The BulleTin • Tuesday, June 29, 2021 A13
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TODAY
WEDNESDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
111°
LOW
66°
Very hot; dangerous heat
Sunshine with record-
breaking temperatures
ALMANAC
Yesterday Normal
Record
108°
76° 108° in 2021
66°
44° 28° in 1902
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.00"
Record
0.53" in 1933
Month to date (normal)
0.68" (0.67")
Year to date (normal)
2.83" (5.69")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
29.86"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Wed.
Sun
5:25am/8:52pm 5:26am/8:52pm
Moon 12:15am/10:55am 12:38am/12:02pm
Mercury 4:21am/7:04pm 4:18am/7:03pm
Venus
7:26am/10:27pm 7:28am/10:27pm
Mars
8:10am/10:49pm 8:09am/10:46pm
Jupiter 11:34pm/10:09am 11:30pm/10:05am
Saturn 10:44pm/8:26am 10:40pm/8:22am
Uranus
2:13am/4:25pm 2:09am/4:22pm
Last
New
First
Full
Jul 1
Jul 9
Jul 17
Jul 23
Tonight's sky: Virgo the Maiden is low above
the western horizon.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
5
10
10
5
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Trees
Low
Weeds
Absent
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
SATURDAY
100°
61°
Partly sunny; record-tying
temperatures
EAST: Extreme heat
will continue Tuesday
along with scorching
sun. Fair and warm at
night. Sunny and hot
Wednesday.
CENTRAL: The
extreme and record-
breaking heat will
continue Tuesday
and Wednesday with
sizzling sunshine.
WEST: Sunshine and
continued hot Tuesday.
Fair and warm
Tuesday night. Sunny
and not quite as warm
Wednesday.
98°
63°
Sunshine with record-
breaking temperatures
Partly sunny with near-
record temperatures
Astoria
71/59
Hood
River
NATIONAL WEATHER
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
47344
86%
Wickiup
38722
19%
Crescent Lake
24694
28%
Ochoco Reservoir
7608
17%
Prineville
67407
45%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
113
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
1100
Deschutes R. below Bend
138
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1450
Little Deschutes near La Pine
94
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
65
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
1
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
301
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
40
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
4
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: USDA Forest Service
Winery
Continued from A11
Bernau said the sparkling winery
and tasting room is a “considerable in-
vestment,” with the building and road
improvements exceeding $15 million.
The site is already home to a mature
vineyard, and will also feature a bio-
dynamic garden.
Growth for Willamette Valley Vine-
yards doesn’t stop there. The company
is building four winery restaurants,
with the first to open before the end of
the year in Lake Oswego. Three others
are planned for Vancouver, Washing-
ton, Bend and Happy Valley.
Along with increasing brand aware-
ness nationally for Oregon Pinot noir,
Bernau said the restaurants will only
add further demand. He estimates
that Willamette Valley Vineyards will
need to double production over the
next 5-7 years to keep pace.
The Salem Hills winery will still be
used to make small lots of Pinot noir,
with more of the space to be dedicated
to wine tastings and hospitality, Ber-
Wages
Offices
Continued from A11
Continued from A11
The federal minimum wage, mean-
while, has been stagnant at $7.25 an
hour since 2009. There is a general
agreement in Congress that the na-
tional minimum should rise, but Re-
publicans and Democrats have been
unable to agree on how much and
how quickly.
That reflects a perennial debate
among economists over how much
higher minimum wages inhibit job
growth, the fear being that employers
will hire fewer workers if they must
pay them more. There’s no debate,
though, that it’s easier to raise wages
when the economy is strong.
Oregon’s succession of minimum
wage increases coincided with a long
stretch of economic growth, when the
state’s jobless rate was at historic lows
– dependably below 4% in the months
before pandemic recession hit.
And even as the minimum wage
rose, the number of Oregon workers
earning the minimum steadily de-
clined from 7.3% in 2018 to 6.6% in
2019 and just 6.1% last year. Some
123,000 workers statewide earned the
minimum in 2020, according to the
Oregon Employment Department.
That could suggest that employers
were raising wages to attract work-
ers during the strong economy, not
only because the state was mandating
higher pay.
Of course, the pandemic changed
everything. Many low-wage work-
ers lost their jobs last year when bars,
restaurants and other hospitality sec-
tors cut back or shut down. That meant
fewer workers in those industries, and
fewer workers earning the minimum.
