Work Reform
- prismreports.org New protections empower H-2A agricultural workers to organize
A Department of Labor rule going into effect June 28 adds new protections for “worker self-advocacy” and hinders the ability of American employers to intimidate or retaliate
- www.theverge.com Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour
Drivers will get sick pay and healthcare stipends, too.
- www.gamedeveloper.com Bethesda Game Studios Montreal workers are trying to unionize
'We aim to make sure everyone receives fair compensation for their work and the value they provide.'
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/21476821
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Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become
www.theguardian.com Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become | Steven GreenhouseThe court’s current justices are some of the most hostile to labor rights in modern US history
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If you ever worked shifts and transitioned to a 9 to 5 job, how difficult was the change?
I’m a nurse working shifts and sometimes 5 days without a pause and I still don’t know if I’m gonna take one of the 2 9 to 5 jobs my hospital system has offered. I’d earn less money, but I’m already 45 years old and I don’t know if I should call it quits and settle for a regular job 5 days a week and free weekends for the rest of my working life. Hustling in nursing is ok if you are in your 20s or 30s but in my 40s? I don’t see it.
I like the extras I get for working shifts but it’s taxing. I’ve been doing nursing for 6 years already and neither do I know how difficult is the transition going to be.
- www.theguardian.com Uber and Lyft agree to minimum pay and benefits for Massachusetts drivers
Ride-share companies sign off on $175m settlement that will give workers paid sick leave and other protections
- www.usatoday.com Joe Biden is old. So is Donald Trump. So are millions of other American workers
There's no debate that Joe Biden or Donald Trump could become the oldest president ever, but they're not that unusual in today's workforce.
This article gets so close to an important point and then misses it.
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is this the right way to establish boundaries with my nosy coworkers at the hospital?
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/16125204
> read right as polite, because they get offended easily. > > I’m a male nurse in a predominantly female unit. > > How I see a job: I'm there to work and go home and don't want to socialize. Each of my coworkers is welcomed to talk about work with me, but I don’t disclose my personal life, age or life goals with them. Work and let me work. If you need help, call me, we’ll work together. > > How my unit works: there is a group that’s childish and gossipy, don’t know boundaries and act like a clique, but maybe 50% of the unit are people that work and let me work, help me and I help them (with the gossip clique this is not always the case). > > I was sick for 4 weeks and I’ve decided this is a good opportunity to establish boundaries, something I’ve never done at my current unit. Why now? Being sick I had time to think what I don’t want in my life: faking interest in the sexual life or my coworkers, knowing who started dating who or what they think of Biden or the second amendment ain’t things I care about. I’ve had a coworker trying to find me a girlfriend a week after knowing me. No thanks. > > I'm entertaining other job prospects and I still don’t know if I’m gonna jump ship, so for the time being, I'm here. Where I work I’m forced to eat with the rest of the team, including the gossips, so I’m trapped (because if I don’t eat with them they’ll start asking why I’m so unfriendly or if I’m angry at them and feel offended, they simply cannot understand that sometimes I want time to unwind without them). > > What I think I could tell them, next time they start with their inquisitive questions: > > ‘I’ve worked here for a year already. It should be clear by now that I’m not a talkative person. This is a question I don’t want to answer. And I hope that you respect that.’ > > ‘that I don’t talk doesn’t mean I hate you, it means I have nothing to say’ < I find it ludicrous even having to explain this. > > ‘I don’t see what that has to do with the job’ > > ‘I don’t talk about religion, politics or my private life with coworkers and I hope you respect that’ > > should they keep pestering: > > ‘all right, I need time to unwind, which means today I’ll spend my pause somewhere else.’ and proceed to eat alone somewhere else. > > And if they pester yet again: > > ‘leave me alone’ > > if by this point some of them start giving me the evil eye and afterwards start ignoring me or treat me differently, time to accelerate my transfer to another unit. > > If you like keeping boundaries with your coworkers, what do you tell them that works?
- www.engadget.com Uber is locking New York drivers out of its apps and blaming a city pay rule
For the last month, Uber has been locking New York City drivers out of its apps during low-demand periods, and Lyft has threatened to do so, too. The ride-hailing companies blame an NYC pay rule.
