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I got an email from Ana Gonzalez, of #Texas #aflcio about the ongoing #strike of 70 #skilled #workers represented by the Texas City Metal Trades Council at Ashland Specialty Chemicals in Texas City, #TX.
Workers are asking for our help to send messages to Ashland Plant Manager Darren Becker, urging him to come back to the table in good faith.
In negotiations, Ashland management sought to:
- Force employees to perform work outside their craft, creating serious #safety risks for members and the surrounding #community,
- Slash the paid sick time members earned over decades of bargaining, and
- #Outsource the storeroom to eliminate #union #jobs.
These workers only want to keep Ashland safe and are fighting to keep the #benefits they’ve earned.
She included this link, with q preformatted #email that you can customize and send.
https://act.aflcio.org/letters/take-action-support-texas-city-workers-on-strike
My ex's father worked for Ashland, and it killed him (he died of #leukemia less than a year after the wedding). Worker safety is important.
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I got an email from Ana Gonzalez, of #Texas #aflcio about the ongoing #strike of 70 #skilled #workers represented by the Texas City Metal Trades Council at Ashland Specialty Chemicals in Texas City, #TX.
Workers are asking for our help to send messages to Ashland Plant Manager Darren Becker, urging him to come back to the table in good faith.
In negotiations, Ashland management sought to:
- Force employees to perform work outside their craft, creating serious #safety risks for members and the surrounding #community,
- Slash the paid sick time members earned over decades of bargaining, and
- #Outsource the storeroom to eliminate #union #jobs.
These workers only want to keep Ashland safe and are fighting to keep the #benefits they’ve earned.
She included this link, with q preformatted #email that you can customize and send.
https://act.aflcio.org/letters/take-action-support-texas-city-workers-on-strike
My ex's father worked for Ashland, and it killed him (he died of #leukemia less than a year after the wedding). Worker safety is important.
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#2026
My mom was the first female journeyman carpenter in the State of #Wisconsin - Dan
Up First from NPR: #Women in the #Skilled #Trades Face New Hurdles
Episode webpage: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/01/nx-s1-5647684/women-in-skilled-trades-face-hurdles
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“The #Nobel laureate #economist, a native of #Guelph, Ont., believes the success formula for a thriving #economy is #freetrade, #competition and a #skilled #workforce.” #Canada #cdnecon www.thestar.com/business/can...
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“The #Nobel laureate #economist, a native of #Guelph, Ont., believes the success formula for a thriving #economy is #freetrade, #competition and a #skilled #workforce.” #Canada #cdnecon www.thestar.com/business/can...
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https://www.alojapan.com/1367966/tokyo-to-boost-aid-to-international-schools-to-lure-skilled-foreign-workers/ Tokyo to boost aid to international schools to lure skilled foreign workers #aid #boost #Foreign #International #lure #schools #skilled #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #workers #東京 #東京都 Education Support to include help in choosing locations, finding funding The Tokyo Metropolitan Government hopes to attract more international schools to the city, making it easier for skilled professionals from overseas with families to move there. © Reuters RIKU TAZAKI
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→ #Esports stars have shorter #careers than NFL players. Here’s why.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/esports/2022/04/19/esports-age-retirement/“With so many #skilled players capable of entering the pro ranks, […] the current professionals push themselves to stay on top of their #game […] accelerating the pace at which pros reach their breaking point, retire and are replaced […]”
“The inaccurate #belief that #players peak in their early #20s — despite the lack of actual #medical research — thus becomes a self-fulfilling #prophecy.”
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→ #Esports stars have shorter #careers than NFL players. Here’s why.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/esports/2022/04/19/esports-age-retirement/“With so many #skilled players capable of entering the pro ranks, […] the current professionals push themselves to stay on top of their #game […] accelerating the pace at which pros reach their breaking point, retire and are replaced […]”
“The inaccurate #belief that #players peak in their early #20s — despite the lack of actual #medical research — thus becomes a self-fulfilling #prophecy.”