And now, with employers facing a
labor shortage, there is evidence that
wages are rising for a new reason —
employers racing to reopen after the
pandemic are paying more so they
can staff up quickly and capitalize on
the economic rebound.
To improve mental health,
the company transformed
a planned work area into a
spa-like “relaxation room”
with reclining chairs and
soft music. A test kitchen
is wired for virtual presen-
tations in case clients don’t
want to travel. And a clean-
ing crew comes through
twice a day, leaving Post-it
notes to show what’s been
disinfected.
“Maybe it’s over the top,
but maybe it provides com-
fort to those that have sen-
sitivities to returning to an
in-person work environ-
ment,” said Ryan Smith, the
executive vice president of
Ajinomoto North America.
Smith estimates 40% of the
new headquarters design
changed due to COVID.
Shobha Surya, an associate
manager of projects and sales
at Ajinomoto, is energized by
the space.
Surya said she’s also
thrilled to be working along-
side her co-workers again.
She’s not alone. Surveys
show the thing employees
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
88/69/0.44
Akron
92/73/0.00
Albany
90/73/0.19
Albuquerque
73/64/0.06
Anchorage
60/52/0.00
Atlanta
89/73/0.00
Atlantic City
91/73/0.00
Austin
89/71/0.02
Baltimore
94/75/0.00
Billings
86/59/0.00
Birmingham
90/72/0.00
Bismarck
81/58/0.00
Boise
103/73/0.00
Boston
97/75/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 91/71/0.00
Buffalo
86/73/0.00
Burlington, VT
93/76/0.07
Caribou, ME
83/69/0.08
Charleston, SC 83/72/0.22
Charlotte
90/69/Tr
Chattanooga
92/73/0.00
Cheyenne
71/50/0.00
Chicago
82/66/0.17
Cincinnati
92/71/Tr
Cleveland
90/74/0.02
Colorado Springs 69/53/0.29
Columbia, MO
86/72/1.59
Columbia, SC
90/71/Tr
Columbus, GA
88/72/Tr
Columbus, OH
93/71/0.00
Concord, NH
97/70/0.00
Corpus Christi
89/74/0.02
Dallas
89/75/0.72
Dayton
90/74/0.02
Denver
74/53/0.17
Des Moines
83/69/0.00
Detroit
90/73/0.30
Duluth
79/55/0.00
El Paso
70/62/1.61
Fairbanks
72/52/0.00
Fargo
79/63/0.22
Flagstaff
79/51/0.00
Grand Rapids
84/61/0.15
Green Bay
80/59/0.00
Greensboro
88/69/0.00
Harrisburg
95/74/0.00
Hartford, CT
95/72/0.00
Helena
95/57/0.00
Honolulu
88/73/0.00
Houston
80/75/0.88
Huntsville
92/72/0.00
Indianapolis
90/71/0.53
Jackson, MS
93/75/0.00
Jacksonville
82/73/0.29
Today Wednesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
82/69/t
87/70/t
90/74/t
84/70/t
90/72/t
88/68/t
68/60/t
77/63/t
65/54/pc 63/54/pc
83/72/t
88/72/t
84/74/s
84/75/s
84/71/t
89/71/t
96/74/s
97/73/s
92/61/s
96/64/s
85/72/t
87/71/t
87/57/pc
91/61/s
104/75/s 104/72/s
97/77/s
94/74/t
89/74/s
90/72/pc
89/73/t
79/65/t
89/73/pc
85/64/t
84/64/pc
76/61/r
87/74/t
87/74/t
90/71/pc 91/72/pc
88/72/t
89/72/t
72/52/pc 75/55/pc
82/71/t
82/67/t
90/73/t
83/69/t
88/73/t
81/67/t
71/54/t
74/57/c
83/70/t
79/69/r
90/71/t
91/72/pc
88/72/t
89/71/t
92/73/t
85/70/t
93/70/s
91/68/t
86/75/t
89/75/t
87/74/t
88/76/pc
90/73/t
84/69/t
76/58/pc 80/59/pc
81/67/t
85/66/pc
87/72/t
81/67/t
73/58/t
83/56/pc
75/67/t
80/68/t
71/58/pc 77/58/pc
83/58/pc
