The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake (www.yahoo.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16471878...
How to smash the looms today - I've always loved tech. Now, I'm a Luddite. You should be one, too. (www.stltoday.com)
I test drove the first-generation Tesla Roadster. I once lived on Soylent powder shakes for a month. My Twitter account is almost old enough to drive. I wrote a book about the iPhone....
Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen (www.theguardian.com)
Auto workers, writers, actors, Starbucks workers, Amazon workers, UPS drivers, flight attendants – labor isn’t a ‘special interest’. It’s all of us
62% of Student Loan Borrowers Say They're Likely to Boycott Repayments: Poll (www.commondreams.org)
Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike (www.vice.com)
In an email obtained by Motherboard, Google tells YouTube Music workers it will "not be participating in collective bargaining."
Top 20 CEO pay in the S&P 500 is disgusting (www.visualcapitalist.com)
If Ryan Cohen took a salary in that leauge the bear thesis would still be alive and the turnaround of GameStop might never happen (or be significantly delayed). My executive chairman has other plans 🙌
I love gen-Z's attitude towards corporate culture (lemmy.world)
i recently lost my job and it’s horrible being in the ‘unemployed’ class – you’re made to feel worthless, you have to take advice from people, perfectly well meaning of course, that are basically encouragement on digging your own grave - i love being in the position where i have to do some fake elizabethian courting...
The data is in: Return to Office policies don't improve employee performance or company value, but controlling bosses don't care (www.businessinsider.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10481867...
Cooperative ownership as the next step of free open source software (lemmy.world)
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Employees threatened with loss of healthcare if they strike. Their employer is a hospital and they're nurses. (www.oregonlive.com)
One of the main reasons employers want to keep healthcare private; enormous leverage against labor, organized or not…
The 4-day workweek was a longshot. The UAW isn’t giving up (www.cnn.com)
Panera founder says employees today aren't motivated by the idea of making money for shareholders: 'Nobody cares' (www.businessinsider.in)
Panera's founder says "therapists belong in the C-Suite" and can help CEOs understand workers' motivations.
Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS say they’re at a breaking point — here’s what their days look like (www.cnbc.com)
Disneyland workers say they live in cars, motels due to low pay (www.bbc.com)
CEO pay is rising faster than it has in a decade — and 3 times as fast as worker wages (qz.com)
The world’s 8 richest billionaires have the same wealth as the poorest 50% of the global population of 3.8 billion people (medium.com)
Nearly 20% of workers have changed their name on a resume because of discrimination concerns, says new report (www.cnbc.com)
A recent survey on hiring practices led by hiring software company Greenhouse found "pretty sobering stats" about discrimination in hiring processes.
Infrastructure 😍 (lemmy.world)
Strikes against automakers spread to 38 locations in 20 states, Stellantis and GM are targeted (apnews.com)
The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against major automakers Friday, walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers in 20 states....
Pillaging by the Super-Rich Will Continue Until the Working Class Revolts (www.commondreams.org)
Amazon union president knocks Biden: ‘No cavalry coming’ for American workers (thehill.com)
Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’ (www.theguardian.com)
UAW will not expand strikes at Detroit automakers after last-minute GM proposal (www.cnbc.com)
Got laid off today.
Whole Maryland office is being “consolidated” with Austin. They offered to move us to Austin if we want. How fucking generous....