At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars (www.reuters.com)
SAG-AFTRA Approves Deal to End Historic Strike (variety.com)
SAG-AFTRA has approved a tentative agreement that will end the longest actors strike against the major studios in Hollywood history.
Frustrations with college education
what’s the point of getting a degree if apparently you need all these other extraneous qualifications to get a proper job? networking, boot camps, certifications, training, programs, glass windows, button downs, on and on....
The Las Vegas Strip Could Be the Site of the Largest Hospitality Strike in U.S. History, 35,000 Workers Ready to Strike Days Before Las Vegas’s Big Formula 1 Kick-Off Weekend (vegas.eater.com)
Gen Z is forcing a workplace reckoning that should have happened years ago (www.businessinsider.com)
The UAW's contracts deliberately expire April 30, 2028, so that they can leverage a possible UAW strike with any other strikes occurring on International Workers Day. (i.imgur.io)
"We invite unions around the country to align your contract expirations with our own, so that together we can begin to flex our collective muscle [...]. It's important not only that we strike, but that we strike together."
The hardest workers get the smallest pay. (lemmy.world)
Toronto-area workers must make at least $25 an hour for a living wage, report says. Here’s how that compares across Ontario (www.thestar.com)
The Ontario Living Wage Network released its annual report on Monday, examining the cost of living in 10 regions across the province.
Rising pay transparency is causing an employer compensation information ‘arms race’ (www.cnbc.com)
Labor Unions Are Industrial Policy (www.thebignewsletter.com)
Get on my mindset grindset, peasants. (sh.itjust.works)
They didn't go to the shop floor and say "Who here is a gun nut?" (www.tiktok.com)
92% of young people would sacrifice other perks for a 4-day workweek—here's what they'd give up (www.cnbc.com)
Unions work. (lemmy.world)
Join a union➡️
Union workers ‘are catching up’ on pay as labor organizing surges (www.cnbc.com)
UAW preparing the US for a general strike in 2028 (www.404media.co)
Mark your calendars
Companies lower salaries in job postings as pay transparency laws take effect (www.cnbc.com)
New York Times tech workers to strike over return-to-office rules (www.reuters.com)
The kids are all right. (lemmy.world)
Written in the teen room at the local public library.
Sean Strickland says quiet part out loud on UFC fighter pay, implies UFC censored him (www.mmafighting.com)
Some of the most successful fighters in the world might make $30k-$60k in their entire career. All the meanwhile UFC has been shown to use monopolistic tactics to hold the market and rob the fighters.
How in the hell (slrpnk.net)
I hate how much culture is controled by shitty people
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Workers are not valuable
So, I just need to rant for a minute about what’s just happened. It’s made me feel fairly disposable as a worker. I work in I.T. support. I help people who can’t operate technology with highly complicated issues. I am highly skilled, well trained and I have a diverse set of understanding for technical issues....
Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS say they’re at a breaking point — here’s what their days look like (www.cnbc.com)
Infosys co-founder calls for youth to work 70-hour weeks • The Register (www.theregister.com)