88/62/s
72/47/t
71/50/t
81/69/t
80/62/c
77/63/t
83/60/pc
88/71/pc 90/72/pc
95/73/t
96/72/t
96/74/pc
96/71/t
97/61/s
98/63/s
87/75/s
87/75/pc
85/75/t
89/74/t
87/70/t
88/70/t
88/72/t
81/68/t
91/71/pc
90/71/t
86/72/t
86/72/t
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
69/56/t
94/77/s
54/41/sh
118/86/s
96/81/t
81/71/t
88/77/s
86/66/pc
66/47/t
97/69/pc
54/44/pc
84/70/r
101/76/s
96/64/c
86/78/t
69/49/pc
66/51/pc
73/53/t
77/50/s
90/84/t
86/71/s
87/73/s
70/52/s
66/62/pc
73/58/s
66/54/sh
88/60/s
91/82/t
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
79/54/0.00
80/70/0.05
85/65/0.14
106/91/0.00
90/71/0.00
86/67/0.00
91/72/0.00
81/66/0.00
94/76/0.00
79/65/0.00
93/76/0.00
86/77/0.80
76/65/Tr
84/64/0.78
93/73/0.09
88/78/0.02
92/76/0.00
99/77/0.00
89/74/0.00
83/70/0.82
84/69/1.07
90/74/0.00
117/89/0.00
84/72/0.38
94/72/0.00
109/89/0.00
92/70/0.00
97/70/0.00
93/72/0.00
90/67/0.00
80/54/Tr
103/67/0.00
90/71/0.00
92/74/0.00
91/58/0.00
88/74/1.70
93/71/0.00
90/74/Tr
71/66/0.00
69/59/0.00
76/59/0.00
70/54/Tr
79/72/0.94
107/71/0.00
88/65/0.00
105/75/0.00
86/70/0.06
95/77/0.00
103/82/0.00
88/72/0.11
91/76/0.00
82/68/0.01
109/69/0.00
112/86/0.00
Today Wednesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
71/52/pc 63/49/pc
76/69/t
80/69/r
83/69/t
81/63/t
100/80/t
94/81/t
90/71/t
83/69/t
84/65/t
84/64/pc
91/74/pc
91/75/c
85/68/pc 82/67/pc
93/75/t
87/73/t
78/65/t
83/64/pc
92/75/pc
89/74/t
88/79/sh
88/78/t
81/69/t
81/64/pc
82/65/c
87/67/pc
92/72/t
87/73/t
87/78/t
87/77/t
95/78/pc 96/74/pc
96/78/pc 99/75/pc
90/76/s
93/77/s
78/69/t
81/69/t
85/68/t
86/66/pc
89/75/t
89/73/t
104/83/pc 105/80/t
83/70/t
79/68/r
95/76/pc
96/74/s
104/84/t
103/83/t
90/71/t
84/68/t
92/70/s
88/68/t
93/74/s
93/73/pc
90/72/pc 91/74/pc
82/55/pc
87/59/s
100/67/s
97/66/s
93/75/s
95/76/s
87/72/t
82/64/t
98/62/s
91/59/s
88/74/t
83/72/t
94/69/s
90/68/pc
84/75/t
89/75/sh
72/66/pc 73/66/pc
74/61/pc 72/62/pc
82/60/s
79/59/s
65/53/t
74/56/t
88/73/t
88/73/t
90/63/s
82/62/s
85/60/pc
89/61/s
110/78/s 108/72/s
85/70/t
82/70/t
91/76/t
89/76/t
97/77/t
95/75/t
84/73/t
85/72/t
95/78/pc
97/75/s
77/69/t
83/69/r
115/76/s 112/70/s
104/79/t
103/79/t
109/89/0.00
70/54/0.73
88/75/0.13
81/66/0.16
73/56/0.00
89/77/0.03
102/86/0.00
84/68/0.28
70/55/0.00
90/72/0.09
77/61/0.11
79/67/0.00
90/66/0.00
66/27/0.00
70/57/0.00
72/64/0.00
85/72/0.28
83/74/0.00
88/79/0.43
75/55/0.00
61/49/0.14
90/81/0.14
90/75/0.00
81/71/0.99
90/73/0.00
90/72/0.00
91/61/0.00
79/54/0.00
108/81/s
67/55/t
85/71/pc
69/61/t
72/55/c
88/78/t
108/90/pc
85/71/t
73/56/pc
83/69/pc
64/56/t
73/64/pc
85/67/pc
69/41/pc
56/46/sh
77/63/c
85/68/pc
86/74/pc
86/77/t
76/57/pc
63/51/c
94/83/c
89/80/s
79/68/r
83/71/t
82/64/s
93/65/pc
84/61/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 124°
at Death Valley, CA
National low: 31°
at Gothic, CO
Precipitation: 3.43"
at Odessa, TX
FIRE INDEX
Extreme
Extreme
Very high
Extreme
Very high
Mostly sunny and very
warm
Mostly sunny and hot
NATIONAL
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
67/63/0.02 71/59/pc 70/58/c
La Grande
102/67/0.00 106/69/s 105/68/s
