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rockSlayer ,

That's the real crime. Leaders can be old. Workers should never be forced to be old.

rockSlayer ,

A bloom filter is a data structure that is most useful in creating a spell check algorithm

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....

rockSlayer ,

Well the living wage in the twin cities is roughly $23/hr while living alone with no kids, so it’s still a ways off. However, I actually hope they leave. Then metro transit has good reason to greatly expand the lightrail lines

rockSlayer ,

I’m an organizer, I’d gladly help gig drivers form a worker cooperative

rockSlayer ,

Yep, I know the CWAer that helped form the coop in Denver! Driver co-ops will become very popular as people realize they’re getting screwed by these companies

rockSlayer ,

You might have dyscalculia. It’s best described as ‘math dyslexia’ and heavily impacts a person’s ability to do math

rockSlayer ,

Well tbf I don’t know Warren Buffett either

rockSlayer ,

Well in this case it’s actually racist with the side-effect of being transphobic. A Republican wet dream

rockSlayer ,

Eat their pizza and unionize anyways

rockSlayer ,

*in nonunion workplaces.

Organize a union now for more job and life stability in the future.

rockSlayer ,

This was always going to be the outcome. Next time think before adding discriminatory regulations.

rockSlayer ,

They can survive it. Every company can survive it. They just don’t want to give up their dictatorship.

rockSlayer ,

What is it about big dogs that make them think they’re lap dogs?

rockSlayer ,

Disappointed that the captioner didn’t write out the barks

Bark. Bork. Biork. Börk. Boark. Ruff.

rockSlayer ,

I like to think of $1 billion in terms of how much money you need to spend. Let’s say you’re given $1 billion at birth, never earn another cent in your life, and live for exactly 75 years. To spend all of that money, you’d need to spend $36,500 per day, every day, for your entire life. Even then, you’d have nearly a million dollars left to pass down to your children.

rockSlayer ,

that’s exactly why I have to add that you never earn another cent. The easiest way to spend money is to increase personal wealth.

rockSlayer ,

Why does the land pupper look like it’s AI generated?

rockSlayer ,

The Oklo natural nuclear reactor has naturally occurring plutonium and neptunium

rockSlayer ,

I know you seemed to have gotten the gist for why it’s been announced so far out, but there’s some other things at play here.

  1. Actual general strikes are illegal under the Taft-Hartley act
  2. US unions generally engage in contract negotiations at different times, and set the specific date the contract expires during the negotiation
  3. In a country of 333 million people, a general strike will take A LOT of planning. Even if only 10% of the country went on strike, it would easily be the largest strike in world history. The entire economy will stop and people will need to be taken care of.
rockSlayer ,

That’s the point. If all the contracts expire at the same time, it’s a coincidence, not a general strike in the eyes of the law

rockSlayer ,

The NLRB decides whether or not it violates labor law. I can tell you with absolute certainty that this strategy has worked on a smaller scale for decades.

rockSlayer ,

No worries! I didn’t assume you were against widespread action or anything like that. I’m an organizer, so what I’ve learned is that most people are completely (intentionally) uninformed about our rights as workers. I didn’t think you had all the info, so I went to educate

rockSlayer ,

Absolutely! A strike that large could result in a syndicalist revolution. Laying the groundwork to support that many people in a socialist framework would be an incredible feat, comparable to the Paris commune within that historical context

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    rockSlayer ,

    Unfortunately, all metrics will fall short of the point. This is because they come from a search for any justification that doesn’t outright say that profits are stolen wages

    rockSlayer ,

    Nice, an unfair labor practice strike. Google basically handed them a W with their refusal to bargain, since it would be a criminal violation to hire scabs

    rockSlayer ,

    Fuck yea, love to see militant labor fighting for what they need

    rockSlayer ,

    Hell yeah, keep it up! I love the “Stop the War on Workers” sign, a teamsters classic

    rockSlayer ,

    I was able to guess that it was about brain drain, but only because I thought linemen were leaving red states leading to unstable electrical service

    rockSlayer ,

    Hey, I’m a union organizer at a tech company! Union support is more likely than you think in the industry. It’s all about a strong OC forming connections with your coworkers. If you want to be the change, reach out to CODE-CWA!

    rockSlayer ,

    An expansion tank is necessary for water heaters, because the process of heating water causes it to expand. Without an expansion tank, pressure could build to unsafe levels

    rockSlayer ,

    Honestly, I don’t know, I’m not a plumber. There are a couple possibilities, including that it was built into the water heater or the relief valve did it’s thing. Some water heaters don’t need expansion tanks at all, either. It’s generally a “just in case” thing, since the right failures in the wrong way could lead to a hot water bomb going off in your house.

    rockSlayer ,

    MLK’s nonviolence was a strategy, not a moral position. I think you need to do more research on MLK.

    rockSlayer , (edited )

    I 100% agree with your position, but I just want to correct a long-standing whitewashing that still tricks folks on the left; his nonviolence theory was a political strategy, not a moral position

    rockSlayer ,

    Good luck! When we fight, we win!

    rockSlayer ,

    Such a majestic floof

    rockSlayer ,

    Welcome to the fediverse! I’m actively organizing a union and I love helping folks unionize their workplace as well. What was your question? I’d love to help

    Setting "personal goals" at work is such bullshit

    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...

    rockSlayer ,

    Ever notice how “personal goals” are supposed to be focused on work? That’s because companies are using it to extract more productivity from the same number of employees for the same price. They’re trying to exploit human nature through gamifying your workload for a dopamine rush. When this is realized it often feels condescending, because it is.

    [Common Dreams] Teamsters Say Contract Talks Have Collapsed After UPS Made 'Unacceptable Offer' ( www.commondreams.org )

    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.

    rockSlayer ,

    UPS is a private company, they aren’t subject to the RLA and nothing in Taft-Hartley has anything to say about a single union going on strike.

    USPS is the federal service operating like a business, and since they’re federal employees they aren’t supposed to go on strike, however that didn’t stop them in the 70s.

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