World's richest have never been so wealthy: study (finance.yahoo.com)
This is why we need reform over worker pay.
Report: Employers Spend $340 Million per Year on “Union Avoidance” Consultants Who Teach Tactics to Discourage Unionization (medium.com)
America’s Commute to Work Is Getting Longer and Longer (www.wsj.com)
Why ‘poly-employment’ may be 2024’s next big work trend, working more than one job is getting a re-brand (www.fastcompany.com)
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Communist China Just Cured Diabetes and America’s Insulin Industry is Not Happy About it (medium.com)
The world’s 8 richest billionaires have the same wealth as the poorest 50% of the global population of 3.8 billion people (medium.com)
It’s a summer of playing hooky: feeling pressured not to take their earned vacation, Americans are finding a loophole (fortune.com)
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U.S. workers are less satisfied with nearly every aspect of their jobs than they were a year ago, survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
Burnout Is Pushing Workers to Use AI—Even if Their Boss Doesn’t Know (www.wired.com)
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In an Historic Show of Labor Solidarity with Palestine, UAW Local 4811's Stand-up Strike Grows by 12,000 [Hannah Bowlus | May 28 2024 | In These Times] (inthesetimes.com)
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From 2017 to 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor recovered $3 billion in stolen wages from employers (medium.com)
Hollywood Crew Members Call for Safety on Set After Production-Related Deaths (www.rollingstone.com)
Amazon Kills Shareholder Proposals on Worker Protections and AI Oversight (www.404media.co)
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Accusing Mercedes of 'Wanton Lawlessness,' UAW Seeks New Alabama Vote (www.commondreams.org)
Report: Since 2020, almost two-thirds of all new wealth went to the top 1% (medium.com)
The starting salary for a new American Airlines flight attendant is low enough to qualify for food stamps in some states (fortune.com)
The world’s best airline is paying staff a bonus of 8 months’ salary after record annual net profit of $1.98 billion (www.cnn.com)
Jeff Bezos revealed his secret to Amazon’s success 25 years ago: ‘I asked everyone around here to wake up terrified every morning, their sheets drenched in sweat’ (www.cnbc.com)
Back in the 90s, Jeff Bezos went on record as hoping his employees would wake up on the wrong side of the bed—for the greater good, or for the customer at the very least....
Gig companies spent $224 million to write their own labor law. The state Supreme Court could throw it out (calmatters.org)
Disneyland Workers Form Union In Landslide Election Win (www.huffpost.com)
Union Drive at Labcorp Is the Latest in a String of Health Care Organizing Wins (truthout.org)
Wage theft now outnumbers all other types of theft in the U.S., reaching $482 million (medium.com)
UAW loses Alabama union vote seen as bellwether for organizing autoworkers in the South (www.nbcnews.com)
Republican officials led a vigorous campaign opposing the organizing effort. In the run-up to Friday’s vote, six Southern governors, all Republicans, led by Alabama’s Kay Ivey, warned about “special interests looking to come into our state and threaten our jobs and the values we live by.”...
'We're Gonna Win': Alabama Mercedes Workers Begin UAW Vote (www.commondreams.org)
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