:09 p.m.

Mike Garvey, an owner-operator who works with the Green Cab and Yellow Cab of Somerville, set up a ride with his tablet on the windshield.

After the ride-hailing revolution, the taxi industry is reinventing itself

The Globe spent a day on the streets of Boston with a survivor of a brutal few years for the cab industry. 2:49 p.m.

The entrance to Boston University's Warren Towers dorm, among the 150 on-campus residences overseen by resident assistants.

The union comes to Boston University dorms

Around 280 resident assistants announced Wednesday that they had formally organized and signed union authorization cards. 1:03 p.m.

Megan Driscoll (left) and Evelyn Murphy are part of the Wage Equity Now coalition pushing for pay transparency bills in Massachusetts.

A push to make pay more transparent, and equitable, in Mass.

Bills recently reintroduced on Beacon Hill call for companies to provide pay ranges in job postings and make larger organizations’ collective wage data public — measures advocacy groups say would put job seekers on more equal footing. 1:33 p.m.

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Here’s why some young workers want to ditch ‘corporate-speak’

On my radar. Let’s close the loop. Low-hanging fruit. For young people entering corporate America, the jargon used in the office and on Slack is not worth circling back on. 5:46 a.m.

Patti MacGillivray, the owner of Pattikakes' day care, got a hug from her granddaughter, Anya Leavitt, who went to her grandmother's day care. MacGillivray shut down the business after 20 years due to rising costs, staffing shortages, and mounting stress.

Tewksbury day care closure shows a system on the brink

After 20 years in business, having survived the COVID shutdown and the stringent safety protocols that followed, the beloved Pattikakes’ daycare was beset by surging costs, plummeting revenues, and chronic staffing shortages. 5:15 p.m.

Former Darwin's worker Eleanor McCartney worked at the cafe on Mt. Auburn Street intermittently since 2018, until its closure in November.

When the union comes to a coffee shop near you

The closure of Darwin’s amid union activity highlights the often fraught relationship in independent cafes, when workers and owners stand side-by-side all day. 5:46 a.m.

Undergraduate resident assistants at Tufts University have moved to unionize. Many hope that the action will lead to fairer working conditions.

At Tufts, undergrad resident assistants are pushing for a union

The students have their housing paid for by the college in exchange for supervising dorms, but many hope that organizing formally will lead to additional compensation and fairer working conditions. 7:00 a.m.