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We're we are as a society -- 'I'm proud of being a job hopper': Seattle engineer's post about company loyalty goes viral (www.geekwire.com)

Not only is mutual aid human nature, it fucking rules (lemmy.world)

Amazon, DoorDash, Walmart, trapping workers in poverty: UN rights expert (news.un.org)

A UN poverty expert called on the CEOs of Amazon, DoorDash and Walmart on Tuesday to address allegations that wages at the US-based corporations are trapping workers in poverty, forcing them to rely on US Government benefits to survive.

Biden Will Join Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan, a Historic Move (www.nytimes.com)

In an extraordinary show of support for organized labor, President Biden said he would join workers in Michigan on the front lines of their strike against leading automakers.

Durham Public Works Employees “Illegally” Strike for 1st Time (paydayreport.com)

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – In late June, I attended a meeting of public works employees in Durham, who were planning the first strike of public works employees in the rapidly gentrifying city, where many city workers can’t afford to live....

Career advice: should I give this interviewer a second chance?

Yesterday I had an interview for a certain position. Last Monday it had been scheduled for one location but on Friday it got moved to another. At the last minute yesterday, apparently it had gotten switched to the original interview location, and I was not notified until I got to that second location and waited a few minutes. I...

Sam Altman's UBI study finds that money can buy happiness • The Register (www.theregister.com)

Apple punishes women for same behaviors that get men promoted, lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)

Apple has spent years “intentionally, knowingly, and deliberately paying women less than men for substantially similar work,” a proposed class action lawsuit filed in California on Thursday alleged....

I don't really know how to deal with coworkers who emotionally dump their issues on me

I’m a man and so far this has happened only with other men, but I’m genuinely baffled as to why some people do this. It has happened thrice so far in 3 different work settings:...

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs (www.npr.org)

to those of you who get bored at work if there's lots of downtime, why?

cross-posted from: linux.community/post/767456...

CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months (www.eurogamer.net)

Staff at CD Projekt Red are uniting with others in the Polish video game industry to unionise. The union was formed aft…

Unions work. (lemmy.world)

Join a union➡️

High court rules Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic (www.theguardian.com)

Decision exposes embattled airline to mammoth compensation bill in major win for the Transport Workers Union

'Suits' Was Streamed For 3 Billion Minutes on Netflix and the Writers Were Collectively Paid $3,000 (nofilmschool.com)

The sorry state of streaming residuals shows why SAG and the WGA are striking.

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.

The system isn't working if we can't even afford healthcare. (i.imgur.com)

"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....