I think minors need a union, may help with the safety issues at the work place (web.archive.org)
“Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies”...
Universal basic income is 'straight out of the Karl Marx playbook,' financial guru Dave Ramsey says (www.businessinsider.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/MoGwg
U.S. workers are less satisfied with nearly every aspect of their jobs than they were a year ago, survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO’s private jet in 2023 (techcrunch.com)
The end of workplace loyalty: Why work feels so broken right now — and how it can be repaired (www.businessinsider.com)
In the two years I've been writing about Americans' changing relationship to work, there's one theme that's come up over and over again: loyalty. Whether my stories are about quiet quitting, or job-hopping, or leveraging a job offer from a competitor to force your boss to give you a raise, readers seem to divide into two groups....
Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become (www.theguardian.com)
Denver basic income reduces homelessness, food insecurity (www.businessinsider.com)
They quit their jobs. Their ex-employers sued them for training costs (www.straitstimes.com)
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.
Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal (www.npr.org)
A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.
207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death (unseen-japan.com)
A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.
Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from sudden 'deactivation' (kuow.org)
Zoom exec calls in-office work mandate a ‘success’ — despite working remotely himself (www.kron4.com)
America’s Commute to Work Is Getting Longer and Longer (www.wsj.com)
Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Ability to Do Business (documentedny.com)
To combat pervasive wage theft in New York, three new bills were introduced in the legislature that would punish violators.
UCLA, UC Riverside students petition to remove Starbucks from campuses, they want the licensing agreements suspended until the company ends its union-busting campaign (www.dailynews.com)
The first results from the world’s biggest basic income experiment in Kenya are in - Vox (www.vox.com)
Historic change for tipped workers: Subminimum wage to end in Chicago restaurants, bars (www.usatoday.com)
Tipped restaurant and bar workers in Chicago will make $15.80 per hour through raises over the next few years as subminimum wages are banned.
I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not (slrpnk.net)
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Unions who think Republicans are warming to labor rights are getting played (www.theguardian.com)
Amid financial stress, workers are asking for emergency savings accounts as a job benefit, survey finds (www.nbcchicago.com)
Landlord Hires Three Men To Break Into Tenant's Apartment and Threaten Her to Settle Dispute. Isn't Arrested. (www.wmtw.com)
‘Call the police, he’s on drugs': But the worker was dying from heatstroke. (www.politico.com)
Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes (www.npr.org)
Federal judges have blocked so much progress that Biden, his administration, and appointees have attempted to make. It’s absurd
From 2017 to 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor recovered $3 billion in stolen wages from employers (medium.com)
