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RT @chopracfpb: All people should be treated fairly and with dignity in their jobs. Today, the @CFPB and @USDOL held a joint hearing focuse…
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🎉 VICTORY: Workers @naturalgrocers have won their vote to form a union in their first store! Now they’re part of @ufcw’s local 1000 to push this massive publicly listed company for raises, better health care and more. #NGCommunityUnited #NaturalGrocers
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🔊 Natural Grocers workers are forming a union and need YOUR help! Learn more and sign their petition to show your support.
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Coworker's @WilneidaNegron weighs in on invasive tech that is possibly being used to track and deter students who are protesting the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
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RT @WilneidaNegron: And sometimes amidst the darkness, beautiful things happen in the world. Congrats Nur! 💜🔥🙌🏽
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🔊 BIG NEWS: We're excited to announce Coworker’s new Executive Director, Nur! From low-wage worker to union and grassroots organizer, Nur is the kind of next generation leader our movements need! Read more about Nur here:
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RT @jamieson: After losing its case in a hearing, Trader Joe's has filed another appeal trying to get the union's election victory thrown o…
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AI is responsible for creating more mission-critical roles that are hired through third-party contracting agencies. These roles are often of much lower quality than the ones that were lost through layoffs. Check out this new paper from @techequitycollab
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Our partner @techequitycollab released a new paper shining a light on tech’s shadow workforce! This comes at a crucial moment as the use of AI—which contract workers train AND shapes the conditions in which they do it—is on the rise. Check it out:
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Salary transparency as a workplace trend gets a big ✅ from us “The once-taboo subject of employee compensation is gaining new transparency”
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2023 reviewed: “Those stoppages and the threat of other strikes… helped workers—from automotive makers to actors, casino workers and package deliverers—score gains such as pay increases and protections from the use of generative AI.”
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Why was 2023 such a big year for labor #organizing? The story actually begins earlier: “Reform movements led to bolder contract demands, which led to winning contract campaigns and strikes, which are giving workers hope in new organizing.”
Quite a year in labor. Here's my take in @labornotes.
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Basically @OSHA_DOL is saying that taking money out of immigrant workers pockets is literally the business model: “a “loser-pays” practice that the US Department of Labor has argued is coercive and likely to dissuade immigrants from pursuing legal action”
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Interested in what it’s like having an #AI boss? Check out this talk between @jomc and @parismarx #bossware
It’s always a joy to speak with @parismarx. in today’s episode, I talked about how my past experience working in a call center went into my novel and shaped my reporting on the gig economy
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A great overview of animation workers #organizing in Hollywood. Workers say they have to “forgo having the ability to start a family because the healthcare is inadequate; they have to continue renting with roommates long into a time in their life...”
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With so much anti-immigrant #racism out there every little bit counts: “A newly formed coalition of labor and business stakeholders have launched an initiative to combat anti-migrant sentiment”
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Workers @usps are working tirelessly this Christmas knowing it might be their last on the job: “Thousands of postal jobs will be eliminated, and tens of thousands of employees will be faced with relocating to a new job”
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Patients are being put at risk for healthcare profit: “Doctors, nurses and pharmacists said they were being asked to do more as staffing dwindles, leading to exhaustion and anxiety about putting patients at risk”
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