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It has nothing to do with your right to work
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28632885
> https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor/113544169466951688
- inthesetimes.com Whole Foods Workers File for First-Ever Union, Defying Amazon
Workers in Philadelphia say they’re tired of being treated like robots.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22364722
> ### Workers in Philadelphia say they’re tired of being treated like robots.
- www.theregister.com Billionaire food app CEO seeks worker willing to pay for job
Zomato boss Deepinder Goyal leaves a sour taste in the mouth
- abc7.com California voters reject Prop 32, raising the state's minimum wage to $18
California voters have rejected Prop 32, which would have raised the state's minimum wage from $16 to $18.
>California voters have rejected Prop 32, which would have raised the state's minimum wage from $16 to $18.
>With 100% of the ballots tallied, the measure was rejected by a 0.8% margin (50.8 - 49.2), according to the California Secretary of State's office. The total vote difference for the proposition was 234,146.
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🇫🇮Fresh strike warning from Industrial Union
yle.fi Fresh strike warning from Industrial UnionThe union is asking for pay rises of 10 percent over two years.
> The union is asking for pay rises of 10 percent over two years.
- www.nbcnews.com Musk and Ramaswamy float ending remote work for federal employees and ‘large-scale firings’
The idea could affect over 1 million federal workers who are eligible for remote work.
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Korea: Labor ministry rejects claims of workplace harassment against NewJeans member
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15381209
> > The Korean government and courts have long classified entertainers not as workers but as "exceptional entities" who operate under exclusive contracts with their management agencies.
- www.inquirer.com Leaders of three Philadelphia unions met to discuss a possible strike of about 14,000 workers in transit and city services
Transport Workers Union Local 234, AFSCME District Council 33 and SMART-Transportation Division Local 1594 met Tuesday to discuss the possibility of a synchronized work stoppage.
- prismreports.org Low-wage workers in the food service industry can’t afford to eat
Workers in the food industry earn some of the lowest wages in the U.S. economy, and after a long day of preparing, cooking, or serving food at work, many
> Food workers are about two and a half times more likely to be food insecure than workers in other sectors of the economy
- apnews.com Boeing issues layoff notices to 400-plus workers as it begins drastic cuts
Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its machinists' union.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22161530
> SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its machinists’ union. > > The pink slips went out last week to members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, or SPEEA, The Seattle Times reported. The workers will remain on the payroll through mid-January. > > Boeing announced in October that it planned to cut 10% of its workforce, about 17,000 jobs, in the coming months.
- www.theregister.com Weekends were a mistake says Infosys co-founder Murthy
Again defends his belief that 70-hour weeks are essential and work/life balance is bunk
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🇫🇮| Healthcare workers' union pushes back against HUS layoffs
yle.fi Healthcare workers' union pushes back against HUS layoffsChange negotiations will result in the termination of around 800 staff members at the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS).
- apnews.com Hundreds of hotel workers go on strike at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip
Hundreds of Las Vegas hotel workers have gone on strike at a casino near the Strip. It's the first open-ended strike in 22 years for the Culinary Workers Union, which represents 60,000 hospitality workers across Nevada.
- jacobin.com The Fight to Unionize US Call Center Workers
In the US, the past 40 years have seen the explosive growth of a new call center workforce, which now employs nearly 4 million people. Despite vigorous organizing efforts, the sector remains largely nonunion.
