Dream Job - Work Chronicles ( workchronicles.com )
Employees are spending the equivalent of a month's grocery bill on the return to the office–and growing more resentful than ever, new survey finds ( fortune.com )
The majority of Americans are not engaged at work, 70% of managers have no training to lead a hybrid team and it could be killing employee engagement ( www.cnbc.com )
All workers, your attention please. Your attempt to have a decent work/life balance and be treated with dignity in this facility is going to fail. You have eight minutes to get back to the office. ( lemmy.world )
Viral layoff videos reflect a sea change in work culture ( www.axios.com )
Your last day is today." These five brutal words, integral to most layoffs, have typically been heard privately. Not anymore....
UCLA, UC Riverside students petition to remove Starbucks from campuses, they want the licensing agreements suspended until the company ends its union-busting campaign ( www.dailynews.com )
Which entertainment jobs are most likely to be disrupted by AI? New study has answers ( www.latimes.com )
A new study estimates that 62,000 entertainment jobs in California will be disrupted by artificial intelligence in the next three years.
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands ( apnews.com )
The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes to Coca-Cola.
Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional ( www.bloomberg.com )
Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional.
Elon Musk says Tesla workers will be sleeping on the factory floor when new $25,000 EV goes into production next year ( www.techspot.com )
Speaking during Tesla's earnings call on Wednesday, Musk said he needs his teams of manufacturers and engineers to live and sleep at the Texas Gigafactory so any...
‘You won’t find work’: China human resources executive admits to illegally sacking worker, dares him to start labour dispute ( www.scmp.com )
A video showing a human resources executive firing an employee while brazenly admitting she is breaking the law, and threatening to scupper the man’s future job prospects, has attracted more than a billion views online....
LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protests ( www.theguardian.com )
Tentative Agreement Reached Ending California State University CFA Members’ Historic Systemwide Strike After 1 Day ( www.calfac.org )
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The absurdity of the return-to-office movement ( www.cnn.com )
Another Hollywood strike? Musicians union ‘prepared to do whatever it needs’ for AI protections and streaming residuals ( www.cnn.com )
After a year in which both actors and writers hit the picket lines, another Hollywood strike may be on the horizon.
The end of workplace loyalty: Why work feels so broken right now — and how it can be repaired ( www.businessinsider.com )
In the two years I've been writing about Americans' changing relationship to work, there's one theme that's come up over and over again: loyalty. Whether my stories are about quiet quitting, or job-hopping, or leveraging a job offer from a competitor to force your boss to give you a raise, readers seem to divide into two groups....
Gen Z is prioritizing living over working because they've seen 'the legacy of broken promises' in corporate America, a future-of-work expert says ( www.businessinsider.com )
A future-of-work expert said Gen Zers didn't have the "promise of stability" at work, so they're putting their personal lives and well-being first.
Why Americans can't keep money in their pockets — even when they get a raise ( www.cnbc.com )
A Death at Walmart ( newrepublic.com )
Janikka Perry never made it home from her shift at the bakery of a supercenter in Arkansas. She was one of many Walmart workers who have been pressured to work through illness or pain, sometimes with devastating consequences.
In Italy’s Main Shipyard, Anti-Islam Policy Divides Workers ( jacobin.com )
In Monfalcone, in northeastern Italy, the far-right mayor has banned public Muslim prayer. Home to Europe’s largest shipyard, the town is a crucible of Italy’s rising migrant workforce — and the racist backlash against it....
I'm a California restaurant operator preparing for the $20-an-hour fast-food wage by trimming hours, eliminating employee vacation, and raising menu prices ( www.businessinsider.com )
ITF calls for workers' rights for migrant fishers ( www.itfglobal.org )
In a bid to tackle the exploitation of migrant fishing workers in UK waters, a two-year pilot programme has been launched that, if successful, will see migrant fishers working in UK waters be subject to the rights and protections of UK employment laws....
Bosses are using RTO mandates as a way to ‘blame employees as a scapegoat for bad firm performance,’ new research finds ( fortune.com )
Jordan police beat up illegally retained Indians who were protesting ,One hundred and twenty Indians who have been illegally retained in Jordan by their employer were holding peaceful protests outside ( www.thenewsminute.com )
Workers at Jollibee Are Taking on a Multinational Fast-Food Giant ( jacobin.com )
Fired after asking for a raise, minimum-wage workers at a Jollibee in Jersey City fought for back pay and reinstatement. After a nearly yearlong campaign against the fast-food chain, the workers won....
