Amazon Joins Elon Musk's SpaceX In Mission to Destroy Federal Agency Protecting Workers, Claims The Labor Board Is Unconstitutional (www.vice.com)
SAG-AFTRA Alleges ‘Bully Tactics’ as Studios Suspend Negotiations (variety.com)
SAG-AFTRA negotiations have been suspended, as the AMPTP says the union is seeking an untenable streaming residual.
What Happens When Nurses Are Hired Like Ubers (themarkup.org)
“You basically just hope that nothing goes wrong,” a nurse said about a shift with the app Clipboard
What the electric car transition really means for autoworkers (www.axios.com)
A big sticking point in contract talks between Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers union is the popular assertion that it takes fewer workers to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) than conventional cars.
Burger King gave candy to a worker who never called in sick. The internet gave $400K (www.npr.org)
Over the past 20 years, Kevin Ford from Las Vegas virtually never took a sick day because his job didn't offer paid sick leave. People across social media chipped in for him to finally afford a break.
Marvel VFX Workers Vote To Unionize In Historic Hollywood First (www.slashfilm.com)
Nearly 90% Amazon India workers don’t get time for bathroom breaks, survey finds (www.independent.co.uk)
Nearly 90 per cent of Amazon India’s warehouse employees say they are not allowed sufficient time to use the restroom, according to a new survey that adds to a growing body of evidence of poor working conditions at the multinational corporation....
Southwest Airlines flight attendants land new contract with immediate 22% raise thanks to the Transport Workers Union Local 556 (www.msn.com)
From layoffs to lawsuits, billionaires are striking back to crush worker power (therealnews.com)
The absurdity of the return-to-office movement (www.cnn.com)
Health care workers picket outside US hospitals in multiple states, kicking off 3-day strike (apnews.com)
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It’s A Deal! WGA & AMPTP Reach Tentative Agreement To End Writers Strike (deadline.com)
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Tesla is the next biggest union target in the United States. Sorry, Elon Musk | Hamilton Nolan (www.theguardian.com)
The carmaker is now US labor’s most important target. If Musk doesn’t like that, he’s welcome to settle it with an auto worker by cage match
‘We are burned out’: UAW ready to take on automakers in contract negotiations (www.theguardian.com)
"The forced overtime – we are working to death. We are working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, every day, week after week, month after month, year after year. We are burned out,” added Ferdinandsen. “These companies are profiting the way that they are and trying to convince the American people that they’re hurting,...
Biden Urged to 'Put Up a Major Fight' Over Mass Layoffs at John Deere (www.commondreams.org)
According to the Federal Reserve Americans owe over $1.6 trillion in student loan debt, with the average borrower owing $37,667 (medium.com)
Dell tells remote workers that they won’t be eligible for promotion unless they go hybrid (arstechnica.com)
Richest 1% own more than 40% of country's wealth: Report (www.livemint.com)
Hotel sued over claim they ignored Black man’s resume until he used a white name (www.independent.co.uk)
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.
Student Debt Has Reached $1.3 Trillion, compared to just $243 billion in 2003 (medium.com)
Kotak’s CEO says Indians should work 84 hours a week (hellobanker.in)
Why ‘poly-employment’ may be 2024’s next big work trend, working more than one job is getting a re-brand (www.fastcompany.com)
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‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
The Basque Country’s Mondragón Corporation is the globe’s largest industrial co-operative, with workers paying for the right to share in its profits – and its losses. In return for giving more to their employer, they expect more back.
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)
A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to cut unemployment benefits — part of a push by Republicans to remove constraints on employers and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers....
