Zoom orders workers back to the office (www.bbc.co.uk)
A company that achieved success due to people having to WFH are now forcing staff back in to the office
Grindr Tells Unionizing Workers: Move Across The Country or Be Fired (www.vice.com)
Two weeks after workers at the company announced a union drive, Grindr management has issued a return-to-office policy that workers say is retaliatory....
Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from sudden 'deactivation' (kuow.org)
The Climate Culprits Blocking Workers’ Heat and Wildfire Protections (www.levernews.com)
Marvel VFX Workers Vote To Unionize In Historic Hollywood First (www.slashfilm.com)
Jamie Dimon says employees can go work somewhere else if they don't like long commutes into the office, thinks remote work doesn't cut it (www.businessinsider.com)
Fast food spent millions fighting California bill holding them accountable for employee abuse (www.sacbee.com)
Fast food chains have spent millions this year on lobbying and advertising campaigns to stave off a bill that would hold corporate owners responsible for abuses that occur at franchise restaurants, according to a Sacramento Bee analysis.
Jay Powell’s Federal Reserve: Protection for Bankers, Pain for Everyone Else (prospect.org)
Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 (www.papalencyclicals.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2861986...
Education staff could strike in September - union (www.bbc.com)
Google Illegally Cut Contract Staffers Who Worked on AI, Union Alleges (www.bloomberg.com)
The Alphabet Workers Union accused Google and Accenture of violating federal labor law, which prohibits retaliation against employees for organizing
Biden Admin to Restore Labor Rule Gutted in 1980s (prospect.org)
All I want is a job with a decent number of hours – why is that so hard to find? - Sharron Spice, The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/ZfHr3...
Dominican Republic: Doctors Go On Strike Against Insurance (www.telesurenglish.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2693230...
When M.D.s Go Union (prospect.org)
Strikes spiked in July, as workers seek higher wages to keep up with inflation (www.washingtonpost.com)
Indian state’s new tax on digital platforms sets gig workers against firms (www.aljazeera.com)
Gig workers have welcomed a new law in India’s largest state Rajasthan to impose a tax on revenue earned by digital platforms that operate in the state, including global giants Uber and Amazon, even as industry groups have warned it will eventually hurt customers and derail business in the state....
I think minors need a union, may help with the safety issues at the work place (web.archive.org)
“Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies”...
We’re now finding out the damaging results of the mandated return to the office–and it’s worse than we thought (finance.yahoo.com)
As Writers Strike Nears Day 100, WGA & AMPTP Seek Path Back Toward Negotiating Table (deadline.com)
The Labor Organizing Summit | Part 2 - Featuring Chris Smalls and Kshama Sawant (web.archive.org)
Chris Smalls - “Christian Smalls is an American labor organizer known for his role in leading Amazon worker organization in Staten Island, a borough in New York City. He is the president and founder of the Amazon Labor Union since 2021.”...
Metro workers vow to stay off job 'as long as it takes' as strike enters 3rd day (www.cbc.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/2356612...
3-5% required for social change (piped.video)
Do we really need just 3-5% to change the country for the better?
4 careers where workers will have to change jobs by 2030 due to AI and shifts in how we shop, according to a McKinsey study (www.businessinsider.in)
Hiroshima garbage-collection firm attracts women with free day care to find success (mainichi.jp)
HIROSHIMA -- After a garbage collection company in this west Japan city made efforts to improve its working conditions and go beyond a male-oriented atmosphere, women, including many with children, now represent around 40% of its workforce.