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ATEC and FPT Partner to Drive Innovation in Japan’s Auto Industry » World Business Outlook
Global IT services and technology company FPT and …
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #advancing #AI. #ATEC #automotive #collaboration #comprehensive #development #expansion #GROWTH #innovation #IT #Manufacturers #MoU #Network #news #partnership #revenue #signed #skilled #software #technology #WBO
https://www.alojapan.com/1333321/atec-and-fpt-partner-to-drive-innovation-in-japans-auto-industry-world-business-outlook/ -
https://www.alojapan.com/1333321/atec-and-fpt-partner-to-drive-innovation-in-japans-auto-industry-world-business-outlook/ ATEC and FPT Partner to Drive Innovation in Japan’s Auto Industry » World Business Outlook #advancing #AI. #ATEC #automotive #collaboration #comprehensive #development #expansion #GROWTH #innovation #IT #Japan #JapanNews #Manufacturers #MoU #Network #news #partnership #revenue #signed #skilled #software #technology #WBO Global IT services and technology company FPT and ATEC, a Japanese automotive software development firm with over 36 years o
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https://www.alojapan.com/1317138/indonesias-growing-exodus-of-skilled-talent-worries-local-industries/ Indonesia’s growing exodus of skilled talent worries local industries #Exodus #growing #Indonesia's #Industries #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #local #news #skilled #talent #worries JAKARTA — Hirdan Radityatama Putra Laisa, a 28-year-old Indonesian working in Tokyo at the global division of a Japanese human resources company, decided to work in Japan after graduating from Indonesia’s top university in 2019. “If I work in Indonesia,
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#Trump wants more #skilled #tradespeople. His #Labor Department is trying to cut off a #pipeline of #workers
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/economy/us-job-corps-labor-market-impacts -
#Trump wants more #skilled #tradespeople. His #Labor Department is trying to cut off a #pipeline of #workers
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/economy/us-job-corps-labor-market-impacts -
How maternal heritage inspires this South African #artist
https://www.dw.com/en/how-maternal-heritage-inspires-this-south-african-artist/video-71369794
> Emerging South African artist Lesego Seoketsa, a #skilled #painter and #fashion #designer, is making headlines because her work speaks to her roots and the lives of Black women in the post-apartheid era.
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Failure Is Not An Option
Smart people working together to solve problems? I bet a collection of Mefites could assemble to hammer out a proper list for TimHare's Ask Metafilter question about recommendations for more movies featuring collective "competency porn."
https://ask.metafilter.com/380108/Why-dont-you-get-smart-with-me
#clever #competency #CompetencyPorn #groups #movies #film #sharp #skilled #smart #theme #trope #ViewingList
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Failure Is Not An Option
Smart people working together to solve problems? I bet a collection of Mefites could assemble to hammer out a proper list for TimHare's Ask Metafilter question about recommendations for more movies featuring collective "competency porn."
https://ask.metafilter.com/380108/Why-dont-you-get-smart-with-me
#clever #competency #CompetencyPorn #groups #movies #film #sharp #skilled #smart #theme #trope #ViewingList
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Interesting article by GitHub on #AI generated code.
https://github.blog/2024-02-22-how-ai-code-generation-works/Plenty of things to complain about #generativeai and #programming, but I don't want to go back to a time before these tools were available. I've become addicted in no time. I delete and rewrite a lot of the generated code. But the utility and #productivity gains are undeniable.
But, no matter how great the tool, #humans still need to be #qualified, knowledgeable, & #skilled.
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Interesting article by GitHub on #AI generated code.
https://github.blog/2024-02-22-how-ai-code-generation-works/Plenty of things to complain about #generativeai and #programming, but I don't want to go back to a time before these tools were available. I've become addicted in no time. I delete and rewrite a lot of the generated code. But the utility and #productivity gains are undeniable.
But, no matter how great the tool, #humans still need to be #qualified, knowledgeable, & #skilled.
