#unions — Public Fediverse posts
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Happy Labor Day
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Happy Labor Day
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Happy Labor Day
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"In my research, I was impressed to see federal commissions convened at the turn of the century to study the impact of new technologies on work and the economy. If only our current government were capable of such sane and sober study and analysis of AI’s entry into the workplace and culture; we need it.
There seems to be a lesson in the ITU’s actions: Rather than fighting and trying to forestall the inevitable arrival of new technology, it is better to take control of it. That worked well for the ITU for three-quarters of a century as it lobbied successfully for the eight-hour work day and drastically improved the working conditions — and health — of its members. The ITU — and particularly New York’s Big Six — became immensely powerful.
Until they weren’t. In the 1960s and ’70s, new technologies threatened: punched paper tape that could run a Linotype without an operator, like the robot it appeared to be; cold type (shining light through letters onto photographic paper to set text); computerized hyphenation and justification of text; computers in newsrooms, allowing publishers to “save keystrokes” and eliminate typesetting in composing rooms; and finally PostScript, which turned letters into shapes to be described and displayed by computers and printers.
This time, the ITU tried fighting the technologies. A series of strikes over these issues killed six of nine New York newspapers — and eventually the union along with them.
The lessons the ITU and its leadership faced with these new technologies was different from the lessons learned with the Linotype."
https://medium.com/whither-news/labor-and-the-linotype-d151afc0a62c -
"In my research, I was impressed to see federal commissions convened at the turn of the century to study the impact of new technologies on work and the economy. If only our current government were capable of such sane and sober study and analysis of AI’s entry into the workplace and culture; we need it.
There seems to be a lesson in the ITU’s actions: Rather than fighting and trying to forestall the inevitable arrival of new technology, it is better to take control of it. That worked well for the ITU for three-quarters of a century as it lobbied successfully for the eight-hour work day and drastically improved the working conditions — and health — of its members. The ITU — and particularly New York’s Big Six — became immensely powerful.
Until they weren’t. In the 1960s and ’70s, new technologies threatened: punched paper tape that could run a Linotype without an operator, like the robot it appeared to be; cold type (shining light through letters onto photographic paper to set text); computerized hyphenation and justification of text; computers in newsrooms, allowing publishers to “save keystrokes” and eliminate typesetting in composing rooms; and finally PostScript, which turned letters into shapes to be described and displayed by computers and printers.
This time, the ITU tried fighting the technologies. A series of strikes over these issues killed six of nine New York newspapers — and eventually the union along with them.
The lessons the ITU and its leadership faced with these new technologies was different from the lessons learned with the Linotype."
https://medium.com/whither-news/labor-and-the-linotype-d151afc0a62c -
"In my research, I was impressed to see federal commissions convened at the turn of the century to study the impact of new technologies on work and the economy. If only our current government were capable of such sane and sober study and analysis of AI’s entry into the workplace and culture; we need it.
There seems to be a lesson in the ITU’s actions: Rather than fighting and trying to forestall the inevitable arrival of new technology, it is better to take control of it. That worked well for the ITU for three-quarters of a century as it lobbied successfully for the eight-hour work day and drastically improved the working conditions — and health — of its members. The ITU — and particularly New York’s Big Six — became immensely powerful.
Until they weren’t. In the 1960s and ’70s, new technologies threatened: punched paper tape that could run a Linotype without an operator, like the robot it appeared to be; cold type (shining light through letters onto photographic paper to set text); computerized hyphenation and justification of text; computers in newsrooms, allowing publishers to “save keystrokes” and eliminate typesetting in composing rooms; and finally PostScript, which turned letters into shapes to be described and displayed by computers and printers.
This time, the ITU tried fighting the technologies. A series of strikes over these issues killed six of nine New York newspapers — and eventually the union along with them.
The lessons the ITU and its leadership faced with these new technologies was different from the lessons learned with the Linotype."
https://medium.com/whither-news/labor-and-the-linotype-d151afc0a62c -
"In my research, I was impressed to see federal commissions convened at the turn of the century to study the impact of new technologies on work and the economy. If only our current government were capable of such sane and sober study and analysis of AI’s entry into the workplace and culture; we need it.
There seems to be a lesson in the ITU’s actions: Rather than fighting and trying to forestall the inevitable arrival of new technology, it is better to take control of it. That worked well for the ITU for three-quarters of a century as it lobbied successfully for the eight-hour work day and drastically improved the working conditions — and health — of its members. The ITU — and particularly New York’s Big Six — became immensely powerful.
Until they weren’t. In the 1960s and ’70s, new technologies threatened: punched paper tape that could run a Linotype without an operator, like the robot it appeared to be; cold type (shining light through letters onto photographic paper to set text); computerized hyphenation and justification of text; computers in newsrooms, allowing publishers to “save keystrokes” and eliminate typesetting in composing rooms; and finally PostScript, which turned letters into shapes to be described and displayed by computers and printers.
