Labor
- world-outlook.com Amazon Labor Union: ‘We’re Done Waiting’
The following letter from the Amazon Labor Union – International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1 was sent on September 4, 2024, to workers at JFK8, Amazon’s giant warehouse in Staten Island, New York. It is aimed at reaching out to all JFK8 workers and drawing them into a discussion on determining ...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20058050
> September 7, 2024 > > Union leaders told World-Outlook that while the letter is addressed to ALU members at JFK8 its content is public information.
- open.substack.com FTC Enrages Corporate America by Eliminating Non-Compete Agreements
The Federal Trade Commission took action to prohibit employment contracts that stop employees from working for rivals. Then it was immediately sued by the son of a famous Supreme Court Justice.
- www.huffpost.com The FTC Just Banned Noncompete Agreements And It's A Huge Deal
Commissioners approved the historic regulation on the grounds that noncompetes stifle competition for workers. A legal challenge is all but certain.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8890492
> > The FTC’s three Democratic members were in favor of adopting the regulation, while its two Republican members were against it. > > > > ... > > > > “The FTC estimated that the ban would boost wages by between $400 billion and $488 billion over 10 years.” > > > Employers are required to tell people that existing noncompetes are void: > > > The new rule makes it illegal for employers to include the agreements in employment contracts and requires companies with active noncompete agreements to inform workers that they are void. The agency received more than 26,000 comments about the rule after it was proposed some 16 months ago. The rule will take effect after 120 days, although business groups have promised to challenge it in court, which could delay implementation. >
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We now have a general Labor focused community. Please feel free to contribute.
The /c/unions community kept getting non union general labor interest posts and shockingly there are not really many general labor focused communities on Lemmy. So I've made one here.
Friends:
- https://lemmy.ml/c/unions
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/unions
- https://lemmy.ml/c/coops
- https://lemmy.ml/c/antitrust
- https://lemmy.ml/c/antitrust
