Supreme Court sides with Starbucks in labor case that could hinder government’s ability to intervene in some unionization disputes (theconversation.com)
The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake (www.yahoo.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16471878...
No war but class war (midwest.social)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/13347310
A Tax of 5% on The World’s Multi-Millionaires and Billionaires Could Raise $1.7 trillion, Enough to Lift 2 Billion People out of Poverty (medium.com)
Ikea’s CEO has solved the Swedish retailer’s global ‘unhappy worker’ crisis by raising salaries, introducing flexible working and subsidizing childcare (fortune.com)
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Waffle House raises worker pay after strikes and pressure from labor organizers (apnews.com)
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American Airlines flight attendants say their pay is so low, they fight for airplane meals to save money and sleep in their cars—and they're ready to strike (fortune.com)
Study finds 1/4 of bosses hoped Return to Office would make staff quit (www.theregister.com)
HR software biz BambooHR surveyed more than 1,500 employees, a third of whom work in HR. The findings suggest the return to office movement has been a poorly-executed failure, but one particular figure stands out - a quarter of executives and a fifth of HR professionals hoped RTO mandates would result in staff leaving....
UAW president under investigation by federal monitor (www.cnbc.com)
Biggest U.S. ports union suspends labor talks, with East Coast, Gulf Coast strike risk rising (www.cnbc.com)
Saw this and thought it was fake until I googled. It's real. (lemmy.world)
The QR code docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/e/…/closedform...
Study: From 1979 to 2013 Wages of Low-Wage Workers Fell 5%; While Wages of High-Wage Workers Rose 41% (medium.com)
'Quit Or Accept Minimum Wage': Chinese Company's Ultimatum To 1000 Autoworkers As EV Sales Drop (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Amid China’s struggles with excess manufacturing of various products, workers at a domestic auto plant are confronted with a tough decision regarding their employment....
A labor win at Georgia school bus factory shows a worker-led EV transition is possible (grist.org)
Do memes from 1911 count if they're still true? (lemmy.world)
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Samsung Electronics union in South Korea stages first ever walkout (finance.yahoo.com)
Young job seekers are finding it tougher to find employment, despite a bustling labor market: 'It was brutal' (www.cnbc.com)
Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less (www.forbes.com)
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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Job scarcity is even affecting animals (lemmy.world)
insidescience.org/…/urban-foxes-are-starting-rese…
Communist China Just Cured Diabetes and America’s Insulin Industry is Not Happy About it (medium.com)
Private Equity Firm Bought My Employer
It was majority employee-owned before the acquisition but is now majority owned by private equity firm. The main change I’m noticing is that everyone is being pressured to work uncompensated overtime (we’re all on salary here) and requests for training/professional development have been all but eliminated. They also...