Original ‘Daredevil’ Showrunner Calls Out ‘Disney Scam’ of Naming New Series ‘Daredevil: Born Again’: It ‘Resets Contract Terms Back to First Season’ (variety.com)
“It’s an old Disney scam where they slightly rename a series to reset contract terms back to first season,” DeKnight wrote on X/Twitter. “Needs to be addressed by all the guilds/unions and crushed!”
CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978 (www.epi.org)
“average top CEO compensation was $15.6 million in 2021, up 9.8% since 2020. In 2021, the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 399-to-1 under the realized measure of CEO pay; that is up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and a big increase from 20-to-1 in 1965 and 59-to-1 in 1989”
Cartoon Network & WB Animation staff file to unionize (www.polygon.com)
DoorDash fired an employee for trying to organize a union, NLRB alleges (www.theverge.com)
Being Mean to Scabs Is Working (www.motherjones.com)
Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher are now not resuming their shows amid strikes.
Zoom orders workers back to the office (www.bbc.co.uk)
A company that achieved success due to people having to WFH are now forcing staff back in to the office
Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence (apnews.com)
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
63% of US workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
92% of young people would sacrifice other perks for a 4-day workweek—here's what they'd give up (www.cnbc.com)
CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months (www.eurogamer.net)
Staff at CD Projekt Red are uniting with others in the Polish video game industry to unionise. The union was formed aft…
Sega of America workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize (www.engadget.com)
They say AEGIS-CWA is the 'largest multi-department union of organized workers in the entire gaming industry
FYI: Ed Sheeran is a scab. (jezebel.com)
Jamie Dimon says employees can go work somewhere else if they don't like long commutes into the office, thinks remote work doesn't cut it (www.businessinsider.com)
Outdoor Workers Are Climate Victims (newrepublic.com)
How extreme weather could unite the environmental and labor movements
Judge: Starbucks violated federal labor law by withholding pay hikes from unionized workers | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Starbucks violated federal labor law when it increased wages and offered new perks and benefits only to non-union employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge found Thursday.
People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office (www.theguardian.com)
Jim Cramer Says OEMs Should Move American Auto Manufacturing To Mexico For $5/hour In Response To UAW Demands (jalopnik.com)
Forcing Workers Back to the Office Might Not Have Been a Good Idea After All (futurism.com)
A new survey shows that the vast majority of senior executives say would've approached their return-to-work push "differently."
Companies That Try to Union-Bust Will Be Forced to Recognize Union, NLRB Says (newrepublic.com)
Push For A 4-Day Work Week Picks Up Steam — And Critics (www.foxnews.com)
Returning to the office is 'wildly more expensive' today than in 2019—here's how much people are spending (www.cnbc.com)
A Poultry Plant in Ohio Is Under Federal Investigation for Hiring 24 Children (truthout.org)
“For too long this industry has been given carte blanche to disregard laws,” an advocate told Truthout....
Unions seek gains in hostile territory: ‘If you change the South, you change America’ (www.politico.com)
They’re wielding new tactics with low-wage workers after decades of failed organizing efforts.