Biden Admin to Restore Labor Rule Gutted in 1980s (prospect.org)
All I want is a job with a decent number of hours – why is that so hard to find? - Sharron Spice, The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/ZfHr3...
Study: Fewer Working Hours Propel Pregnancy Intentions Among Koreans (stop-population-decline.ghost.io)
Dominican Republic: Doctors Go On Strike Against Insurance (www.telesurenglish.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2693230...
When M.D.s Go Union (prospect.org)
Strikes spiked in July, as workers seek higher wages to keep up with inflation (www.washingtonpost.com)
Indian state’s new tax on digital platforms sets gig workers against firms (www.aljazeera.com)
Gig workers have welcomed a new law in India’s largest state Rajasthan to impose a tax on revenue earned by digital platforms that operate in the state, including global giants Uber and Amazon, even as industry groups have warned it will eventually hurt customers and derail business in the state....
Jay Powell’s Federal Reserve: Protection for Bankers, Pain for Everyone Else (prospect.org)
As Writers Strike Nears Day 100, WGA & AMPTP Seek Path Back Toward Negotiating Table (deadline.com)
We’re now finding out the damaging results of the mandated return to the office–and it’s worse than we thought (finance.yahoo.com)
I think minors need a union, may help with the safety issues at the work place (web.archive.org)
“Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies”...
The Labor Organizing Summit | Part 2 - Featuring Chris Smalls and Kshama Sawant (web.archive.org)
Chris Smalls - “Christian Smalls is an American labor organizer known for his role in leading Amazon worker organization in Staten Island, a borough in New York City. He is the president and founder of the Amazon Labor Union since 2021.”...
Metro workers vow to stay off job 'as long as it takes' as strike enters 3rd day (www.cbc.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/2356612...
Hiroshima garbage-collection firm attracts women with free day care to find success (mainichi.jp)
HIROSHIMA -- After a garbage collection company in this west Japan city made efforts to improve its working conditions and go beyond a male-oriented atmosphere, women, including many with children, now represent around 40% of its workforce.
3-5% required for social change (piped.video)
Do we really need just 3-5% to change the country for the better?
The Labor Organizing Summit | Part 1 - Featuring Chris Smalls (piped.video)
Has anyone heard of this summit going on?...
How Microsoft's ruthless employee evaluation system annihilated team collaboration (tryingtruly.substack.com)
4 careers where workers will have to change jobs by 2030 due to AI and shifts in how we shop, according to a McKinsey study (www.businessinsider.in)
Major 4-day workweek study suggests that when we work 5 days we spend one doing basically nothing (www.msn.com)
How the 'lazy girl job' took over work (www.bbc.com)
This article is quite light on details. Is this anything new, or just people looking for easy, flexible jobs with a different name?
Anatomy of a sellout: UPS tentative agreement includes two-tier wages for part-timers, freezes to pension contributions for some (www.wsws.org)
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Snoop Dogg shows support for striking actors by canceling 'Doggystyle' concerts (thegrio.com)
The "Snoop Dogg & Friends: 30th Anniversary of Doggystyle" concerts have been canceled in support of the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes.
Costco Japan Pays Workers a Fair Wage, Local Businesses Seethe - Unseen Japan (unseen-japan.com)
Costco Japan says it'll pay a higher than market wage in all its warehouses countrywide. That has some local business owners fuming.
I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not (slrpnk.net)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/942202...
“We’ve Changed the Game”: Teamsters Win Historic UPS Contract (teamster.org)
Today, the Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide. The overwhelmingly lucrative contract raises wages for all workers, creates more full-time jobs, and includes dozens of workplace protections and improvements....
