A reply on Twitter: “I’m willing to believe that, but my goodness, the sheer amount of neglectful staffing involved…! Whoever walked off from that crap is great!”
Labor
Uber and Lyft Workers Sick Of No Benefits Start “Drivers Cooperative” App To Compete
Dissatisfied drivers and labor advocates are forming worker-owned cooperatives in an attempt to take back some power in the gig economy.
Workers Are “Bullying” Their Bosses For Pay Raises While Working From Home
“Another example was a secretary who had power over organising Zoom lunches but was leaving out newer senior employees because they couldn’t be bothered connecting with them.”
CEOs See 29% Pay Raise As Workers Get 2% Pay Cut During Pandemic
The report urges support for a bill introduced by Bernie Sanders, called the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act, which would incentivize companies to narrow the pay gap.
“We’re Back To The Excesses Of The Gilded Age…And Elon Musk Is A Modern-Day Robber Baron”-Robert Reich
“His net worth quadrupled during the four months Tesla forced all workers to take a ten percent pay cut,” Reich pointed out.
Service Workers Don’t Feel Like Dying Of Covid, So Business Owners Call Them Lazy?
The morbidity rates of line cooks has increased by 60 percent, making it the deadliest profession in America during the pandemic era.
Did Trumpista Postmaster Louis DeJoy Help Amazon Win The Union Battle In Alabama?
USPS generated nearly $4 billion in revenue from Amazon in 2019 and tallied an embarrassing $1.6 billion of that in profit.
Will Boards Start To Put Their CEO’s On The Chopping Block Of Automation?
If a CEO is as costly to a company as thousands of workers, it is surely a prime candidate for robot-induced redundancy.
Workers Hold 7 Managers Captive At Renault Factory In Latest “Boss Napping” Incident In France
In 2014, workers at a Goodyear tyre factory in northern France held two directors captive for close to 300 hours an attempt to prevent the closure of the plant.
Employers Illegally Prevented Women and Older Workers From Seeing Job Ads On Facebook
Rulings conclude that 7 employers violated anti-discrimination laws by preventing women & older workers from seeing job ads posted on Facebook.