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Pillaging by the Super-Rich Will Continue Until the Working Class Revolts
www.commondreams.org Pillaging by the Super-Rich Will Continue Until the Working Class Revolts | Common DreamsAmerican workers are not stupid. They're getting fleeced and they know it. But until we rebuild large scale working-class power, it’s going to be a very rough ride.
- inthesetimes.com LGBT Workers Need Unions, Not Rainbow Capitalism
Major companies are weighing the benefits of pinkwashing as anti-LGBT extremism is on the rise. Doug Ireland's 1999 piece reminds us what organized labor can offer queer and trans workers.
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For Many Greeks, Six-Day 48-Hour Work Week Now Set to Begin July 1st
www.thenationalherald.com For Many Greeks, Six-Day 48-Hour Work Week Now Set to Begin - The National HeraldATHENS – Greeks work more hours than anyone in the 27-member European Union – and even the United States where… Continue reading For Many Greeks, Six-Day 48-Hour Work Week Now Set to Begin
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Construction workers are dying from suicide at an alarming rate, with an estimated 6,000 construction workers dying as a result of suicide in 2022
www.nbcnews.com Construction workers are dying from suicide at an alarming rateThe construction industry has one of the highest suicide rates among professions, with an estimated 6,000 construction workers dying as a result of suicide in 2022.
- www.theverge.com Amazon retaliated after employee walkout over the return-to-office policy, NLRB lawyers say
A hearing has been scheduled for February.
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If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.
www.vox.com If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.The US doesn't have federal heat protections. A standard would save lives.
- abcnews.go.com California Democrats agree to delay health care worker minimum wage increase to help balance budget
Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers to help balance the budget
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Greece introduces the six-day work week
www.dw.com Greece introduces the six-day work week – DW – 06/21/2024From the construction industry to the tourism sector, Greek employers cannot find the staff they need. The government's solution: longer working hours. A new law enables employers to implement a six-day work week
"While the 40-hour work week is still officially in place, employers are permitted to require staff to work up to two unpaid hours per day for a limited period in return for more free time."
- www.nbcnews.com California to become third state to mandate heat protections for indoor workers
The state's new standards could go into effect by early August.
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Sanders Warns 'Absurd' Low Pay of Teachers Fueling Public Education Crisis
www.commondreams.org Sanders Warns 'Absurd' Low Pay of Teachers Fueling Public Education Crisis | Common Dreams"We cannot continue to run our public education system on the backs of saints and martyrs," an elementary school teacher testified to a Senate committee.
- arstechnica.com Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else”
Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted.
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Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” - Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted.
arstechnica.com Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else”Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted.
Big tech companies are still trying to rally workers back into physical offices, and many workers are still not having it. Based on a recent report, computer-maker Dell has stumbled even more than most.
Dell announced a new return-to-office initiative earlier this year. In the new plan, workers had to classify themselves as remote or hybrid.
Those who classified themselves as hybrid are subject to a tracking system that ensures they are in a physical office 39 days a quarter, which works out to close to three days per work week.
Alternatively, by classifying themselves as remote, workers agree they can no longer be promoted or hired into new roles within the company.
Business Insider claims it has seen internal Dell tracking data that reveals nearly 50 percent of the workforce opted to accept the consequences of staying remote, undermining Dell's plan to restore its in-office culture.
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Denver basic income reduces homelessness, food insecurity
www.businessinsider.com Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.Participants in Denver's basic income program received up to $1,000 a month. They became more housing secure and landed full-time jobs.
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Economic Update: New Energies Organizing Unions [31:05 | MAY 27 24 | Democracy At Work]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16730069
> >Democracy at Work is a non-profit 501(c)3 that produces media and live events. Our work analyzes capitalism critically as a systemic problem and advocates for democratizing workplaces as part of a systemic solution. We seek a stronger, fuller democracy – in our politics and culture as well as in our economy - based on workers’ equal collaboration and shared leadership inside enterprises and throughout society. > > >[EU S14 E21] New Energies Organizing Unions
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End Legal Slavery in the United States
www.nytimes.com Opinion | End Legal Slavery in the United StatesCompulsory labor with little or no compensation should be unthinkable.