Portland
115/76/0.00 97/64/s 89/63/s
Baker City
100/54/0.00 104/59/s 102/58/s
La Pine
105/55/0.00 103/56/s 97/55/s
Prineville
106/61/0.00 114/69/s 97/65/s
Brookings
61/56/Tr
64/55/pc 66/54/pc
Medford
115/75/0.00 103/65/s 100/65/s
Redmond
110/62/0.00 112/64/s 104/60/s
Burns
100/55/0.00 103/60/s 102/59/s
Newport
63/54/0.00 64/57/pc 64/57/c
Roseburg
101/74/0.00 94/62/s 87/62/s
Eugene
93/69/Tr
90/59/s 84/58/pc
North Bend
69/57/0.00 67/59/pc 67/58/pc
Salem
117/75/0.00 94/61/s 89/60/s
Klamath Falls
103/62/0.00 102/56/s 97/56/s
Ontario
105/64/0.00 108/72/s 107/70/s
Sisters
103/57/0.00 110/65/s 100/62/s
Lakeview
102/66/0.00 101/58/s 96/58/s
Pendleton
113/73/0.00 114/76/s 106/72/s
The Dalles
118/73/0.00 117/74/s 99/70/s
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-10s
90°
57°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
118/77
Rufus
Hermiston
109/71
118/79
122/79
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
117/75
96/60 97/64
105/64
Wasco
105/67 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
103/65
119/75
114/76
Sandy
117/74
McMinnville
71/59
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
95/61
Maupin
Government
95/58
106/69
103/71
Camp
119/75 Condon 111/74
Union
Lincoln City
108/71
97/60
107/66
Salem
66/57
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
94/61
Madras
112/74
Albany
95/61
Newport
Baker City
114/68
116/69
Mitchell
64/57
88/58
104/59
Camp Sherman
108/68
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
109/65
112/64
83/58
Day
Prineville
63/56
100/58
Ontario
Sisters
114/69
Paulina
105/71
108/72
Florence
Eugene 110/65
Bend Brothers 104/62
Vale
65/58
90/59
111/66
103/60
Sunriver
107/73
Nyssa
107/63
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
107/72
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
103/56
103/60
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
106/67
92/61
92/59
Fort
Rock
68/57
103/60
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
104/59
102/60
High: 118°
101/57
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at The Dalles
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
65/57
94/62
103/60
97/65
Low: 54°
Marsh
Lake
102/64
Port Orford
100/56
103/59
at Baker City
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
64/56
Pass
104/64
Chiloquin
103/62
104/64 Medford
Rome
99/56
Gold Beach
103/65
105/63
61/54
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
103/65
100/64
102/56
100/63
64/55
101/58
Seaside
73/57
Cannon Beach
70/57
MONDAY
92°
59°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
541-683-1577
WATER REPORT
Bend
Redmond/Madras
Sisters
Prineville
La Pine/Gilchrist
SUNDAY
OREGON WEATHER
TEMPERATURE
Grasses
High
FRIDAY
98°
60°
102°
61°
Clear and warm
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
THURSDAY
nau said.
In addition, Willamette Valley
Vineyards is creating a new posi-
tion, director of winemaking and
vineyards, who will help manage the
transition into the new winery while
overseeing operations and assisting
in the development of brands and
products.
