bdonvr

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Administrator of thelemmy.club

Nerd, truck driver, and kinda creeped that you’re reading this.

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bdonvr , to Work Reform in ‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living

think we're Communists

It'd be cooler if you were.

But definitely cooperatives would be a HUGE improvement over what we have now.

bdonvr , to xkcd in xkcd #2919: Sitting in a Tree

Maybe it's just my accent but the way I naturally do 'whaling" doesn't affect the meter.

Like, "dubya-atche-ay-el-aye-en-gee"

I presume you'd do "double-yoo"?

bdonvr , to xkcd in xkcd #2914: Eclipse Coolnesss

An annular eclipse happens when the moon is farther out, making it appear smaller than the sun. So when it covers it, you still see a ring of sun. Cool, but not spectacular. You need special glasses for sun viewing the entire time. It looks like so:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/2023_Annual_Eclipse.jpg

A total solar eclipse is when the moon is closer and appears as large or larger than the sun, completely blocking it. This creates a temporary night-like environment for a small section of the earth. It also makes it so that you can view the sun’s outer atmosphere, which extends away from the sun in ghostly white outcroppings. This is always there, but the sun’s surface is so bright it usually drowns it out. It appears about as bright as a full moon, viewable with the naked eye. The moon itself becomes absolutely, mesmerizingly black. Even very-science minded persons have described it as a religious experience

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SNoNFdiH2LP2FSyYTfr5SP-320-80.jpg

bdonvr , to Work Reform in Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional

Trader Joe’s is owned by the OTHER Aldi, which is related historically but entirely separate from the Aldi stores in the US.

Interestingly the US is the only country to have both companies other than Germany itself, and even there one is in one half of the country and the other in the other.

bdonvr , to Work Reform in Tesla Boosts Pay for US Factory Workers That the UAW Wants to Unionize

Mercedes-Benz has a plant in Alabama I know the UAW got its eyes on.

bdonvr , to Work Reform in This very important strike you probably haven't heard of has now been going on for about 6 months

Seems pretty clear cut unfortunately. “Employees performing such duties meet the duties requirement of the exemption regardless of the proportion of “safety affecting activities” performed”

bdonvr , to Work Reform in This very important strike you probably haven't heard of has now been going on for about 6 months

Yeah but I am driving a 53’ semi and could reasonably be asked to go across state lines so I would still be exempt.

(generally us office staff would only cover shorter stuff if a driver calls out and nobody else can cover but it could reasonably happen)

bdonvr , to Work Reform in This very important strike you probably haven't heard of has now been going on for about 6 months

Wrong, I’m a truck driver and therefore exempt.

I work in the office 99% of the time… but once or twice a month I do have to drive.

Oh what a lovely country I live in.

www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/…/19-flsa-motor-carrier

The employee’s duties must include the performance, either regularly or from time to time, of safety-affecting activities on a motor vehicle used in transportation on public highways in interstate or foreign commerce. Employees must perform such duties as a driver, driver’s helper, loader, or mechanic. Employees performing such duties meet the duties requirement of the exemption regardless of the proportion of “safety affecting activities” performed

bdonvr , to Work Reform in This very important strike you probably haven't heard of has now been going on for about 6 months

Fuck I feel that 12 hours with no overtime… I work 60 hours a week with no overtime. Hourly

How do I start some shit, I don’t know how much longer I can do this

bdonvr , to Politics in Lindsey Graham: We’re in a religious war here and I am with Israel. Do whatever the hell you have to do, to defend yourself. Level the place.

I hate to break it to you, but what do you think the Gaza Strip is?

bdonvr , to Work Reform in Record national strike wave swells as 300,000 hit the picket lines

They got what, 4 days out of 15 they asked for and nothing else? He’s not a good negotiator.

Rail strikes are common in a lot of the world and they seem to do just fine.

And in any case, the strike doesn’t have to be all or nothing. They can do limited and partial strikes. They could do some days on and off.

This “oh the economy would’ve imploded and thousands would die” narrative is probably partially coming from industry propaganda.

bdonvr , to Work Reform in Record national strike wave swells as 300,000 hit the picket lines

And miss me with that “b… but Biden came back and negotiated sick days for them!” Horseshit. He got them a pitiful FRACTION of the days they asked for, and didn’t address any of their other demands whatsoever. Such as ending Precision Scheduled Railroading, which may have been a factor in the East Palestine disaster.

There’s been a weird narrative going around even on Lemmy every time this is mentioned that somehow Biden was actually a genius in that and everyone won.

bdonvr , to Work Reform in Record national strike wave swells as 300,000 hit the picket lines

general strike wen

bdonvr , to Work Reform in New U.A.W. Chief Has a Nonnegotiable Demand: Eat the Rich

“Billionaires in my opinion don’t have a right to exist,” says Shawn Fain

My respect for him only grows.

bdonvr , to Work Reform in Demands on Waffle House - Union of Southern Service Workers

Oh fuck yes

Though last time I went there was some dude working there with literally the Waffle House logo tattooed on his bicep. That was some sad shit

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