❝ … if ICE descends on the stadiums where the soccer matches are played, particularly in Los Angeles and D.C.—where the agents are still Trump’s occupying army—the federation’s unions may have to counter with job actions to protect its members, Shuler warns in a letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino. peoplesworld.org/article/afl-c…
WASHINGTON—With soccer’s World Cup tournament set to open in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada on June 11, the AFL-CIO is demanding the sport’s ruling federation pressure host cities to keep Donald Trump’s vicious and violent ICE agents out.
but #LiberalArts degrees are a waste of time!!! #STEM is the future of job security, and you won't even need #labor #unions because you’ll have real good jobs.
―every asshole #GOP #Republican #neoliberal looking to close universities all across the land since the 1980s because they were graduating people with “useless” diplomas
now that Google doesn't have to pretend #android is not the #backdoor #surveillance system Snowden warned us about, it has a problem:
app developers.
the app store was always a honeypot for free #labor. without #apps there is no android. so Google has to rein in app devs, if they don't want their #spyware broken.
but if you give up your encryption keys, the app isn't yours. this isn’t about #privacy.
now that Google doesn't have to pretend #android is not the #backdoor #surveillance system Snowden warned us about, it has a problem:
app developers.
the app store was always a honeypot for free #labor. without #apps there is no android. so Google has to rein in app devs, if they don't want their #spyware broken.
but if you give up your encryption keys, the app isn't yours. this isn’t about #privacy.
Google wants app devs to be employees without labor rights.
Starting September (this year), Google will require every Android app developer to register centrally, provide government ID, and submit signing keys. Apps from unregistered developers will be blocked on all certified devices worldwide. This threatens F-Droid, open-source distribution, and user autonomy. @keepandroidopen @pluralistickeepandroidopen.org
MAYA ANGELOU ―the poet laureate, 3 time Grammy winner, National Medal of Arts and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree― once worked as a SEX WORKER; both as labor and management.
there’s a whole generation of BLACK nanas and aunties that had to do what they had to do to care for our families. sex work isn't just the sex. many Black brothels were social, cultural, health centers for our communities.
#Meta to cut 10% of staff as it pours billions into #AI
Meta said Thursday it plans to lay off roughly 10% of its workforce, or about 8,000 people, the latest in a string of #tech industry #layoffs fueled in part by #ArtificialIntelligence.
The company is also closing around 6,000 open roles, Janelle Gale, Meta’s chief people officer, wrote in a memo published by Bloomberg.
