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U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs ( www.npr.org )

Wage theft now outnumbers all other types of theft in the U.S., reaching $482 million ( medium.com )

150,000 Workers Vote to Authorize Strikes at Stellantis, GM, and Ford ( www.investopedia.com )

150,000 workers vote to authorize strikes at Stellantis, GM, and Ford — Workers are fighting for increased pay, retirement pensions, and better benefits::Workers at the automotive Big Three have voted to authorize a strike when contracts expire on Sept. 14, bringing the nation one step closer to a major labor stoppage costing...

Return to the office? These workers quit instead. ( news.yahoo.com )

And buried in the middle of the article:...

Durham Public Works Employees “Illegally” Strike for 1st Time ( paydayreport.com )

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – In late June, I attended a meeting of public works employees in Durham, who were planning the first strike of public works employees in the rapidly gentrifying city, where many city workers can’t afford to live....

US auto workers strike escalates as UAW president calls on 38 more plants to join ( www.theguardian.com )

Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO’s private jet in 2023 ( techcrunch.com )

New U.A.W. Chief Has a Nonnegotiable Demand: Eat the Rich ( www.nytimes.com )

Bosses are using RTO mandates as a way to ‘blame employees as a scapegoat for bad firm performance,’ new research finds ( fortune.com )

Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more ( apnews.com )

Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour....

UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. So how high were they? ( apnews.com )

The United Auto Workers union has made CEO pay a central part of their argument for a big worker wage increase.

Flight attendants threaten strikes over low pay and unpaid work ( www.theguardian.com )

Alaska Airlines, American and United could all be disrupted as air crew demand fairer share of vast profits

Waffle House raises worker pay after strikes and pressure from labor organizers ( apnews.com )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16427488...

From layoffs to lawsuits, billionaires are striking back to crush worker power ( therealnews.com )

Shawn Fain, president of the UAW: ‘Workers realized they’ve been getting screwed for decades’ ( www.theguardian.com )

Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS say they’re at a breaking point — here’s what their days look like ( www.cnbc.com )

UK firms make four-day workweek permanent after world’s biggest trial ( www.euronews.com )

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Frontier Airlines CEO says the pandemic made workers 'lazy' and less productive: 'People are still allowing people to work from home, all this silliness, right?' ( www.businessinsider.com )

Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle blamed higher overhead costs on workers being less productive, calling it a "society-wide" problem.

Sex workers in Belgium to receive pension contributions and maternity leave under labour overhaul – The Irish Times ( www.irishtimes.com )

We’re now finding out the damaging results of the mandated return to the office–and it’s worse than we thought ( finance.yahoo.com )

Union leader endorsing Biden: ‘We’re not gonna waste a lot of time’ on Trump supporters ( thehill.com )

'Suits' Was Streamed For 3 Billion Minutes on Netflix and the Writers Were Collectively Paid $3,000 ( nofilmschool.com )

The sorry state of streaming residuals shows why SAG and the WGA are striking.

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