#Workers

Dr. Dave Kamper 🌹

dskamper

The @AlphabetWorkers have formed what is called a "minority union." Quick thread on what that means:A cornerstone of US labor law is the principle of "exclusive representation" - if you

punkacademic

punk_academic

Lots of stuff on academic freedom today - more precisely lack thereof - but this part of the govt letter was always implied in the powers granted to OfS.Remember being

Christina Arasmo • #JeSuisCharlie

dropsoul

"Most victims of international human trafficking are women and girls." "We are, of course, under no illusion that the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of individuals affected by trafficking are in fact GIRLS

Erin Taylor

erinisaway

truly wild how many civilians have strong feelings about who can ID as a sex worker but not strong feelings about making our lives better, safer, and easier? the

Andrew Elmore

AndrewElmore17

I just read the Amazon complaint against OAG, and have some hot takes about what’s going on here. They are based on my previous experience defending OAG investigations from similar

Arindrajit Dube

arindube

New paper providing *overall* impact of minimum wages on low-wage employment with Cengiz, Lindner and @dzentlermunro. We use ML to create a demographics-based low-wage group capturing ~75% of all likely

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الرأسمالية ولا عمرها اهتمت بقيم الإنسان كل اللي عليها تركب الموجة عشان تحافظ على الأرباح وما تحصل مقاطعات ضدها.شركة Calvin Klein الأمريك

Paul Mason

paulmasonnews

Mike Pompeo's speech just kicked off a new Cold War with China. But amid all the tough talk, just like with the USSR, there's an unnamed spectre: the Chinese working

🌽🌽Erica, the white trash socialist🌽🌽™️

herosnvrdie69

There would absolutely be more women in trades and “blue collar” fields if we were not constantly treated with hostility just for doing our jobs. It’s not just these fields

probably not your mom but VOTED EARLY

straterize

I attended the hearing for the @WACourts farm worker overtime case, and it was packed with farm workers. The video here is one of the most remarkable moments I’ve had

Jenn Gustetic 🚀💪🏻

jenngustetic

READING THREAD (1/8): “the public #corporation no longer serves the interest of their most important #shareholders—retirement investors—or the most critical part of their workforce: knowledge workers”.https://hbr.org/2021/01/its-tim

Nora Loreto

NoLore

The vaccine hierarchy is such an interesting debate. Who gets it second (if there is consensus on who gets it first?) The teacher unions mentioned that they want to know

Jordan

JordanChariton

THREAD: Amazon worker Poushawn Brown, 38, was made to COVID test other workers for several months. She was not given N-95 mask, hazard pay, & social distancing was non-existent. Her

Zoe Gardner

ZoeJardiniere

On the face of it, this looks good, govt extending the Seasonal Agricultural Workers' visa scheme from 10,000 to 30,000 to address lack of labour for farming industry after the

Les Perreaux

perreaux

Quebec's vaccination plan being unveiled today will start with 40,000 nursing home residents plus staff. Some 325,000 other health care workers will go second, then 136,000 people in retirement homes.

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

#Prop22 was the most expensive ballot initiative in history: "gig economy" companies firehosed $200m over voters, outspending 48/50 state legislative races on a single question.That question: can employers misclassify workers

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