This time, the ITU tried fighting the technologies. A series of strikes over these issues killed six of nine New York newspapers — and eventually the union along with them.
The lessons the ITU and its leadership faced with these new technologies was different from the lessons learned with the Linotype."
https://medium.com/whither-news/labor-and-the-linotype-d151afc0a62c -
"In my research, I was impressed to see federal commissions convened at the turn of the century to study the impact of new technologies on work and the economy. If only our current government were capable of such sane and sober study and analysis of AI’s entry into the workplace and culture; we need it.
There seems to be a lesson in the ITU’s actions: Rather than fighting and trying to forestall the inevitable arrival of new technology, it is better to take control of it. That worked well for the ITU for three-quarters of a century as it lobbied successfully for the eight-hour work day and drastically improved the working conditions — and health — of its members. The ITU — and particularly New York’s Big Six — became immensely powerful.
Until they weren’t. In the 1960s and ’70s, new technologies threatened: punched paper tape that could run a Linotype without an operator, like the robot it appeared to be; cold type (shining light through letters onto photographic paper to set text); computerized hyphenation and justification of text; computers in newsrooms, allowing publishers to “save keystrokes” and eliminate typesetting in composing rooms; and finally PostScript, which turned letters into shapes to be described and displayed by computers and printers.
This time, the ITU tried fighting the technologies. A series of strikes over these issues killed six of nine New York newspapers — and eventually the union along with them.
The lessons the ITU and its leadership faced with these new technologies was different from the lessons learned with the Linotype."
https://medium.com/whither-news/labor-and-the-linotype-d151afc0a62c -
Pan African Worker - Number 3, 2026.
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Pan African Worker - Number 3, 2026.
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Pan African Worker - Number 3, 2026.
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Pan African Worker - Number 3, 2026.
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Pan African Worker - Number 3, 2026.
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NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==
NOW PLAYING == Galvanizing #LaborDay for a Workers’ Compact ft Ralph Nader, Robert Reich, more LIVE from Busboys and Poets, #WashingtonDChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yjZAuWRgck#news #commentary #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #activism #greenparty #education #workingclass #labor #unions #workers #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #Midterms #elections https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/117231097519216213
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NOW PLAYING == Galvanizing #LaborDay for a Workers’ Compact ft Ralph Nader, Robert Reich, more LIVE from Busboys and Poets, #WashingtonDC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yjZAuWRgck
#news #commentary #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #activism #greenparty #education #workingclass #labor #unions #workers #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #Midterms #elections #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia
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NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==
NOW PLAYING == #LaborDay Special: The Brian Lehrer Show covering the Working Class; White-Collar Unions; Supermarkets; Summer Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buZgxlnFu9g#news #npr #commentary #BrianLehrer #WNYC #uspol #politics #geopolitics #NYC #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #workers #unions #workingclass #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/117230643672979612
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#Trump has staggered federal unions, but they refuse to be knocked out… Membership in federal government unions has fallen 25% during Trump’s second term.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-federal-unions-labor-law-rights #LaborDay #labor #union #unions #work #LaborLaw #LaborRights
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NOW PLAYING == #LaborDay Special: The Brian Lehrer Show covering the Working Class; White-Collar Unions; Supermarkets; Summer Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buZgxlnFu9g
#news #npr #commentary #BrianLehrer #WNYC #uspol #politics #geopolitics #NYC #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #workers #unions #workingclass #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist
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DSA leadership plans for a 2028 nationwide general strike: A 'perfect storm'... ... [THURS 10AM] Faster Labor Contracts Act would silence workers' ...#democraticsocialism #Economy #Labor #LaborDay #Laborunions #NewYorkCity #Unions #ZohranMamdani
Mamdani creates 'Office of Worker Power' to push unionization agenda -
DSA leadership plans for a 2028 nationwide general strike: A 'perfect storm'... ... [THURS 10AM] Faster Labor Contracts Act would silence workers' ...#democraticsocialism #Economy #Labor #LaborDay #Laborunions #NewYorkCity #Unions #ZohranMamdani
Mamdani creates 'Office of Worker Power' to push unionization agenda -
DSA leadership plans for a 2028 nationwide general strike: A 'perfect storm'... ... [THURS 10AM] Faster Labor Contracts Act would silence workers' ...#democraticsocialism #Economy #Labor #LaborDay #Laborunions #NewYorkCity #Unions #ZohranMamdani
Mamdani creates 'Office of Worker Power' to push unionization agenda -
DSA leadership plans for a 2028 nationwide general strike: A 'perfect storm'... ... [THURS 10AM] Faster Labor Contracts Act would silence workers' ...#democraticsocialism #Economy #Labor #LaborDay #Laborunions #NewYorkCity #Unions #ZohranMamdani
Mamdani creates 'Office of Worker Power' to push unionization agenda -
Power company’s IBEW guys just drove by. On THE union holiday. On one hand, sucks to see them out. On the other, I bet they are absolutely RAKING IT IN. 🤑 Good for them.
