Class catastrophe (lemmy.world)
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Unionize Amazon Everywhere - On the Ground at the Most Important Union Drive in the Country (youtu.be)
On Strike! is a news show that covers the labor movement that mainstream media refuses to honestly cover.
Watch: Billionaire CEO says unemployment 'has to jump' to put 'arrogant' workers in their place (www.rawstory.com)
UAW workers launch unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
The United Auto Workers union is on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the first time in its history that it has struck all three of the nation’s unionized automakers at the same time.
CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978 (www.epi.org)
“average top CEO compensation was $15.6 million in 2021, up 9.8% since 2020. In 2021, the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 399-to-1 under the realized measure of CEO pay; that is up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and a big increase from 20-to-1 in 1965 and 59-to-1 in 1989”
English teacher to return to Nagasaki Univ. indefinitely after employment suit settlement (mainichi.jp)
NAGASAKI -- An English teacher whose employment contract with Nagasaki University was terminated just before he would have been eligible to claim an unfixed term is set to return to work indefinitely after a court settlement.
Durham city workers are striking (pbs.twimg.com)
More info at nitter.net/ue150union
NLRB Complaint Calls a Noncompete Agreement an Unfair Labor Practice (prospect.org)
The NLRB’s action adds another dimension to the Biden administration’s assault on noncompetes. The FTC proposed a ban on most noncompete agreements earlier this year.
I walked out today
Got laid off in June and have been fortunate enough to be on gardening leave until the end of this month. The job search has not gone well so far and I started getting desperate....
Marvel VFX Workers Unanimously Vote to Unionize In Industry First (www.vice.com)
Visual effects workers at the studio voted 32-0 to unionize, marking a historic milestone in their field....
The proletarianization of tech workers (doctorow.medium.com)
Remember when tech workers dreamed of working for a big company for a few years, before striking out on their own to start their own company that would knock that tech giant over?...
Thombert, Inc. strike continues (lemmy.world)
Support the workers! This will help a lot:...
TikTok Blocked 'WGA' Searches Amid Writer's Strike Because It Thought It Was a Conspiracy (www.vice.com)
The social media app, which has been an instrumental tool during the strike, is blocking searches for “WGA.”...
New At 6:30: Anti-Union Propaganda (www.levernews.com)
In 2021, my company laid off 100 people. Later that same year, they hire me and others to replenish this loss
And now, fast forward to 2023, they are laying me off, along with another 99 people....
Warner Bros. Discovery Says Ongoing Strikes Will Mean $300M-$500M Hit to 2023 Earnings (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
"The company now expects to exceed $1.7 billion in free cash flow for the third quarter of 2023, in part due to the strong performance of 'Barbie' as well as incremental impact from strike-related factors," the entertainment giant says in a regulatory filing.
Americans Are Less Motivated to Work This Year Compared to Last, New Data Shows (www.bloomberg.com)
Durham Public Works Employees “Illegally” Strike for 1st Time (paydayreport.com)
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – In late June, I attended a meeting of public works employees in Durham, who were planning the first strike of public works employees in the rapidly gentrifying city, where many city workers can’t afford to live....
Slavery was abolished, so the rich are now trying to make economic oppression the equivalent of slavery. (i.imgur.com)
UAW strike would show Biden, other leaders that it's time to 'pick a side,' union boss says (www.cnbc.com)
Grindr ‘Unlawfully’ Purged Staff at LGBTQ Dating App, Union Says (www.vice.com)
The union alleges severance agreements offered to former staff broke the law and the company illegally silenced workers....
Walmart cuts starting hourly pay for some workers (www.detroitnews.com)
The retailer says the change will create consistency in starting hourly pay across individual stores.
Unions seek gains in hostile territory: ‘If you change the South, you change America’ (www.politico.com)
They’re wielding new tactics with low-wage workers after decades of failed organizing efforts.
Nigerian unions strike again to protest soaring costs after subsidy removal (www.aljazeera.com)
Government workers in Nigeria are striking over the rising costs of living worsened by the removal of petrol subsidies.
Workers of the world unite! Happy Labor Day! (lemmy.world)
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