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Thu Oct 5 2023

Daniel de Visé | Personal Finance Reporter

Happy Thursday! It's Daniel de Visé with your daily headlines.

Let's talk about microaggressions. Sheryl Sandberg, one of the world's most recognized business executives, has had to get used to them. No sooner had she launched her career than she noticed colleagues interrupting her in mid-sentence.

"Even to this day, when I am in meetings where I am the same seniority as the other people, I still get interrupted more than men," she said.

If Sandberg can't get through a sentence without being cut off, what does that say about other women in the workplace?

According to LeanIn.org's latest "Women in the Workplace" study with McKinsey & Co., women are more than twice as likely as men to be interrupted. They are also twice as likely to get comments on their emotional state and half again more likely to have a colleague take credit for their work, the new report found.

The findings reinforce years of research that suggests women face these sorts of microaggressions at a significantly higher rate than men. Most women, more than three in four, say they experience microaggressions at work.

Brandon Clark of Eastpointe is part of the UAW strike team on the midnight shift at the National Parts Distribution Center in Marysville, where he has worked for five years, He is seen here at one of two guarded areas at the site on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.

Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press / USA TODAY NETWORK

Summer of strikes marches on into fall

When Dave Barry writes his year-in-review article for 2023, he will have to dig deep for witticisms about the labor movement.

Autoworkers at the three major Detroit automakers have been on strike since mid-September; Hollywood actors are on month three of their strike; and Kaiser Permanente workers walked off the job on Wednesday.

The Cornell-ILR Labor Action Tracker estimates approximately 43 labor strikes have occurred in the past month. This statistic includes labor movements as small as 15 food service workers striking at a local Starbucks, and as vast as thousands of autoworkers.

Read Sara Chernikoff's story for a roundup of this year's strikes.

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First, Chipotle had a robot make tortilla chips. Then, another robot began helping whip up guacamole. Now, Chipotle is trying out a robotic chef to make salads and bowls.

The fast-casual chain is testing a new automated "digital makeline" at its Chipotle Cultivate Center innovation hub in Irvine, California, ground zero for the Chipotle robot revolution.

When an order comes in, bowls and salads go to the robotic system, which automatically dispenses the required ingredients. That way, human Chipotle team members can focus on making other essentials: burritos, tacos, quesadillas, and witty repartee with customers.

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