Willamette Valley Vineyards owns
five vineyards in the Willamette Val-
ley, totaling about 500 mature acres,
as well as 35 acres in Eastern Oregon
and Washington in the Walla Walla
73/63/0.21
95/79/0.00
63/53/0.28
117/81/0.00
95/80/0.06
89/71/0.36
86/77/0.00
86/60/0.00
66/48/0.05
91/61/0.00
48/43/0.00
90/75/0.00
103/79/0.00
93/63/0.00
90/75/0.34
66/48/0.00
64/53/0.12
79/63/0.02
72/51/0.00
89/81/0.37
88/73/0.00
89/70/0.00
68/45/0.00
66/62/0.00
73/57/0.00
68/59/0.09
84/57/0.00
93/82/0.21
62/57/t
96/77/s
57/41/s
120/84/pc
97/81/t
88/69/pc
88/79/s
73/59/t
64/49/c
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Valley and The Rocks District of
Milton-Freewater American Viticul-
tural Area. The winery also has 500
acres under contract with Oregon
growers.
Bernau credits expansion of the
winery to its business model, as a
publicly traded company with more
than 19,000 wine enthusiasts as share-
holders.
In mid-June, the winery issued a
$10.7 million stock offering to fund
the new restaurants. Shares are be-
ing sold at $5.05 with a 4.36% annual
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Boasberg dismissed the separate
complaint made by the state attor-
neys general as well.
The FTC didn’t immediately have
a comment on the ruling and it
wasn’t known whether the agency
planned to try again.
Facebook, in an e-mailed state-
ment, said “We are pleased that to-
hubs for employees. Some
mimic coffee houses, with
wood floors, booth seating
and pendant lamps.
“Companies are trying to
create the sense that this is a
cool club that people want to
come into,” Newman said.
day’s decisions recognize the defects
in the government complaints filed
against Facebook. We compete fairly
every day to earn people’s time and
attention and will continue to deliver
great products for the people and
businesses that use our services.”
Alex Harman, competition policy
advocate for Public Citizen, a con-
sumer advocacy group, said the rul-
ing wasn’t surprising in that other
courts had grappled with and thrown
Mark Bryan, a senior in-
terior designer with Colum-
bus, Ohio-based M+A Ar-
chitects, expects a more fluid
office culture in the future,
with different places to work
on any given day. Introverts
might choose a small, private
out cases in which consumers weren’t
charged directly for the services in
question.
“Courts really have a hard time
with that market definition for some
reason,” Harman said. “It’s Exhibit A
for why we need the laws changed.”
An ambitious package of legisla-
tion to overhaul the antitrust laws,
which could point toward break-
ing up Facebook as well as Google,
Amazon and Apple, was approved
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dividend, or wine credit worth 15%
more.
“The foundation of our success is
our owners,” Bernau said.
According to its latest annual re-
port filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, Willamette
Valley Vineyards managed to increase
sales and income, despite the pan-
demic.
Net sales were $27.3 million, up
approximately 10% over 2019, while
net income was $6.9 million, a 23%
increase.
The auditorium of Ajinomoto, a global food and pharmaceutical company in Illinois. In May, Ajinomo-
to’s employees returned to work in a space designed for a post-COVID world. Hallways are wider. Glass
panels separate cubicles. A work space has been transformed into a spa-like relaxation area. The culi-
nary center is wired for virtual presentations. And a cleaning crew comes through twice a day, leaving
Post-it notes to show what’s been disinfected.
miss most about office work
is socializing and collaborat-
ing with colleagues, said Lise
Newman, workplace practice
director at architecture firm
SmithGroup. Companies are
trying to encourage that rap-
port by building more social
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room; extroverts, a table in
the office cafe.
Some office changes re-
flect a new commitment to
hybrid work. Valiant Tech-
nologies, which provides
tech support and other ser-
vices to businesses, is letting
its employees work primar-
ily at home but has them
reserve a desk for the days
they want to come to the
office. The New York com-
pany has removed rows of
desks and put more space
between the remaining ones.
Employees leave their key-
board, mouse and headsets
in lockers.
Not every design change
will stick. Last summer,
when Steelcase started bring-
ing back some workers, they
pushed tables in the cafete-
ria far apart from each other
and only allowed one person
per table. It made the space
so depressing that no one
wanted to sit there, Steelcase
CEO Jim Keane said.
“An important lesson is
that, yes, it has to be safe, but
also has to be inspiring,” he
said. “People are actually go-
ing to expect more from of-
fices in the future.”
by the House Judiciary Committee
last week and sent to the full U.S.
House.
Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, the
chief Republican sponsor of the legis-
lation, said in a statement that Mon-
day’s ruling “shows that antitrust re-
form is urgently needed. Congress
needs to provide additional tools and
resources to our antitrust enforcers to
go after Big Tech companies engag-
ing in anticompetitive conduct.”