Unionized Google workers learned their jobs were over while testifying to Austin City Council about why they need higher pay (fortune.com)
Amazon New Employees Instructional Tape [Joke] (www.youtube.com)
Unionized YouTube Workers Learn Google Laid Them All Off During City Council Meeting (www.404media.co)
“They just laid us all off. Our jobs are ended today. Effective immediately.” A bell rings. “I’m sorry, your time has expired."
Our School System Is Broken, What Can Workers Do? (youtu.be)
The guest this week has some great perspectives to share from inside the teacher’s union.
Rational Self Interest (lemmy.world)
Panera Bread exempt from following California’s new $20 minimum wage law due to relationship with Gov. Newsom: reports (www.yahoo.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12541208...
House Bill 500 Takes Away Kentucky Workers’ Lunch and Rest Breaks and Cuts Their Pay (kypolicy.org)
HB 500 is an assault on longstanding basic rights and dignities on the job that will harm practically all Kentucky workers.
What You Need to Know About the Legal Quest to Destroy America's Labor Protections (www.hamiltonnolan.com)
how many US states have a single payer healthcare system?
like the suggested medicare for all, but only on a state level
The Starbucks Union Campaign Just Added Hundreds Of Baristas To Its Ranks (www.huffpost.com)
UAW president Shawn Fain on labor's comeback: "This is what happens when workers get power", says 'billionaires should not exist' (www.cbsnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12453732...
Frustrated Over Being Unemployed, Man Dies By Suicide After Burning All His Degrees (www.news18.com)
VICE Management Kills Vice.Com, Set to Lay Off Hundreds of Employees (hellgatenyc.com)
While managers got away with millions, it's unclear if laid off staffers will even get severance.
UK firms make four-day workweek permanent after world’s biggest trial (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12307563...
We're we are as a society -- 'I'm proud of being a job hopper': Seattle engineer's post about company loyalty goes viral (www.geekwire.com)
The fun thing about needing a job is that all the advice is either incredibly demeaning or incredibly futile. Usually both
i saw someone on twitter saying to “leverage your network” i’d sooner leverage a shotgun into my mouth jesus fucking christ...
Starbucks Just Saw the Largest Single-Day Union Drive in the Company's History (lemmy.world)
Employees at 21 Starbucks stores across the United States informed the global coffee giant’s CEO on Tuesday that they are launching the largest single-day unionization in company history.
Make no mistake, the owning class is actively working against your interests (i.redd.it)
how long did you need to become proficient at your job?
Im a nurse and most nurses seem to agree 2 years is the mark when you become proficient....
Amazon Joins Elon Musk's SpaceX In Mission to Destroy Federal Agency Protecting Workers, Claims The Labor Board Is Unconstitutional (www.vice.com)
Cooperative ownership as the next step of free open source software (lemmy.world)
Link to original post: mastodon.social/...
California Dem Barbara Lee defends call for $50 federal minimum wage: 'Just barely enough' (wgme.com)
Unions call for strikes at Ubisoft studios in France to protest wages: 'We cannot tolerate being treated as expendable to mitigate their bad decisions' (www.pcgamer.com)
Last-minute negotiations to avert the strike failed to produce results, so they're hitting the streets.
you are a coworker and have a conflict with another coworker who accuses you of being lazy, even though you started to work earlier than him. Is it your job to solve this problem?
I’m literally not a manager, I’m the newest employee here and this other coworker sits and talks to a female coworker that likes the attention for the first 50 minutes after clocking in. They don’t work and nobody seems to care. Infuriating as it is, I think this is not my problem to solve....
Work More for less pay while you get fleeced by the 1% - 50 Trillion stolen from us (lemmy.whynotdrs.org)
Source: time.com/…/50-trillion-income-inequality-america/...
