roofuskit

roofuskit , 11 months ago to Work Reform in OSHA protections don’t apply to 96 percent of the animal agriculture operations that hire workers in America

Farm work has long been excluded from federal protections. In fact, during the fight to pass the New Deal there were two types of work specifically excluded from the reforms passed (like social security). This was at the insistence of Representatives and Senators from Southern states. Anyone want to guess what color skin most of those workers had at the time?

roofuskit , 11 months ago to Star Trek in SAG-AFTRA says actors cannot promote projects of companies they are going on strike against. That includes promoting Trek at cons, panels and fan greets.

Important tactic, but i do feel bad for the cons as they are usually entirely separate (and much smaller) entities from the studios that make the content.

roofuskit , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Which bartender do you feel was better utilized in their show, Guinan or Quark?

I'm not sure how this was even a question. Quark was clearly better utilized.

roofuskit , 11 months ago to Work Reform in "People don't want to work anymore" - A tale as old as time

In the US a lot of manufacturers keep as many people as they can as temp workers and just cycle them in and out often enough to avoid having to pay benefits or offer anything other than substandard wages.

roofuskit , 1 year ago to Star Trek in How to Watch Star Trek: Prodigy Now That It's Gone From Paramount+

This is clearly a move by the soulless minions of orthodoxy.