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UAW Rips 'Corporate Greed' of John Deere as Mass Layoffs Follow $43 Billion in Stock Buybacks (www.commondreams.org)

For Many Greeks, Six-Day 48-Hour Work Week Now Set to Begin July 1st (www.thenationalherald.com)

Google employees questioned leadership about cost cuts, layoffs and “morale” issues following the company’s better-than-expected first-quarter earnings report. (www.cnbc.com)

The Big 3 automakers now have record offers on the table. UAW says they can do more (www.npr.org)

Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage (www.engadget.com)

New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne rejected a bid by Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub to block a bill requiring a minimum wage for app-based delivery workers.

Officials probe death of Wells Fargo employee found dead in her cubicle 4 days after last scanning into work (www.nbcnews.com)

Starbucks is giving incoming CEO Brian Niccol $85 million in cash and stock as he departs Chipotle (www.cnbc.com)

Starbucks plans to pay incoming CEO Brian Niccol $10 million in cash and $75 million in equity awards when he joins the company from Chipotle. Niccol will be paid a base salary of $1.6 million annually, with the opportunity to earn up to $7.2 million more in cash.

"Daily Pay" Is Just Another Way to Keep You Living Paycheck to Paycheck (sh.itjust.works)

I’ve seen several big chains, mostly gas stations and fast food, advertising “daily pay”. If you are worried about how you’re going to make it until your next paycheck, whether it’s tomorrow or next month, or you have no savings to cover any sort of emergency, then you live paycheck-to-paycheck....

Report: In Western Countries, 41% of the Jobs Done By Young People are at Risk Disappearing Due to Automation (medium.com)

FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes (www.ftc.gov)

I haven’t found the exact date, but it’ll be effective 130 120 days after publishing in the federal register....

New Study: A $500 monthly basic income led to significant employment growth, enhanced savings, improved debt management, and better quality of life (www.seakingwdc.org)

how long did you need to become proficient at your job?

Im a nurse and most nurses seem to agree 2 years is the mark when you become proficient....

Tesla Boosts Pay for US Factory Workers That the UAW Wants to Unionize (www.bloomberg.com)

Tesla Inc. notified workers at its California car plant of pay increases across its US factories, the latest bump by a nonunion automaker the United Auto Workers is trying to organize

Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move (www.npr.org)

Thousands of Swedish workers are rallying behind 120 Tesla mechanics. The workers are boycotting Teslas until the company signs a contract. Even postal workers may stop delivering mail.

From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? America's Second Gilded Age (youtu.be)

“We overcame these abuses back then, and we can do it again” - I love this part as he breaks down the repeating pattern we saw at the end of the 1800’s, and what happened when Americans of that day were fed up.

Record national strike wave swells as 300,000 hit the picket lines (peoplesworld.org)

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill.—Across the country a wave of strikes has grown to tsunami proportions with some 300,000 workers now out on strike and walking the picket lines.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour (abc7.com)

Disneyland unions agree to ‘historic’ 31% pay raise (www.ocregister.com)

Petition to pass paid leave nationwide delivered to all members of congress (abcnews.go.com)

The United States is one of seven countries globally that does not have any guaranteed form of paid leave, the petition states.

Private Equity Firm Bought My Employer

It was majority employee-owned before the acquisition but is now majority owned by private equity firm. The main change I’m noticing is that everyone is being pressured to work uncompensated overtime (we’re all on salary here) and requests for training/professional development have been all but eliminated. They also...

Jeff Bezos revealed his secret to Amazon’s success 25 years ago: ‘I asked everyone around here to wake up terrified every morning, their sheets drenched in sweat’ (www.cnbc.com)

Back in the 90s, Jeff Bezos went on record as hoping his employees would wake up on the wrong side of the bed—for the greater good, or for the customer at the very least....

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