FTC bans noncompete agreements, making it easier for workers to quit. Here's what to know. ( www.cbsnews.com )
Pouring $18 Superbowl beers for $14.25 an hour: "I work three jobs and I still qualify for Medicaid" ( www.motherjones.com )
What happened? ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@masterdon1312/111733144772189445
Costco gets a nasty Christmas present and ends the year terribly (workers victory) ( lemmy.ml )
Costco workers in Norfolk have unionised and Costco are seething.
Don’t Call Them Bums: The Unsung History of America’s Hard-Working Hoboes ( www.collectorsweekly.com )
Unionizing video game makers - workers struggle with "passion tax", writers for Red Dead Redemption 2 worked a hundred hours a week for three weeks ( www.npr.org )
Chicago: employees that walk to work organize 100% sick out during cold spell, boss caves, payed closure until Wednesday ( freeradical.zone )
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), founded on this day in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16976545...
Washington state: union offered highest wage in history by management, but would have stripped them of right to strike. 90% of voters reject offer ( washingtonstatestandard.com )
Orlando unionization: "JetBlue is in the process of trying to intimidate the living daylights out of every single worker not to sign a card" ( www.orlandoweekly.com )
Pearson: Airline catering employees vote 96% to strike, wages frozen during pandemic to help company, now management brags about profitability while offering raises as low as 89 cents an hour ( teamsters.ca )
Quebec: Airbus employees vote 99.6% against offer below inflation, 98.9% vote for strike ( www.thecanadianpressnews.ca )
"Unskilled labour" is a capitalist myth used to justify poverty wages. ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/111786893513746272
Direct Action #40: Newsletter of the IWW Ireland Branch ( www.onebigunion.ie )
IWW Bosses Lied to Membership in Apparent Effort to Cheat Opponent ( onebiginvestigation.com )
Corporate takeover of Supreme Court: all but one justice vote in favor of Starbucks ( www.dailykos.com )
Our Thanks For A Successful IWW 2024 AGM ( www.onebigunion.ie )
Washington state: farm workers excluded from union and collective bargaining rights, face retaliation for standing up against mushroom company. In solidarity, ILWU refuses to load company shipments ( www.thestand.org )
Niagara strike against forced overtime: scabs can't keep up, management asks for custody agreements if employee wants time with kids ( archive.ph )
Google introduced mandatory training for full-timers on interacting with contractors to ensure it can avoid claims of “co-employment”, make clear that it’s not a “joint employer” ( fortune.com )
Master control yes man: movies, press, advertising, radio... ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@bhasic/112452413991892485
Migrants aren't pushing down wages. It's your boss. ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/112436295100404451