"The Trump administration is making a very risky bet that allowing the economy to slow down will make it stronger."

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-14/courting-a-us-recession-is-reckless-and-heartless?srnd=homepage-americas

Hey, this is cool: Half Price Books has 5 unionized locations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Price_Books#Unionization

https://www.hpb.com/

Be ready, #Utah. You'll need to spread the word and find a signature gatherer in your location or even start gathering signatures yourself.

#utpol has limited the time and expanded the number of locations that need signatures to make it very difficult to put a referendum on the ballot.

This is for public labor unions' ability to collectively bargin in our state.
#labor #laborunion #UEA #Education #PublicEmployees

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/03/14/public-unions-begin-fight-overturn/

At the Tesla “gigafactory” in Grünheide outside Berlin, a number of workers who have gotten sick and provided doctors’ notes explaining their absence from work have received letters telling they have to name exactly what is ailing them and waive doctor-patient confidentiality or they won’t get paid at all. Some of them have been paid “by accident” and told they have to give the money back.

The union IG-Metall says Tesla workers require legal representation 21x more often than average throughout the union nationwide.

https://www.heise.de/news/Tesla-will-kranken-Beschaeftigten-in-Gruenheide-das-Geld-streichen-10316290.html

Unions file to stop the illegal termination of TSA workers collective bargaining agreement

https://fightbacknews.org/articles/unions-file-to-stop-the-illegal-termination-of-tsa-workers-collective

In 2019, Iceland became one of the first countries to approve a four-day workweek. Here's how things have been going for them.

2021: "Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success""

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779

2024: "Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/25/business/iceland-shorter-working-week-economy/index.html

2025: "The effects of the shorter workweek in Iceland have extended far beyond the office."

https://www.wecb.fm/in-2019-iceland-approved-the-4-day-workweek-nearly-6-years-later-all-predictions-by-generation-z-have-come-true/

#TNI #TransnationalInstitute is a group that mostly releases great reports, analysis, etc, on #techgiants, #capitalism #resourcecolonialism #labor etc

But when it comes to #China, they'll somehow willingly publish pro-CCP propaganda-lite, factually dubious BS like this, romanticizing the #Mao era, regurgitating South-South solidarity talk points & of course, ignoring the #CCP's glaring similarities to Israel in its treatment of #Uyghurs #Tibetans & #HongKongers

https://www.tni.org/en/article/from-global-anti-imperialism-to-the-dandelion-fighters

To all REI members, please use your opportunity to vote for REI's board of directors.

The union for REI workers is asking that we vote "Withhold" against all of the corporate-picked nominees.

https://www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-board-elections

Washington Blues: A Government Town Faces a Gloomy Future
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For years, Washington, D.C., was insulated from many of the economic forces that decimated many older U.S. cities. Now, as Elon Musk’s mass layoffs shake everything from employment to real estate, the region faces the prospect of decline.
https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-dc-trump-musk-federal-government-cutbacks-gloomy-future?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

I used to enjoy my job, even grading, even midterms. Tonight I forced myself to turn in midterm grades (with 2 minutes to spare) and did not enjoy it. There are many aspects of my job I no longer enjoy.

It's not a mystery why (at least to me). Perhaps it's embodied in this thing: our university senate asked a state-level body to observe issues at our university and create a report. The report is weeks late in coming. We received a message today asking us to wait a little longer because of "...the critical issues at [my university] involving transparency, trust, the relationships among stakeholders, and the status of shared governance..."

Yeah, it's a fucking mess around here, and never in a way that allows faculty to feel better about our jobs.

Prof. Sarah Bond gave a great talk to a packed house at #ISAWNYU tonight about her new book:

Bond, Sarah E. Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025.

https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/isawlib-bond-strike

Keep on fighting!

SAG-AFTRA actors' strike set to continue, as union warns of "alarming loopholes" for "AI abuse" in latest proposal

https://www.eurogamer.net/sag-aftra-actors-strike-set-to-continue-as-union-warns-of-alarming-loopholes-for-ai-abuse-in-latest-proposal

This will only become more and more common with unchecked capitalism!

Two Zenless Zone Zero actors lose jobs over AI dispute without notice, finding out alongside players

https://www.eurogamer.net/two-zenless-zone-zero-actors-lose-jobs-over-ai-dispute-without-notice-finding-out-alongside-players

Filipino workers in semiconductors factory declare strike victory…
https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/12/filipino-workers-in-semiconductors-factory-declare-strike-victory/
"#Labor activists in the Philippines saw a major victory after a 74-hour strike of 1,800 workers at Nexperia #Philippines, a #Dutch semiconductors factory. The strike ended in victory on March 8 after the management agreed to increase daily wages and reinstate dismissed #union officials."

Pandemie-Ursprung: Hielt das Kanzleramt BND-Einschätzung zu Corona zurück?

Laut Medienberichten ging der Auslandsgeheimdienst BND in der Pandemie mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit davon aus, dass das Coronavirus seinen Ursprung in einem Labor in China hatte. Doch das Kanzleramt soll die Einschätzung zurückgehalten haben.

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/bnd-corona-ursprung-wuhan-labor-bundesregierung-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

Fed workers fight Trump’s cuts to veterans

https://fightbacknews.org/articles/fed-workers-fight-trumps-cuts-to-veterans

Peter #Dutton and the #LNP screwed up #trade with #China for years:
Beef
Wine
Barley
Cotton
Lobster

Australia needs a government that can deal with its trading partners effectively => #Labor.