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Another Hollywood strike? Musicians union ‘prepared to do whatever it needs’ for AI protections and streaming residuals (www.cnn.com)

After a year in which both actors and writers hit the picket lines, another Hollywood strike may be on the horizon.

How contractors using a fake Philly address endangered workers and dodged accountability (www.inquirer.com)

The companies were fined hundreds of thousands of dollars and sued repeatedly over shoddy construction and work that destroyed neighbors’ homes. Then, many of them simply disappeared....

Sega of America accused of trying to axe 40 percent of unionized staff (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Union members claimed the Sonic maker has clearly engaged in "bad-faith bargaining."

The kids are all right. (lemmy.world)

Written in the teen room at the local public library.

Whose voice is it anyway? Actors take on AI copycats (www.japantimes.co.jp)

Artists around the world are joining forces to protect their jobs, and their souls, from the ramifications of AI that sounds just like them.

An industry shouldn't have multiple human rights watch reports about working conditions (lemmy.ml)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/6711307...

Every member of Bandcamp union bargaining team was laid off in huge cuts at Oakland firm (www.sfgate.com)

The massive layoff that gutted Oakland-based music service Bandcamp hit one group at the company particularly hard: leaders of its nascent union.

Republicans Are Using Anti-China Rhetoric to Undercut Striking UAW Workers’ Demands (inthesetimes.com)

Rather than actually supporting auto workers in their strike against billionaire CEOs at the Big Three, GOP officials are instead using the labor action to rail against electric vehicles and stoke conflict with China....

Writers’ Union Wins Historic Concessions — An Example-Setting Strike for the Labor Movement (youtu.be)

How Unions CRUSH Capitalists (youtube.com)

Hustle culture has infected America. But the truth is, the only real way to get ahead isn’t by working harder or out-competing your co-workers -- it’s by teaming up and collectively REFUSING to work.

Kaiser Workers Say They Want the Old Kaiser Back (prospect.org)

Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers Vote to Unionize With IATSE (variety.com)

Biden’s UAW Rally Exposes the Bankruptcy of Trump’s Populism (nymag.com)

SAG-AFTRA Pushes For Another Video Game Strike (insider-gaming.com)

SAG-AFTRA is now targeting the gaming industry, pushing for strike action in a bid to secure better compensation for 'gaming performers'.

Solidarity Ale! SF's Anchor Brewing workers plan to turn closed company into a co-op (therealnews.com)

Can the UAW Strike Help It Expand to Non-Union Plants? (prospect.org)

Top scientists, engineers choose startups over tech behemoths for reasons other than money (news.illinois.edu)

Non-monetary benefits such as independence, autonomy and the ability to work on innovative technologies are among the key selling points for talented scientists and engineers who spurn working for a bigger technology firm in favor of a riskier startup

Pluralistic: Bill Willingham puts his graphic novel series "Fables" into the public domain (pluralistic.net)

This was the culmination of a string of wage-thefts in which the company misreported his royalties and had to be dragged into paying him his due. When the company "practically dared" Willingham to sue ("knowing it would be a long and debilitating process") he snapped.

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