[In These Times] Workers at The Trevor Project unionize ( inthesetimes.com )
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N.J. nurses vote to strike, reject hospital’s settlement ( www.nj.com )
Nurses voted to strike Monday night, seeking greater hiring, pay hikes and more
Landlord Hires Three Men To Break Into Tenant's Apartment and Threaten Her to Settle Dispute. Isn't Arrested. ( www.wmtw.com )
Got tipping rage? This barista reveals what it's like to be behind the tip screen ( www.npr.org )
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Writers Requesting David Zaslav Pay Up on Lost Wages via Venmo ( www.themarysue.com )
Writers found David Zaslav's Venmo and successfully interrupted his time at billionaire summer camp with payment requests for lost wages.
[Texas Tribune] “We are dying”: Houston workers protest new state law removing water break requirements ( www.texastribune.org )
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[Galveston Daily News] La Marque UPS workers rally for better conditions as strike looms ( www.galvnews.com )
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Jamie Dimon says employees can go work somewhere else if they don't like long commutes into the office, thinks remote work doesn't cut it ( www.businessinsider.com )
Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever ( www.theverge.com )
“This ‘groundbreaking’ AI proposal that they gave us yesterday, they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their companies should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project they want, with no...
Genshin Impact Voice Actors Say They Haven't Been Paid In Months ( www.gamespot.com )
Despite the game's massive profits, its voice actors say they aren't getting paid, with some even choosing to leave their roles.
Sega workers form largest multi-department video game union in the US ( www.theverge.com )
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Google lays off contractors who unionized last month. Suspecting retaliation, the discharged workers have begun a hearing with the NLRB. ( www.engadget.com )
Hollywood actors’ union recommends strike as talks deadline passes ( www.theguardian.com )
Hollywood Actors Set to Join Writers on Strike After Contract Expires ( www.wsj.com )
Screen Actors Guild ends negotiations over new contract with studios
Hundreds of thousands of actors will go on strike Wednesday night if negotiations with studios are not reached by midnight. ( lemmy.worldhttps )
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Hollywood Studios’ WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks ( deadline.com )
“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”...
[Texas Tribune] Limited regulations make Texas workers responsible for preventing on-the-job heat injuries ( www.texastribune.org )
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[WIS News] Garners Ferry Road Waffle House workers on strike for better working conditions ( www.wistv.com )
“Those customers could have had guns on them they could have decided to start shooting. Just out of nowhere just started pouring stuff into their containers and just throw it behind the counters....
Sega of America workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize ( www.engadget.com )
They say AEGIS-CWA is the 'largest multi-department union of organized workers in the entire gaming industry
Why companies say you're 'family' while underpaying you ( therealnews.com )
Felix Allen, a recently fired New Orleans-based organizer at Lowe's, recounts the measures taken by his employer to prevent his store from unionizing.
Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub sue New York City over $18 minimum-wage law ( www.engadget.com )
When faced with the prospects of actually paying workers a far wage, these companies are doing everything they can to prevent it. Says a lot about their priorities.
Article: ‘Castlevania’ Studio Unionizes, Marking Expansion for The Animation Guild ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
