Shawn Fain: Workers Deserve More Time for Themselves (jacobin.com)
UAW Files for Union Election at VW in Chattanooga with 70% Signing... (paydayreport.com)
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Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more (apnews.com)
Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour....
Shawn Fain at Senate Hearing on 32 Hour Work Week (www.youtube.com)
Dollar General employees quit at Mineral Point, Wisconsin store (www.usatoday.com)
Take it from a former banker: the budget is for ordinary people. The mega-rich look on and laugh (www.theguardian.com)
Bernie Sanders unveils 32-hour workweek bill with no loss in pay for workers (thehill.com)
[United States] Gender wage gap persists in 2023: Women are paid roughly 22% less than men on average (www.epi.org)
The Medieval Times Union Campaign Is Over (www.huffpost.com)
Amazon union president knocks Biden: ‘No cavalry coming’ for American workers (thehill.com)
California’s minimum wage isn’t enough to keep up with workers’ costs of living, new report says (calmatters.org)
Toyota agrees to biggest wage hike in 25 years in sign of Japan Inc's big pay bump (finance.yahoo.com)
Job Websites Need a "Report for incorrect information" Option (lemmy.whynotdrs.org)
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Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’ (www.theguardian.com)
Amazon Worker Fired Over Unionizing (Interview) [25:51 | Mar 11 2024 | Sabby Sabs] (youtu.be)
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Activision/Blizzard QA workers form the largest US video game union yet (www.theverge.com)
Can American labor seize the moment? (www.motherjones.com)
For years, I suspected MI5 interfered in the miners’ strike. The truth was even more shocking than I thought | Mark Hollingsworth (www.theguardian.com)
A document buried in the National Archives reveals how the security service abused its power to help the government win.
The Strike Returns (nwlaborpress.org)
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I love gen-Z's attitude towards corporate culture (lemmy.world)
i recently lost my job and it’s horrible being in the ‘unemployed’ class – you’re made to feel worthless, you have to take advice from people, perfectly well meaning of course, that are basically encouragement on digging your own grave - i love being in the position where i have to do some fake elizabethian courting...
Big Labor Gamble: Push to Unionize Every U.S. Auto Plant (www.nytimes.com)
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Knights among toner cartridges (infosec.pub)
(Business people) speaking a language familiar and dear to them. Its portentous nouns and verbs invest ordinary events with high adventure; executives walk among toner cartridges, caparisoned like knights. We should tolerate them - every person of spirit wants to ride a white horse. -William Strunk Jr. (The Elements of Style)
Forty Years Later, the Miners’ Strike Leaves Bitter Memories (jacobin.com)
Why does a prospective employer need my address? (lemmy.world)
This happens a lot: I apply for a job and they ask for my complete address. Why? I would understand if they just want to know what city/town I’m in: That has bearing on how easily I can get to the office....