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Just because #copyright won't fix the creative labor market [and save is from AI], it doesn't follow that nothing will. If we're worried about #labor issues, we can look to labor law to improve our conditions.
@pluralistic: #AI "art" and uncanniness (13 May 2024)
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/
Today's #ai #generated #podcast is #up. #news #current #events #media
Today we #dive into the #world of #banking as #advocates #express #hope but remain wary of# banks' pledge to stop abusive e-transfers.
We'll also discuss the #struggle for #alone time that many #moms face, as #research suggests an #unfair #division of #labor is to #blame.
#Scientists need your help to find #zombie-#infected #cicadas filled with #gut #pudding. Yes, you heard that right.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/swift85/episodes/May-12--2024-e2ji84s
May 12, 2024 by Chaos Theory - The News As Seen By AI
Today we dive into the world of banking as advocates express hope but remain wary of banks' pledge to stop abusive e-transfers. We'll also explore the rising cost of fast food in America, leaving some customers choking on the surging prices.Spotify for Podcasters
Are we heading into another wave of the "great resignation"?
"Nearly half (46%) of professionals say they’re considering quitting in the year ahead — higher than the 40% who said the same ahead of 2021′s great resignation, according to new research from Microsoft and LinkedIn [...]"
#labor #WorkersRights #TheGreatResignation #work #jobs #quitting
Nearly 50% of people are considering leaving their jobs in 2024—more than during the 'great resignation'
LinkedIn has seen a 14% increase in job applications per opening since last fall, with 85% of U.S. workers saying they plan to look for a new job in 2024.Morgan Smith (CNBC)
Swedish Tesla technicians “described increasing pressure to fix more cars in less time, which they said forced them to take shortcuts, skip breaks and stay late. They’d seen colleagues get fired for reasons that they said seemed arbitrary. Two said they’d spoken up about these issues and were deprived of raises as a result.”
#tech #tesla #elonmusk #sweden #labor
Tesla Strike in Sweden Previews Elon Musk Playbook for US Unions
Elon Musk is locked in a stalemate with a group of Swedish technicians that’s lasted four times as long as the United Auto Workers strike.Anders Melin (Bloomberg)
"Google went from you have to be in Mountain View at least three days a week to do this job to you can do it from India and Mexico in less than a year."
https://mas.to/@carnage4life/112367500228993462
#labor #WorkersRights #RemoteWork #WorkFromHome #layoffs
Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life@mas.to)
Attached: 2 images Google went from you have to be in Mountain View at least three days a week to do this job to you can do it from India and Mexico in less than a year.mas.to
GENTLE REMINDER TO ALL #TECH WORKERS
before you go hustling for new work on these internets and fediverses, if you were laid off, HEAD TO THE CLOSEST #LABOR DEPARTMENT OFFICE AND DEMAND YOUR #UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
you pay for #unemployment #benefits with each paycheck. DEMAND THAT MONEY.
here's a thread about what to do & what happens when you don't demand all your accumulated money & benefits.
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/111607803802146802
tell #techbros laying off people, fuck you pay me.
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva@mastodon.social)
REMINDER FOR LAID-OFF & UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS there is no shame in using all the social services you have paid with your taxes, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A WHITE, MID/HIGH INCOME EARNER.Mastodon
Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee voted solidly to unionize with the UAW, after twice in the past voting down the #union.
This time, they may have noticed that union workers won higher pay and better benefits from US automakers in their strike last year.
https://theconversation.com/uaw-wins-big-at-volkswagen-in-tennessee-becoming-the-first-foreign-owned-factory-in-the-american-south-to-unionize-228319
#News #BreakngNews #Labor #Business
UAW wins big at Volkswagen in Tennessee – becoming the first foreign-owned factory in the American South to unionize
Despite making similar efforts for decades, the UAW union had never before managed to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in a Southern state like Tennessee.The Conversation
— pssst... pssst.... hey, kid, you.. do you want an "S"?
— an S? what for?
— an S like in STRIKE.
— strike? like baseball?
— No! an S like in STRIKE!
(muppets in a picket line suddenly appear)
— STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE!
(THUNDER)
— YAHAHA! ONE #STRIKE TWO STRIKES! THREE STRIKES! THREE MARVELOUS STRIKES AND A PICKET LINE!
(THUNDER)
— YAHAHAHAHA!
(EXUNT)
'Sesame Street' Writers Unanimously Support Strike Authorization Vote
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/sesame-street-writers-strike-authorization-vote-wga-east-1235972886/
'Sesame Street' Writers Unanimously Support Strike Authorization Vote
Writers employed by the producer of 'Sesame Street' have voted for a WGA East strike authorization as the April 19 contract expiration approaches.William Earl (Variety)
Five #Googlers are now sitting-in at Thomas Kurian (Google Cloud CEO)'s office. Watch their livestream: https://www.twitch.tv/notech4apartheid
They have been placed on administrative leave (an illegal retaliatory action) and have been told that they are subject to arrest at 1730 PT (about 45 minutes from now). This is how #Google treats peaceful protest against their unconscionable support of the #GazaGenocide
Join the stream, show your #solidarity, and sign the petition at https://notechforapartheid.com/#sign
No Tech For Apartheid
Tell Google and Amazon: Stop doing business with Israeli apartheidnotechforapartheid.com
