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@workingclasshistory Dockers in particular, and workers in general, have no private ownership of the places where they work. If they think their wages are too low, they should find another job. But no, they just want more. More than the labor market can provide.
#unions #labor
Labor action at San Francisco City Hall right now to protect public services from unnecessary cuts.
#sfpol #SanFrancisco #labor #union #ProtectPublicServices
> Companies Bragging About Their AI Furious as Job Applicants Use AI During Interviews https://futurism.com/companies-bragging-ai-job-applicants
"Yes, we use #AI, encourage AI use, no, not like that."
In the #BadEconomy
The #TrumpOrganization has consistently made use of temporary #visa programs to hire #ForeignWorkers for #MarALago, 4 #Trump #GolfClubs & his Virginia #winery — filing to bring in at least 1,880 seasonal workers since 2008, including 382 during Trump’s 1st term, acc/to Dept of #Labor data.
The company’s use of short-term, temporary visas has increased steadily in recent years, from requesting 121 in 2021 to asking for a high of 178 in 2024.
#law #immigration #hypocrisy
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/06/12/trump-organization-foreign-workers-visa-hiring-mar-a-lago-golf-clubs-winery/
I have a laundry list of reasons I refuse to use “generative AI,” but this is by far the biggest one:
“The real threat posed by generative AI is not that it will eliminate work on a mass scale, rendering human labour obsolete. It is that, left unchecked, it will continue to transform work in ways that deepen precarity, intensify surveillance, and widen existing inequalities. Technological change is not an external force to which societies must simply adapt; it is a socially and politically mediated process. Legal frameworks, collective bargaining, public investment, and democratic regulation all play decisive roles in shaping how technologies are developed and deployed, and to what ends.”
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/is-the-ai-bubble-about-to-burst
> VA axes Biden-era pay bump for thousands of its HR employees https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2025/06/va-axes-pact-act-pay-incentive-for-thousands-of-hr-employees/
Why? 'Cause fuck 'em, that's why. This is how America values its veterans and the workforce that supports them, I get the feeling a few resumes may be going out soon.
Something to consider when #protesting: Multiple medium-sized protests might be harder to suppress than one large one. Think about spreading out.
Texas’ understaffed agricultural, restaurant and elder care sectors rely on workers who are undocumented.
“If you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, said a former GOP state lawmaker.
#News #Immigration #Texas #Labor #Business #Law #USPolitics #GOP
ProPublica reporter Rob Davis began with a simple question: Had Nike truly become a beacon of environmental stewardship and fair labor practices, as it claimed?
To find the answer, he had to travel across the Pacific Ocean.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-labor-practices-cambodia-column?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Nike #Environment #Labor #Work #Business #Cambodia
My day job is as staff for SEIU 1021, the largest public sector union in Northern California. Along with my coworkers in CWA 9404, we're the organizers, field reps, comms, IT, research, and membership staff who support 1021 members. And we may be forced to strike July 1.
We're bargaining for a more powerful union. Help us build our strike fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/cwa-9404-strike-fund-support-seiu-1021-staff
(All funds will be returned to donors if no strike occurs.)
#No1021WithoutCWA #Union #Labor
> Couples Are Hiring Divorce Coaches to Breakup Better https://www.vice.com/en/article/couples-are-hiring-divorce-coaches-to-breakup-better/
Because the lawyers are not expensive enough. . .
> Wireless e-tattoos help manage mental workload
https://physicsworld.com/a/wireless-e-tattoos-help-manage-mental-workload/
What can possibly go wrong? "Hey, Trucker 577 seems a bit sleepy, send him an electric jolt or two."
I think you get the idea.
One million workers stand with MPP Sol Mamakwa, we won’t let this government silence Indigenous voices
#Ontario #OntarioPolitics #onpoli #Canada #workersrights #unions #labour #labor #solidarity #IndigenousRights
"To make it work, [Microsoft Japan] mandated that no meetings could go longer than 30 minutes. It also told managers to avoid unnecessary meetings and use face-to-face chats instead. Its widely reported results were striking: Productivity increased by 40% over the trial period, while time off fell by 25%."
Archived link: https://archive.is/XqMme
