Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become ( www.theguardian.com )
Denver basic income reduces homelessness, food insecurity ( www.businessinsider.com )
They quit their jobs. Their ex-employers sued them for training costs ( www.straitstimes.com )
America’s Commute to Work Is Getting Longer and Longer ( www.wsj.com )
Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Ability to Do Business ( documentedny.com )
To combat pervasive wage theft in New York, three new bills were introduced in the legislature that would punish violators.
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 )
The first results from the world’s biggest basic income experiment in Kenya are in - Vox ( www.vox.com )
Historic change for tipped workers: Subminimum wage to end in Chicago restaurants, bars ( www.usatoday.com )
Tipped restaurant and bar workers in Chicago will make $15.80 per hour through raises over the next few years as subminimum wages are banned.
I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not ( slrpnk.net )
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/942202...
Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes ( www.npr.org )
Federal judges have blocked so much progress that Biden, his administration, and appointees have attempted to make. It's absurd
Amid financial stress, workers are asking for emergency savings accounts as a job benefit, survey finds ( www.nbcchicago.com )
Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from sudden 'deactivation' ( kuow.org )
Landlord Hires Three Men To Break Into Tenant's Apartment and Threaten Her to Settle Dispute. Isn't Arrested. ( www.wmtw.com )
‘Call the police, he’s on drugs': But the worker was dying from heatstroke. ( www.politico.com )
From 2017 to 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor recovered $3 billion in stolen wages from employers ( medium.com )
‘We deserve more’: US workers’ share of the pie dwindles ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15086405...
Larian publishing director on mass layoffs: 'None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt. They were just at risk of pissing off the shareholders' ( www.pcgamer.com )
Speaking with Game File (users will encounter a paywall) at the Game Developers Choice Awards, Larian director of publishing Michael Douse gave his take on the current state of the industry, including some sharp criticism on the wave after wave of mass layoffs we’ve been seeing....
UK firms make four-day workweek permanent after world’s biggest trial ( www.euronews.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12307563...
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 )
Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000-a-year package with a mixture of anger and admiration ( www.businessinsider.com )
Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay — others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.
The world’s best airline is paying staff a bonus of 8 months’ salary after record annual net profit of $1.98 billion ( www.cnn.com )
Infosys co-founder calls for youth to work 70-hour weeks • The Register ( www.theregister.com )
UAW strike Day 4: GM threatens to send 2,000 workers home, Ford cuts 600 jobs ( www.npr.org )
Union strategy: 13,000 autoworkers at the three Midwest plants, about 9% of the unionized workforce at the Big Three automakers, were the first to walk off the job. Now, more workers are temporarily out of work as the automakers are asking hundreds of non-striking workers not to show up to work....
Unionized Google workers learned their jobs were over while testifying to Austin City Council about why they need higher pay ( 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 )
