Snoop Dogg shows support for striking actors by canceling 'Doggystyle' concerts (thegrio.com)
The "Snoop Dogg & Friends: 30th Anniversary of Doggystyle" concerts have been canceled in support of the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes.
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.
Proposed initiative would remove 'Right to Work' statute from Arizona Constitution (kjzz.org)
UAW will not expand strikes at Detroit automakers after last-minute GM proposal (www.cnbc.com)
Got tipping rage? This barista reveals what it's like to be behind the tip screen (www.npr.org)
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A real estate billionaire said Fridays are ‘dead forever’ for offices, and remote work guru Nick Bloom says he’s right—it’s part of a new 3-part week (fortune.com)
Bill Maher postpones return to the air, the latest TV host to balk at working during writers strike (apnews.com)
Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision that follows similar pauses over the weekend by “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”...
Unionize Amazon Everywhere - On the Ground at the Most Important Union Drive in the Country (youtu.be)
On Strike! is a news show that covers the labor movement that mainstream media refuses to honestly cover.
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....
Burger King gave candy to a worker who never called in sick. The internet gave $400K (www.npr.org)
Over the past 20 years, Kevin Ford from Las Vegas virtually never took a sick day because his job didn't offer paid sick leave. People across social media chipped in for him to finally afford a break.
Thombert, Inc. workers fighting back! (lemmy.world)
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Record national strike wave swells as 300,000 hit the picket lines (peoplesworld.org)
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill.—Across the country a wave of strikes has grown to tsunami proportions with some 300,000 workers now out on strike and walking the picket lines.
"People don't want to work anymore" - A tale as old as time (lemmy.world)
Or… Here’s a thought. Kids DO want to work, they just want their time valued; to be respected and have a liveable wage.
UAW on Strike! At the Picket Line in Toledo (youtu.be)
Setting "personal goals" at work is such bullshit
Now on top of my workload, which is already insane, I’m expected to set and meet personal goals by some arbitrary deadline? This shit is so condescending. I’m an adult, being paid to exchange my time and work for a salary. I don’t need to be treated like a child and made to complete these homework assignments to prove my...
Thombert, Inc. strike continues (lemmy.world)
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An Introduction To Class Warfare For The Software Engineer (medium.com)
If you work at one of the large tech companies that, in the last few weeks [or months], have laid off thousands of employees, you may be wondering what the hell is going on. Especially if the company you’re working for is not actually struggling economically right now. If you work for Google, say, you must be thinking, “What...
In 2021, my company laid off 100 people. Later that same year, they hire me and others to replenish this loss
And now, fast forward to 2023, they are laying me off, along with another 99 people....
At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars (www.reuters.com)
How Unions CRUSH Capitalists - Adam Conover (www.youtube.com)
Hustle culture has infected America. But the truth is, the only real way to get ahead isn’t by working harder or out-competing your co-workers – it’s by teaming up and collectively REFUSING to work.
Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever (www.theverge.com)
“This ‘groundbreaking’ AI proposal that they gave us yesterday, they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their companies should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project they want, with no...
Grindr Tells Unionizing Workers: Move Across The Country or Be Fired (www.vice.com)
Two weeks after workers at the company announced a union drive, Grindr management has issued a return-to-office policy that workers say is retaliatory....
Landlord Hires Three Men To Break Into Tenant's Apartment and Threaten Her to Settle Dispute. Isn't Arrested. (www.wmtw.com)
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....
IFF workers: Still on strike over two months later! (lemmy.world)
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