Work Reform

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1410523...

Are the same petty mods running this show? If so, please ban me immediately. I don’t see how you can reconcile claiming to fight labor exploitation while at the same time giving away your labor for free to a billion dollar company.

“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.”...

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1387305...

“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....

They say AEGIS-CWA is the 'largest multi-department union of organized workers in the entire gaming industry

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.

In Germany we have a relatively good social security system. If you are unemployed, there are basically two types of unemployment benefits that you can apply to. If you don’t qualify for the first one, normal unemployment benefits (ALG1), then you would qualify for the second one (ALG2), which covers people who are not...

See “A Theory of Justice”....

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.

Millions of us, everyday of every hour, are working a multitude of hours at different periods in the day. All so that we, can prop and propel the few lives that are on top. The few who’s lives we’re both knowingly and unknowingly sustaining. Who’s lives that have children that we’re indirectly supporting through our...

At California’s Great America theme park

Yet another article about this.

Wage inequity is a global issue!

Now on top of my workload, which is already insane, I’m expected to set and meet personal goals by some arbitrary deadline? This shit is so condescending. I’m an adult, being paid to exchange my time and work for a salary. I don’t need to be treated like a child and made to complete these homework assignments to prove my...

Or… Here’s a thought. Kids DO want to work, they just want their time valued; to be respected and have a liveable wage.

Edit: Based off of a suggestion from someone I am rewriting this post to be more informative...

The Teamsters said Wednesday that high-stakes talks with UPS over a new contract for more than 340,000 workers have fallen apart after the company presented an offer that union negotiators deemed badly inadequate.

The pay is really good, but not worth it. It’s posts like this that make me long for a cabin in the middle of nowhere.

Copied a few relevant paragraphs over:...

Many of those who have left the workplace are being forced to return by the cost of living crisis to bolster their finances.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) – Thousands of workers at hotels across Los Angeles County officially walked off the job on Sunday, starting a labor strike as they demand higher wages and better benefits....