Axios AM: Mike's Top 10 — Exclusive: 25% plan to bolt job post-pandemic

Plus: The great ketchup shortage | Tuesday, April 06, 2021

Open in app View in browser   Presented By Facebook   Axios AM By Mike Allen ·Apr 06, 2021 Good Tuesday morning. Smart Brevity™ count: 985 words ... 4 minutes. ⚾ MLB moves the All-Star Game to Coors Field in Denver, after pulling the Midsummer Classic from Atlanta over Georgia's voting-law changes. (AP) 🥊 "Republicans are attacking corporations over their decision to condemn the controversial Georgia voting law," as the party embraces Trumpy populism, creating tensions with business allies, the WashPost reports.     1 big thing ... Exclusive: 25% plan to bolt job post-pandemic Illustration: Rae Cook/Axios   1 in 4 workers (26%) plans to look for a job at a different company once the pandemic has subsided, Kim Hart writes from Prudential's Pulse of the American Worker Survey, conducted by Morning Consult in March. That number is even higher (34%) for millennials, the largest generation in the workforce today. Of those planning to leave their current job, 80% are concerned about career growth, and nearly 75% say the pandemic made them rethink their skills. High-performing workers no longer feel geographically tied to local employers in a remote world. Prudential Vice Chair Rob Falzon said business leaders "need to get back to looking more intently at our talent and ensuring we are giving them opportunities even in a remote environment, or we're going to lose them." Most workers say they want to work remotely at least part of the time after offices reopen, multiple surveys suggest. Nearly half of remote workers told Prudential they'd be nervous about job security if they stayed remote while colleagues returned. Share this story.     2. Global capitalism abets China repression Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios   Beijing is increasingly incentivizing companies to contribute to its domestic repression and global geopolitical goals, Axios China reporter Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian writes. Since Beijing has made access to the potential riches of China's markets contingent upon toeing party lines, companies face growing financial incentives to accede to China's demands. Counter-pressure can come in the form of sanctions, export bans, or other actions from their home governments. Chinese social media users last week lambasted Swedish clothing retailer H&M for its previous statement disavowing the use of Xinjiang cotton, amid a state-supported nationalist backlash. H&M stores were removed from Baidu maps and their products disappeared from Chinese e-commerce platforms. Other multinational brands — including Nike, New Balance, and Hugo Boss — soon faced a similar boycott. Context: The Chinese Communist Party has put at least 1 million Uyghurs in mass internment camps in its northwest region of Xinjiang, banned most religious practice, used forced sterilization and destroyed cultural heritage sites, in what some international human rights lawyers and several governments are calling genocide. Keep reading.     3. Russia dials up military ambitions Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios   Russia is staging shows of military might in orbit as its civil and commercial space sector loses its longstanding edge, Axios Space correspondent Miriam Kramer writes. Why it matters: These demonstrations threaten to undermine responsible behavior in space, and could put U.S. military — and possibly commercial — assets in orbit at risk. The U.S. relies on space-based tools for situational awareness, communications, intelligence gathering and other key aspects of war-fighting. Russia performed multiple tests of anti-satellite weapons in 2020, according to reports by CSIS and the Secure World Foundation. A Russian satellite appeared to fly close to a U.S. spy satellite. Keep reading.     A message from Facebook It's time to update internet regulations     The internet has changed a lot in the 25 years since lawmakers last passed comprehensive internet regulations. It's time for an update. See how we're making progress on key issues and why we support updated regulations to set clear rules for addressing today's toughest challenges.     