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SB-616 Signed: California’s Workers Get 2 More Paid Sick Leave Days (stoppopulationdecline.org)

A contract for 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers expired. Historic US health care strike could start Wednesday (edition.cnn.com)

A coalition of eight unions representing 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente said late Saturday that is has not reached an agreement with the company, setting the stage for the largest healthcare strike in US history on Wednesday....

The small pro-labor news site that has the Biden White House’s ear (www.washingtonpost.com)

US auto workers strike escalates as UAW president calls on 38 more plants to join (www.theguardian.com)

UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. So how high were they? (apnews.com)

The United Auto Workers union has made CEO pay a central part of their argument for a big worker wage increase.

17,000 AT&T Workers Strike Across Southeastern US (apwu.org)

UAW Threatens Strike, Accusing Stellantis of Contract Breach (www.commondreams.org)

In Most States, Undocumented Immigrants Pay Higher Tax Rates Than Top 1% (www.commondreams.org)

Satnam lost his arm and was allegedly left to die on the roadside. This is the horror of exploitation on Italian farms (www.theguardian.com)

The Supreme Court Is Demolishing Decades of Precedent on Workers’ Rights (truthout.org)

Young job seekers are finding it tougher to find employment, despite a bustling labor market: 'It was brutal' (www.cnbc.com)

Burnout Is Pushing Workers to Use AI—Even if Their Boss Doesn’t Know (www.wired.com)

Non paywall: archive.is/DCIVo

Report: Since 2020, almost two-thirds of all new wealth went to the top 1% (medium.com)

Florida outdoor workers rally against law banning local regulations against extreme heat [Rocío Magnani | Apr 29 2024 | LatinTimes] (www.latintimes.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14848639...

Shawn Fain: Workers Deserve More Time for Themselves (jacobin.com)

Dollar General employees quit at Mineral Point, Wisconsin store (www.usatoday.com)

Unions call for strikes at Ubisoft studios in France to protest wages: 'We cannot tolerate being treated as expendable to mitigate their bad decisions' (www.pcgamer.com)

Last-minute negotiations to avert the strike failed to produce results, so they're hitting the streets.

Steve Ballmer is set to make $1 billion a year for doing nothing | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)

Mailchimp cancels podcast after refusing to work with union producers (www.theverge.com)

The email marketing company has sponsored top podcasts like Serial.

70 hours/week with 1 day off must become norm: Congress MP backs Narayana Murthy (www.hindustantimes.com)

The UAW's contracts deliberately expire April 30, 2028, so that they can leverage a possible UAW strike with any other strikes occurring on International Workers Day. (i.imgur.io)

"We invite unions around the country to align your contract expirations with our own, so that together we can begin to flex our collective muscle [...]. It's important not only that we strike, but that we strike together."

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