Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers Vote to Unionize With IATSE (variety.com)
207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death (unseen-japan.com)
A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.
Biden Will Join Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan, a Historic Move (www.nytimes.com)
In an extraordinary show of support for organized labor, President Biden said he would join workers in Michigan on the front lines of their strike against leading automakers.
Strikes against automakers spread to 38 locations in 20 states, Stellantis and GM are targeted (apnews.com)
The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against major automakers Friday, walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers in 20 states....
Marvel VFX Workers Unanimously Vote to Unionize In Industry First (www.vice.com)
Visual effects workers at the studio voted 32-0 to unionize, marking a historic milestone in their field....
Historic change for tipped workers: Subminimum wage to end in Chicago restaurants, bars (www.usatoday.com)
Tipped restaurant and bar workers in Chicago will make $15.80 per hour through raises over the next few years as subminimum wages are banned.
5,000 autoworkers walk out at Texas GM's largest plant, as UAW expands strike for second day in a row (thehill.com)
150,000 Workers Vote to Authorize Strikes at Stellantis, GM, and Ford (www.investopedia.com)
150,000 workers vote to authorize strikes at Stellantis, GM, and Ford — Workers are fighting for increased pay, retirement pensions, and better benefits::Workers at the automotive Big Three have voted to authorize a strike when contracts expire on Sept. 14, bringing the nation one step closer to a major labor stoppage costing...
Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage (www.engadget.com)
New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne rejected a bid by Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub to block a bill requiring a minimum wage for app-based delivery workers.
Return to the office? These workers quit instead. (news.yahoo.com)
And buried in the middle of the article:...
Durham Public Works Employees “Illegally” Strike for 1st Time (paydayreport.com)
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – In late June, I attended a meeting of public works employees in Durham, who were planning the first strike of public works employees in the rapidly gentrifying city, where many city workers can’t afford to live....
UAW strike would show Biden, other leaders that it's time to 'pick a side,' union boss says (www.cnbc.com)
US auto workers strike escalates as UAW president calls on 38 more plants to join (www.theguardian.com)
New U.A.W. Chief Has a Nonnegotiable Demand: Eat the Rich (www.nytimes.com)
UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. So how high were they? (apnews.com)
The United Auto Workers union has made CEO pay a central part of their argument for a big worker wage increase.
Flight attendants threaten strikes over low pay and unpaid work (www.theguardian.com)
Alaska Airlines, American and United could all be disrupted as air crew demand fairer share of vast profits
'Suits' Was Streamed For 3 Billion Minutes on Netflix and the Writers Were Collectively Paid $3,000 (nofilmschool.com)
The sorry state of streaming residuals shows why SAG and the WGA are striking.
Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS say they’re at a breaking point — here’s what their days look like (www.cnbc.com)
Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal (www.npr.org)
A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.
Frontier Airlines CEO says the pandemic made workers 'lazy' and less productive: 'People are still allowing people to work from home, all this silliness, right?' (www.businessinsider.com)
Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle blamed higher overhead costs on workers being less productive, calling it a "society-wide" problem.
Workers' struggle against money-loving company continues (lemmy.world)
Support the workers! This will help a lot:...
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? America's Second Gilded Age (youtu.be)
“We overcame these abuses back then, and we can do it again” - I love this part as he breaks down the repeating pattern we saw at the end of the 1800’s, and what happened when Americans of that day were fed up.