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Sex workers in Belgium to receive pension contributions and maternity leave under labour overhaul – The Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com Sex workers in Belgium to receive pension contributions and maternity leave under labour overhaulLegislation will allow sex workers to access employment contracts and rights
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I'm a nurse working bedside. Should I take a mostly administrative job as case manager or study nurse?
I'm an Europe based nurse and work shifts: 06:00 to 14:00, 13:00 to 21:00 or graveyard shift: 20:00 to 06:30 the next day.
Working bedside full time I earn EUR 4K before taxes plus shift supplements that earn me between EUR 0.5 and 0.9K per month, so that’s between 4.5K and 4.9K per month. Most of this extra money comes from working the graveyard shift, the second biggest contribution are weekends.
I know I'm not going to work bedside until I retire because this is a tiring and demanding job and have been looking for administrative positions within my hospital system.
There are 2 regular 9 to 5 jobs that fit my area of expertise: case manager and study nurse. Monday to Friday, no weekends except a doctor needs me with him there, no night shifts. My starting base salary would be 3.7K but I wouldn’t get supplements anymore.
I’m not sure I want to have a normal 9 to 5, mostly office based job if it means earning EUR 0.8K to 1.2K less than I do now. I’d sleep better, I wouldn’t have to wake up at 4:30 or fear that a loud neighbor is going to ruin the night because it's Friday and he wants to party, I wouldn’t feel tired after every morning shift, I wouldn’t have to work 8 to 10 days without breaks…
But I believe I’ve grown used to nursing: a positive aspect of waking up at 04:30 is that streets are empty when you go to work and when you come home, there are always free seats on your commute, no children yelling after school, no queues when you go shopping, I don’t mind working weekends because you work less and earn a bit more… And where I work there is a huge nurse scarcity and my manager doesn’t complain much when I call in sick.
I don’t know how to decide
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Amazon union workers and the Teamsters have inked a deal
www.theverge.com Amazon union workers and the Teamsters ink a dealIt’s a potentially powerful alliance with one of the biggest unions in the US.
From the article: Amazon Labor Union workers have joined forces with one of biggest unions in the US, hoping to get Amazon to the bargaining table.
- grist.org Chicago teachers demand climate solutions in their next contract
Chicago teachers want the city to retrofit their campuses so they can teach and not worry about extreme heat and pollution.
- qz.com CEO pay is rising faster than it has in a decade — and 3 times as fast as worker wages
"Out of control" executive pay is ballooning as most workers saw a 4% pay increase
- www.cnbc.com Amazon hit with $5.9 million fine for violating California labor law
Officials investigated two Amazon warehouses in Southern California and found they "failed to provide written notice of quotas."
- arstechnica.com Many stunt performers are reluctant to report head injuries, study finds
"This population doesn’t often seek medical help out of fear of being unemployed.”
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'UAW All the Way': Ohio EV Plant Workers Hail Historic Contract Victory
www.commondreams.org 'UAW All the Way': Ohio EV Plant Workers Hail Historic Contract Victory | Common DreamsOne Ultium worker said the new contract—under which production workers will get $35 by late 2027—"enables me to just go ahead and move forward in life rather than living from paycheck to paycheck."
- www.inquirer.com Dozens of Wanamakers employees never got their pensions
Former Wanamakers employee Bill Whiting started a Facebook group and found more than 40 others who didn't get their pensions.
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"Daily Pay" Is Just Another Way to Keep You Living Paycheck to Paycheck
I've seen several big chains, mostly gas stations and fast food, advertising "daily pay". If you are worried about how you're going to make it until your next paycheck, whether it's tomorrow or next month, or you have no savings to cover any sort of emergency, then you live paycheck-to-paycheck.
Don't be fooled. "Daily Pay" is just a shitty attempt at avoiding paying better wages by giving you your shitty wages faster. It's designed to benefit the company, not you.
Edit: If you don't get to hold on to your pay check long enough to earn interest on any of it, then getting paid daily is not benefiting you.
- www.latimes.com After a pandemic strike, nurses union must pay Riverside hospital millions in damages
The union representing nurses at Riverside Community Hospital has been ordered to pay more than $6 million to the hospital in damages caused by a 2020 strike.