Workforce Expert Caz Pereira

A Health Freak Who Loves JFK

Caz Pereira is a workforce expert with Bay Area-based nonprofit Growth Sector. Before participating in a panel on whether or not most of us need algebra, he bragged on his mixology and hated on his futon in the Zócalo green room.

Married to Mrs. Moneybags

What Will Happen to Coupledom When Most Women Out-Earn Their Male Partners?

“Do women become bad wives and unpleasant partners when they have not only a room of their own but an income of their own?” asked journalist Liza Mundy, who was …

Does My Generation of Women Not Want a Raise?

Well, Yes, Of Course-But There’s More To Workplace Parity

I have grown up with two near-religious beliefs: there is no career that a woman cannot do as well or better than a man, and there is nothing but my …

When Mama Makes the Money

What Happens to the Men?

 

More than half of American households still have men who are the primary breadwinners. But women are fast catching up and, if trends hold, will surpass men in earning power …

Cruising for a Living

At Least the Crew Bar Offered an Escape from the Escape

The tragic story of the Costa Concordia cruise ship hitting a rock after veering four miles off course hit close to home for me. A few months ago, I was …

Wrong Occupation

What Happens When Dock Workers Don’t RSVP

When Occupy Wall Street protesters attempted to shut down West Coast ports earlier this month, they didn’t do much–except demonstrate their ignorance of how ports, and their community of workers, …