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My thanks on this day and every other for the organizers who were murdered by bosses and the state. To the striking workers beaten bloody or shot by hired thugs, police officers, and U.S. Soldiers.
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Happy Labor Day!! 🇺🇸💪
Why do you appreciate Unions? We’ll start:
😎 Weekends off
🧳 Paid vacations
⏸️ Work breaks
🤧 Sick leave
🎆 Paid holidays
👧🏽 No child labor
👷🏽♂️Safer working conditions
🩻 Health care
🎣 Retirement
Copying @[email protected] post 😉
#laborday #unions #unionstrong #benefits #workers -
Happy Labor Day!! 🇺🇸💪
Why do you appreciate Unions? We’ll start:
😎 Weekends off
🧳 Paid vacations
⏸️ Work breaks
🤧 Sick leave
🎆 Paid holidays
👧🏽 No child labor
👷🏽♂️Safer working conditions
🩻 Health care
🎣 Retirement
Copying @[email protected] post 😉
#laborday #unions #unionstrong #benefits #workers -
Happy Labor Day!! 🇺🇸💪
Why do you appreciate Unions? We’ll start:
😎 Weekends off
🧳 Paid vacations
⏸️ Work breaks
🤧 Sick leave
🎆 Paid holidays
👧🏽 No child labor
👷🏽♂️Safer working conditions
🩻 Health care
🎣 Retirement
Copying @[email protected] post 😉
#laborday #unions #unionstrong #benefits #workers -
Happy Labor Day!! 🇺🇸💪
Why do you appreciate Unions? We’ll start:
😎 Weekends off
🧳 Paid vacations
⏸️ Work breaks
🤧 Sick leave
🎆 Paid holidays
👧🏽 No child labor
👷🏽♂️Safer working conditions
🩻 Health care
🎣 Retirement
Copying @[email protected] post 😉
#laborday #unions #unionstrong #benefits #workers -
Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard, Ellen David Friedman
co-published by #LaborNotes and #PMPress“ cultivating respect, organizing democratically, staying grounded in reality, and staying steady.”
https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/08/19/keep-going-a-labor-studies-journal-review/
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Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard, Ellen David Friedman
co-published by #LaborNotes and #PMPress“ cultivating respect, organizing democratically, staying grounded in reality, and staying steady.”
https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/08/19/keep-going-a-labor-studies-journal-review/
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Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard, Ellen David Friedman
co-published by #LaborNotes and #PMPress“ cultivating respect, organizing democratically, staying grounded in reality, and staying steady.”
https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/08/19/keep-going-a-labor-studies-journal-review/
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Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard, Ellen David Friedman
co-published by #LaborNotes and #PMPress“ cultivating respect, organizing democratically, staying grounded in reality, and staying steady.”
https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/08/19/keep-going-a-labor-studies-journal-review/
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Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard, Ellen David Friedman
co-published by #LaborNotes and #PMPress“ cultivating respect, organizing democratically, staying grounded in reality, and staying steady.”
https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/08/19/keep-going-a-labor-studies-journal-review/
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Saturday 3 October 2026, 10am–4pm
St Wilfrids Enterprise Centre
Royce Road
#Manchester
M15 5BJBuild the skills to fight back at work: #IWW rep training in Manchester
https://iww.org.uk/news/build-the-skills-to-fight-back-at-work-iww-rep-training-in-manchester/ -
Saturday 3 October 2026, 10am–4pm
St Wilfrids Enterprise Centre
Royce Road
#Manchester
M15 5BJBuild the skills to fight back at work: #IWW rep training in Manchester
https://iww.org.uk/news/build-the-skills-to-fight-back-at-work-iww-rep-training-in-manchester/ -
Saturday 3 October 2026, 10am–4pm
St Wilfrids Enterprise Centre
Royce Road
#Manchester
M15 5BJBuild the skills to fight back at work: #IWW rep training in Manchester
https://iww.org.uk/news/build-the-skills-to-fight-back-at-work-iww-rep-training-in-manchester/ -
Saturday 3 October 2026, 10am–4pm
St Wilfrids Enterprise Centre
Royce Road
#Manchester
M15 5BJBuild the skills to fight back at work: #IWW rep training in Manchester
https://iww.org.uk/news/build-the-skills-to-fight-back-at-work-iww-rep-training-in-manchester/
