United Airlines pilots participate in a picket line at Washington Dulles International Airport on May 12, 2023. Ahead of a busy summer travel season, they're asking for higher wages and also quality of life improvements. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
From left: Cati Bennett, Frank Ruiz, Carla Stickler, Jack Elliot and Kristin Zawatski transformed their lives as a result of the pandemic. Beth Nakamura for NPR; Christopher Gregory for NPR; Taylor Glascock for NPR; Amanda Lucier for NPR; Vanessa Leroy/NPR hide caption
Tourists enjoy a day at the beach on the Canary Island of Tenerife. A Welsh recruitment company is treating its entire staff to a vacation on the island. Desiree Martin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The United Arab Emirates is changing its workweek to have half days on Fridays and a Saturday-Sunday weekend. Here, the country's emirate of Dubai and its Burj Khalifa skyscraper are photographed from a helicopter on July 8, 2020. Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Iceland has found that a shorter workweek has improved the well-being of its workforce while not cutting into productivity. Halldor Kolbeins/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jonathan Caballero is among the millions of workers who are rethinking how they want to live their lives after the pandemic. He has found a new job that won't require a long commute. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption
Chef Val James inspired her daughter to create a documentary about the challenges female chefs face, including access to capital, sexual harassment, and family time off. Robert Featherstone/A Fine Line hide caption
Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager for President-elect Donald Trump, speaks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York last week. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
The Misconceptions of the Mind Conference incorporated accommodations and play for children that paralleled the academic exchange among scholars and scientists. Saray Ayala and Nadya Vasilyeva/MoMiCon hide caption