Walmart cuts starting hourly pay for some workers (www.detroitnews.com)
The retailer says the change will create consistency in starting hourly pay across individual stores.
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UAW strike would show Biden, other leaders that it's time to 'pick a side,' union boss says (www.cnbc.com)
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Unions seek gains in hostile territory: ‘If you change the South, you change America’ (www.politico.com)
They’re wielding new tactics with low-wage workers after decades of failed organizing efforts.
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Bernie Sanders Champions 32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay (www.commondreams.org)
As part of his Labor Day message to workers in the United States, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday re-upped his call for the establishment of a 20% cut to the workweek with no loss in pay—an idea he said is “not radical” given the enormous productivity gains over recent decades that have resulted in massive profits for...
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Warner Bros. Discovery Says Ongoing Strikes Will Mean $300M-$500M Hit to 2023 Earnings (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
"The company now expects to exceed $1.7 billion in free cash flow for the third quarter of 2023, in part due to the strong performance of 'Barbie' as well as incremental impact from strike-related factors," the entertainment giant says in a regulatory filing.
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Nigerian unions strike again to protest soaring costs after subsidy removal (www.aljazeera.com)
Government workers in Nigeria are striking over the rising costs of living worsened by the removal of petrol subsidies.
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Slavery was abolished, so the rich are now trying to make economic oppression the equivalent of slavery. (i.imgur.com)
Workers of the world unite! Happy Labor Day! (lemmy.world)
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Workers' struggle against money-loving company continues (lemmy.world)
Support the workers! This will help a lot:...
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New Survey Reveals That Many Game Developers Consider Their Career Unsustainable (www.ign.com)
IGN can exclusively reveal the details from IATSE's 2023 Gameworkers.org Rates and Conditions Survey, where the organization asked hundreds of video game developers about their pay, benefits, and working conditions.
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Kentucky Autoworkers at Ford Are Preparing for a Strike (jacobin.com)
In past negotiation cycles, the UAW has chosen one of the Big Three legacy automakers (Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis) as a strike target, picking the company the union believed would agree to the best deal in order to set a pattern for the remaining two....
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Workers stage Japan's first strike in decades over department store sale (www.reuters.com)
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63% of US workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
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Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal (www.npr.org)
A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.
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Amazon CEO says 'it’s probably not going to work out' for employees who defy return-to-office policy (apnews.com)
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The salary a single person needs to get by in every U.S. state (www.cnbc.com)
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Amazon CEO Tells Workers: Return to Office or 'It’s Probably Not Going to Work Out for You' (gizmodo.com)
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Union leaders demand change following Kroger employee death (www.fox13memphis.com)
“Them guys said he was dripping in sweat. Them guys said that guy was asking for water,” said Teamster 667 Union Chief Maurice Wiggins. “He did walk to produce a couple of times to cool off, and that’s where he ended up passing at, in the produce section on the dock in front of all his coworkers.”
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Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead (prospect.org)
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FYI: Ed Sheeran is a scab. (jezebel.com)
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What if employers could gauge the ‘moods’ of workers? A dangerous new tech gains ground in India (scroll.in)
Emotion recognition systems are finding growing use, from monitoring customer responses to ads to scanning for ‘distressed’ women in danger.
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Return-to-office orders look like a way for elite, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees (www.businessinsider.com)
White-collar workers temporarily enjoyed unprecedented power during the pandemic to decide where and how they worked.
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National Labor Relations Board slams union-busting tactics by employers (www.courthousenews.com)
The new ruling forces employers found interfering with a union election to immediately recognize the union without a new election.
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Outdoor Workers Are Climate Victims (newrepublic.com)
How extreme weather could unite the environmental and labor movements
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