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Someone more #skilled than I am should #photoshop an iPhone over Lisa’s face…because that’s the current #phone situation. Poor little Bart doesn’t want to sleep in the clown bed :meow_puffy_big_eyes:
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The #entertainment industry in North America is facing a reckoning. Three years on from the pandemic that shut most of our workplaces down (in some cases for years, and many individual companies didn't ever come back), facing a loss of traditional revenue streams and an audience that doesn't look or act the same as it used to, we're reaching the expiry date on the rushed (and often exploitative) contracts that got us back to work. After years of being told that we should be grateful to have any #work at all, wildly #understaffed productions, a massive loss of #skilled #labour across all facets of the industry (so, so many either left for other jobs or didn't survive the pandemic years), and #inflation shrinking our already-too-small paycheques, we're seeing #union after union vote to #strike in 2023-24. It's a scary and unstable time, with many of us having already exhausted our savings just to make it through 2020-21 ... but it's so heartening to see my #siblings in unions across the continent being willing to stand up and say "we are worth a living wage and a secure, safe work environment". To see us vote for our long-term benefit, knowing that it will bring short-term hardships. If you know anyone who works in #Film #Television or #LiveEntertainment please show them your support now. The people who make the art you love are in crisis and fighting back.
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The #entertainment industry in North America is facing a reckoning. Three years on from the pandemic that shut most of our workplaces down (in some cases for years, and many individual companies didn't ever come back), facing a loss of traditional revenue streams and an audience that doesn't look or act the same as it used to, we're reaching the expiry date on the rushed (and often exploitative) contracts that got us back to work. After years of being told that we should be grateful to have any #work at all, wildly #understaffed productions, a massive loss of #skilled #labour across all facets of the industry (so, so many either left for other jobs or didn't survive the pandemic years), and #inflation shrinking our already-too-small paycheques, we're seeing #union after union vote to #strike in 2023-24. It's a scary and unstable time, with many of us having already exhausted our savings just to make it through 2020-21 ... but it's so heartening to see my #siblings in unions across the continent being willing to stand up and say "we are worth a living wage and a secure, safe work environment". To see us vote for our long-term benefit, knowing that it will bring short-term hardships. If you know anyone who works in #Film #Television or #LiveEntertainment please show them your support now. The people who make the art you love are in crisis and fighting back.
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The fishing industry in the United Kingdom is struggling due to the lack of skilled workers. It has been added to a list of at-risk sectors.Since leaving the...
UK fishing industry: Pressures to bring in more skilled workers -
The fishing industry in the United Kingdom is struggling due to the lack of skilled workers. It has been added to a list of at-risk sectors.Since leaving the...
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Some of the people immigrating to NZ as 'skilled workers" have no skills at all. It seems that their "qualifications" are a bodge-job which their employers self-certify.
The Alliance Group's plant near Invercargill is called out in this story.
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It took him 2 years to get paid as a #teacher in #Ontario. He hopes his story helps other #skilled #immigrants
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oct-internationally-educated-teacher-update-1.6724231?cmp=rss
"CBC Toronto first told the story of the Sri Lankan immigrant's struggle last year, and recently learned it took at least $10,000 in legal and consultant fees, support from his family and colleagues, and words of encouragement from past and current students, to get his certification. " -
It took him 2 years to get paid as a #teacher in #Ontario. He hopes his story helps other #skilled #immigrants
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oct-internationally-educated-teacher-update-1.6724231?cmp=rss
"CBC Toronto first told the story of the Sri Lankan immigrant's struggle last year, and recently learned it took at least $10,000 in legal and consultant fees, support from his family and colleagues, and words of encouragement from past and current students, to get his certification. " -
RT @EuropeOn_EU: #energysupply & #construction are in the top 5 sectors in need of #upskilling in @Cedefop's survey.
#EPBD must be ambitious & transformative to duly contribute to our #climate & #energy objectives but needs requirements for the availability of sufficient #skilled professionals!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/euenergyweek/status/1602958099761221632
