Forcing Workers Back to the Office Might Not Have Been a Good Idea After All (futurism.com)
A new survey shows that the vast majority of senior executives say would've approached their return-to-work push "differently."
Amid Multi-Prong Hollywood Strike, Netflix Refuses To Meet With Korean Actors Union (www.themarysue.com)
Netflix’s actors are not being paid in accordance with the success of the content they’ve provided—which is not exactly surprising.
New York Workers Are Waiting on $79 Million in Back Wages (www.propublica.org)
Record number of teachers quit for mental health reasons in 2021 (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Education ministry officials say long working hours is one of the factors behind the rise.
207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death (unseen-japan.com)
A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.
62% of Student Loan Borrowers Say They're Likely to Boycott Repayments: Poll (www.commondreams.org)
Forget ‘quiet quitting’ — ‘loud laborers’ are killing workplace morale. Here’s how to spot them (www.cnbc.com)
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Marvel VFX Artists Will Vote to Unionize (variety.com)
Nearly 4m fewer UK working days in past year due to strike action, study says (www.theguardian.com)
Resolution Foundation report says much of industrial action ‘fuelled’ by public sector workers’ anger over falls in real-terms pay
The Elite's War on Remote Work Has Nothing to Do with Productivity (www.okdoomer.io)
A real estate billionaire said Fridays are ‘dead forever’ for offices, and remote work guru Nick Bloom says he’s right—it’s part of a new 3-part week (fortune.com)
Hollywood writers union mulls proposal from studios that would end strike (www.theguardian.com)
'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.
Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000-a-year package with a mixture of anger and admiration (www.businessinsider.com)
Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay — others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.
The Climate Culprits Blocking Workers’ Heat and Wildfire Protections (www.levernews.com)
Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration (www.businessinsider.com)
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Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from sudden 'deactivation' (kuow.org)
Push For A 4-Day Work Week Picks Up Steam — And Critics (www.foxnews.com)
Fast food spent millions fighting California bill holding them accountable for employee abuse (www.sacbee.com)
Fast food chains have spent millions this year on lobbying and advertising campaigns to stave off a bill that would hold corporate owners responsible for abuses that occur at franchise restaurants, according to a Sacramento Bee analysis.
Grindr Tells Unionizing Workers: Move Across The Country or Be Fired (www.vice.com)
Two weeks after workers at the company announced a union drive, Grindr management has issued a return-to-office policy that workers say is retaliatory....
Zoom orders workers back to the office (www.bbc.co.uk)
A company that achieved success due to people having to WFH are now forcing staff back in to the office
Education staff could strike in September - union (www.bbc.com)
Google Illegally Cut Contract Staffers Who Worked on AI, Union Alleges (www.bloomberg.com)
The Alphabet Workers Union accused Google and Accenture of violating federal labor law, which prohibits retaliation against employees for organizing
Marvel VFX Workers Vote To Unionize In Historic Hollywood First (www.slashfilm.com)
Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 (www.papalencyclicals.net)
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