Lawsuit: Alabama Is Denying Prisoners Parole to Lease Their Labor to Meatpackers, McDonalds ( inthesetimes.com )
'There Has to Be a Fight': How Workers Can Start Winning the Class War in 2024 and Beyond ( www.commondreams.org )
Wells Fargo fires employees for utilising down time. ( www.theguardian.com )
Reading recommendations for how worker co-ops function
Not sure if this is the right place to ask. But I was interested in learning about how co-ops would function, so I was looking for some reading recommendations for the same. Would also be helpfulitf it included some comparisons of real life co-ops with more hierarchical organizations in the same sector
American Airlines flight attendants say their pay is so low, they fight for airplane meals to save money and sleep in their cars—and they're ready to strike ( fortune.com )
show the system exactly the respect it shows you ( slrpnk.net )
In an Historic Show of Labor Solidarity with Palestine, UAW Local 4811's Stand-up Strike Grows by 12,000 [Hannah Bowlus | May 28 2024 | In These Times] ( inthesetimes.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15914243...
Animals suffer for meat production – and abattoir workers do too ( theconversation.com )
That's all it is. ( lemmy.world )
The lunch rush is dead as Americans live for the weekend, office workers are pinching lunchtime pennies ( www.nbcnews.com )
Where do we stand on sex work? ( lemmy.world )
Why You'll Never Achieve The American Dream ( www.youtube.com )
Why Americans Overwhelmingly Back Unions Now with UAW President Shawn Fain interview ( youtu.be )
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes ( www.ftc.gov )
I haven't figured out the exact date, but it'll be effective 120 after publishing in the federal register.
After Ten-Year Battle, a Younger Generation Leads the Way at Volkswagen ( prospect.org )
Disneyland performers file petition to form labor union ( apnews.com )
New Study Reveals Impact of $500 to Fight Poverty in King County ( www.seakingwdc.org )
https://hachyderm.io/@scottsantens/112241673798122034
All billionaires under 30 have inherited their wealth, research finds ( www.theguardian.com )
Redditor explains that reddit's moderators can't understand how rich people's wealth operates because it is too complicated for poor people ( old.reddit.com )
Women earn less than men in 8 of the 10 most common jobs ( nltimes.nl )
‘Ultra wealthy’ Gen Xers are proving more resistant to returning to the office. ( archive.is )
It's funny how the narrative changes when a group can actually fight back. Most of the Gen-Xers I know in tech aren't going back to the office, not because they are ultrawealthy but because they are getting old, are virtually irreplaceable, and are prioritizing life over work after having survived the pandemic....
Antiwork outside of the anglosphere
I feel like any young person I speak to who is plugged into the English-speaking world will at least have encountered anti-work discourse. I've heard of people lying flat in China and nearby countries. Is there comparable discussion going on in your language? What does it look like?
RTO doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable: Study ( arstechnica.com )
How to sack your boss: a worker's guide to direct action ( libcom.org )
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/7071166...