Why are Japanese developers not undergoing mass layoffs? -- spoilers: better employment laws (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Layoffs and studio closures have been an unfortunately-common occurrence across the industry since last year, with layoffs in 2024 already matching 2023’s total of over 10,000 developers being put out of work. Yet if there is one bright spot to find in this bleak reality, it is, ironically, in the same city as the departed...
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Universal basic income is 'straight out of the Karl Marx playbook,' financial guru Dave Ramsey says (www.businessinsider.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/MoGwg
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CIA mishandled sexual assault, harassment within its ranks, internal review finds (www.politico.com)
New protections empower H-2A agricultural workers to organize (prismreports.org)
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Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour (www.theverge.com)
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Joe Biden is old. So is Donald Trump. So are millions of other American workers (www.usatoday.com)
This article gets so close to an important point and then misses it.
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Bethesda Game Studios Montreal workers are trying to unionize (www.gamedeveloper.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/21476821
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Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become (www.theguardian.com)
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Uber and Lyft agree to minimum pay and benefits for Massachusetts drivers (www.theguardian.com)
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Pillaging by the Super-Rich Will Continue Until the Working Class Revolts (www.commondreams.org)
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Study: American workers in labor unions has fallen from nearly 35% in 1954 to just 10.5% in 2018 (medium.com)
Uber is locking New York drivers out of its apps and blaming a city pay rule (www.engadget.com)
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Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” - Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted. (arstechnica.com)
Big tech companies are still trying to rally workers back into physical offices, and many workers are still not having it. Based on a recent report, computer-maker Dell has stumbled even more than most....
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California Democrats agree to delay health care worker minimum wage increase to help balance budget (abcnews.go.com)
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LGBT Workers Need Unions, Not Rainbow Capitalism (inthesetimes.com)
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For Many Greeks, Six-Day 48-Hour Work Week Now Set to Begin July 1st (www.thenationalherald.com)
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Construction workers are dying from suicide at an alarming rate, with an estimated 6,000 construction workers dying as a result of suicide in 2022 (www.nbcnews.com)
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Amazon retaliated after employee walkout over the return-to-office policy, NLRB lawyers say (www.theverge.com)
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Amazon retaliated after employee walkout over the return-to-office policy, NLRB lawyers say (www.theverge.com)
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Greece introduces the six-day work week (www.dw.com)
“While the 40-hour work week is still officially in place, employers are permitted to require staff to work up to two unpaid hours per day for a limited period in return for more free time.”
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If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not. (www.vox.com)
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Wells Fargo workers using ‘mouse movers’ are getting caught and fired - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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California to become third state to mandate heat protections for indoor workers (www.nbcnews.com)
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