4. Top shots: America's biggest pandemic event Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images A near-capacity crowd of 38,238 filled Globe Life Field outside Dallas to watch the Texas Rangers lose 6-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays, "marking the largest publicly documented attendance at an event during the COVID-19 pandemic," the Dallas Morning News reports (subscription). "Many attendees sat without masks as the game progressed." Photo: Jeffrey McWhorter/AP     5. Axios/Ipsos poll: Half of parents resist vaccine Data: Axios/Ipsos poll (3.3% margin of error). Chart: Axios Visuals Just half of U.S. parents plan to get their children vaccinated for COVID-19 as soon as they can, and 48% said they wouldn't, Margaret Talev writes from the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index. Republicans surveyed were most resistant to vaccinating their children. Pollster Chris Jackson, senior vice president for Ipsos Public Affairs, said if enough parents remain reluctant over time about their children getting shots, that could spell "the end of the easy part of the vaccination story." The big picture: Optimism. For the first time in a year, the survey showed a net improvement in how people perceive their ability to do their jobs effectively. Share this story.     6. DeSantis milks "60 Minutes" spat Fox News   Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Trump ally with his eyes on the White House, is dialing up a dispute with "60 Minutes" — seizing on a juicy chance to ingratiate himself with the GOP base by bashing the media. Why it matters: It's a political gift akin to all the Fox fodder that Sen. Tom Cotton gobbled up after the N.Y. Times revolt over his op-ed. What's happening: "60 Minutes" on Sunday drew a connection between a Florida vaccine partnership with Publix grocery stores, and a $100,000 contribution to DeSantis' PAC. DeSantis and Publix say they're unrelated. "60 Minutes" showed CBS' Sharyn Alfonsi confronting DeSantis at a news conference. He claims that his answer was edited deceptively. On Fox News last night, Tucker Carlson said as he welcomed the governor: "I was just thinking the other day, all these people moving to Florida, they're probably going to try to take out DeSantis soon. Didn't take them long, did it?" 'They don't believe in facts," DeSantis said. "It was done with malicious intent and a reckless disregard for the truth." A CBS News spokesman told me that "60 Minutes" asked DeSantis twice for an interview: "As we always do for clarity, '60 Minutes' used the portion of the Governor's over 2-minute response that directly addressed the question from the correspondent." 🍿 Watch a clip of DeSantis on "Tucker." Go deeper.     7. Software industry relieved by ruling Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios   A Supreme Court ruling yesterday, in favor of Google over Oracle, left much of the software industry feeling like they'd dodged a bullet, Axios' Ashley Gold and Ina Fried report. Why it matters: By resolving an 11-year-old dispute over rights to program code in favor of Google, the Supreme Court is allowing tech companies to largely continue with their practice of building on past software advances in creating new technology. Keep reading.     8. 💰 NYC millionaires face nation's highest tax, eclipsing California "Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and New York State legislative leaders were nearing a budget agreement ... that would make New York City's millionaires pay the highest personal income taxes in the nation," the N.Y. Times reports (subscription). The city's top earners could pay between 13.5 percent to 14.8 percent in state and city taxes, when combined with New York City's top income tax rate of 3.88 percent — more than the top marginal income tax rate of 13.3 percent in California, currently the highest." Why it happened: "coronavirus-related revenue shortfalls — combined with the growing strength of the Legislature's progressive wing and the governor's waning influence," per The Times.     9. Great ketchup shortage of '21 Photo: Getty Images   American restaurants are facing a nationwide ketchup shortage, The Wall Street Journal reports in an A-hed (subscription): "Covid-19 upended the condiment world order," as takeout boosted demand for packets. "Managers are using generic versions, pouring out bulk ketchup into individual cups and hitting the aisles of Costco."     10. Madness ends with an upset: Year's best 3 minutes of video Photo: Darron Cummings/AP   Above, Baylor guard Mark Vital hugs head coach Scott Drew after winning the school's first Big Dance championship, while denying perfection to Gonzaga in an 86-70 beatdown in Indy. 🏀 Treat yourself, show your kids ... "One Shining Moment, 2021 Edition." See more photos.     A message from Facebook Facebook supports updated internet regulations     It's been 25 years since comprehensive internet regulations passed. But a lot has changed since 1996. 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