Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence (apnews.com)
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
What the hell is this shit? Instead of pushing for the return to traditional pensions, capitalism is celebrating the idea that Millennials and Gen Z may simply never be able to stop working. (www.cnbc.com)
Traditionally, retiring entails leaving the workforce permanently. However, experts found that the very definition of retirement is also changing between generations....
Whose voice is it anyway? Actors take on AI copycats (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Artists around the world are joining forces to protect their jobs, and their souls, from the ramifications of AI that sounds just like them.
Industrial change doesn't have to be "creative destruction" and can actually allow and provide worker retraining during inevitable systemic shifts. (notesfrompoland.com)
X-Post from Uplifting News:...
The Big 3 automakers now have record offers on the table. UAW says they can do more (www.npr.org)
California UAW members who are part of the autoworker strike (lemmy.world)
Support the workers! This will help a lot:...
Nearly 20% of workers have changed their name on a resume because of discrimination concerns, says new report (www.cnbc.com)
A recent survey on hiring practices led by hiring software company Greenhouse found "pretty sobering stats" about discrimination in hiring processes.
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.
De-escalation (lemmy.world)
The reason CEOs want workers to Return To Office is because they want you to quit (www.fastcompany.com)
An industry shouldn't have multiple human rights watch reports about working conditions (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/6711307...
The Crummy Behavior of Under-The-Radar Tech CEOs - SOME MORE NEWS (www.youtube.com)
Hi. In today’s episode, we look at some tech CEOs who may not make the headlines as much as your Musks and Zuckersberg, but who nonetheless have a huge (negative) impact on our society with their anti-worker, privacy-shattering decisions.
Every member of Bandcamp union bargaining team was laid off in huge cuts at Oakland firm (www.sfgate.com)
The massive layoff that gutted Oakland-based music service Bandcamp hit one group at the company particularly hard: leaders of its nascent union.
Employees threatened with loss of healthcare if they strike. Their employer is a hospital and they're nurses. (www.oregonlive.com)
One of the main reasons employers want to keep healthcare private; enormous leverage against labor, organized or not…
We're already understaffed... (lemmy.world)
Meta negotiations with moderators in Kenya over labor dispute collapse (techcrunch.com)
The court was briefed on the outcome of the mediation today, coming after it allowed the parties to settle the case out of court in August.
Amid financial stress, workers are asking for emergency savings accounts as a job benefit, survey finds (www.nbcchicago.com)
How Unions CRUSH Capitalists | Adam Conover (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6774184...
Kaiser Permanente reaches a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent strike (apnews.com)
Unions representing 75,000 health care workers who recently held a strike against industry giant Kaiser Permanente over wages and staffing shortages have reached a tentative agreement with the company.
Republicans Are Using Anti-China Rhetoric to Undercut Striking UAW Workers’ Demands (inthesetimes.com)
Rather than actually supporting auto workers in their strike against billionaire CEOs at the Big Three, GOP officials are instead using the labor action to rail against electric vehicles and stoke conflict with China....
SAG-AFTRA Alleges ‘Bully Tactics’ as Studios Suspend Negotiations (variety.com)
SAG-AFTRA negotiations have been suspended, as the AMPTP says the union is seeking an untenable streaming residual.
Saw this on Facebook 😍 (lemmy.world)
Returning to the office is 'wildly more expensive' today than in 2019—here's how much people are spending (www.cnbc.com)
Workers at Mack Trucks reject tentative contract deal and will go on strike early Monday (www.al.com)
Union workers at Mack Trucks have voted down a tentative five-year contract agreement reached with the company and plan to strike at 7 a.m. Monday, the United Auto Workers union says....
How to smash the looms today - I've always loved tech. Now, I'm a Luddite. You should be one, too. (www.stltoday.com)
I test drove the first-generation Tesla Roadster. I once lived on Soylent powder shakes for a month. My Twitter account is almost old enough to drive. I wrote a book about the iPhone....
