#workers-rights — Public Fediverse posts
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Labor Day marks more than the end of summer.
Congress made it a federal holiday on June 28, 1894, signed during the Pullman strike. The Social Security Act came in 1935, in the middle of the Great Depression, and with it the retirement security many Americans plan around. Title VII followed in 1964, the ADEA in 1967, the ADA in 1990, and the FMLA in 1993.
Today the pressure comes from AI and technology that enable continuous digital surveillance. Algorithms screen résumés, set schedules, score productivity, and recommend who is let go. The questions are the old ones. Who bears the cost of a new efficiency, and what is a worker entitled to know about the decisions made about them.
Every protection has a date, and someone had to fight for it.
#LaborDay #WorkersRights #LaborHistory #EmploymentLaw #AIandWork
Image: Labor Day parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-50064.
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RE: https://albuquerque.masto.host/@abqworkers/117225210520292136
I missed this when it happened at the end of July. Thanks to @abqworkers for bringing it to my attention. Now that @ProPublica has successfully negotiated a union contract with the @propublicaguild, I can start supporting ProPublica financially, which I've just done to the tune of $5/month. Good timing, with #LaborDay tomorrow.
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I'm with John Winger here (Bill Murray in "Stripes"). 🙂 🇺🇸
Support Unions! Billionaires didn't give you the weekend, 8-hour work days, or anything else (including health care).
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📢 Wow, the brave souls at Wikimedia decided they want a union, because who knew editing Wikipedia required so much collective bargaining? 🙄 Maybe they can negotiate for more cat pictures on the homepage while they're at it. 🐱📚
https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-09-04-us-wikimedia-foundation-workers-overwhelmingly-vote-to-form-union-with-cwa/ #WikimediaUnion #WikipediaCollective #Bargaining #CatPictures #WorkersRights #HackerNews #ngated -
Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577975
#HackerNews #WikimediaUnion #CWA #Solidarity #LaborRights #WorkersRights
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Solidarity Saturday YO! Labor Day! #solidaritysaturdayyo #LaborHistory #WorkersRights #laborday #DoForYourFellowPeople
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This is the sort of thing that really pisses me off.
Coles using Palantir to crunch huge amounts of data about its stores, workers and suppliers just feels wrong. We’re talking about a company best known for selling groceries, not running a surveillance operation.
Thankfully people pushed back. More than 85,000 signed the campaign, shareholders got involved, and Coles has now said it won’t renew the Palantir contract beyond 2027.
Maybe companies need to remember that not everything that can be monitored should be monitored.
And that ordinary people still have a voice.#coles #palantir #surveillance #privacy #workersrights
https://www.six-invest.com.au/campaigns/coles-palantir-surveillance-campaign
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Food delivery riders call on platforms to open up AI ‘black box’ they say has cut pay
By Joanna PartridgeWorkers who blame algorithms for lowering their earnings are getting help from academics to find out how the system works
#Gigeconomy #AIartificialintelligence #Deliveroo #Uber #Business #Technology #Workersrights #UKnews #Edinburgh #Scotland #UniversityofStAndrews #TheGuardian #JoannaPartridge
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“Yes, Trump and his administration are enemies that must be confronted. But Canadian workers also have plenty of class enemies right here in Canada.”
#WorkersRights #Unions #Canada #ClassWar #MarkCarney
https://www.readthemaple.com/trump-and-carney-are-enemies-of-canadian-workers/
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the biggest shoplifters have payroll departments
when a poor person takes from a rich institution, we call the police. when a rich institution takes from a worker, we ask whether they opened a ticket.https://tacobout.online/2026/09/04/biggest-shoplifters-have-payroll-departments/
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Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time
Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Timewired.com/story/wikipedia-work> More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communications Workers of America.#union #unionize #wikipedia #workersRights
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Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time
https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-workers-vote-on-whether-to-unionize/
> More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communications Workers of America.
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⛴️ NYC Ferry workers are heading toward their first contract negotiations with a collective voice to demand fair wages, stronger benefits, and safer workplaces. aflcio.org/2026/8/11/se...
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I still remember that my therapist suggested something to me, like, not because I don't have anything to offer in exchange for money. It's more because my qualities are not being rewarded (honesty, patience, and many more).
#livedexperience #mentalhealth #workersrights #capitalism #values #integrity #neurodiversity #selfworth #reflections #dignity #humanity #authenticity #society
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New York Times and The Athletic workers demand company scrap Kalshi deal
https://newsguild.org/new-york-times-and-the-athletic-workers-demand-company-scrap-kalshi-deal/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49549919
#HackerNews #NewYorkTimes #TheAthletic #KalshiDeal #WorkersRights #LaborUnion
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CW: CW: AI, strong language
Really, I have had quite enough of AI being shoved into every bloody thing.
AI is unethical. It kills jobs. It concentrates power and wealth in the hands of people who already have far too much of both.
And yet a certain type of person seems to fervently believe that the answer to every conceivable problem is: MORE AI.
My fridge has a door. It does not need a fucking chatbot.
Fucking clankers. 🙄
#AI #AntiAI #AICriticism #HumanWork #WorkersRights #NoToAI #TechCriticism #Clankers
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Been told to drop your side hustle "or else"? On a UK zero-hours contract, exclusivity clauses banning outside work are legally void — unenforceable regardless of what's signed. On a standard contract, your employer needs a genuine conflict of interest, not just a preference. Most blanket bans don't hold up legally. Full breakdown + action plan: https://myredundancyrights.co.uk/blog
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CW: CW: AI, job loss, economic precarity
A small reminder of my article about how AI is already destroying people's livelihoods right now.
This isn't some distant dystopian future where robots might perhaps take our jobs one day. For many of us, it's happening already.
I'm a translator. I have watched AI steadily nibble away at my work, my clients, and my income. And behind all the cheerful talk of innovation and progress, there are real human beings wondering how the hell they're supposed to pay their rent.
I am one of them.
My article is about that reality - the one always missing from the shiny AI brochures and the techbro drivel.
🔗 Link:
[https://tinyurl.com/bdcx8pdx]#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Translation #Translators #Freelancer #JobLoss #EconomicJustice #WorkersRights #HumanWork #NoToAI
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If I am going to get a job, I will interview the employer.
- Daily food, drinks, transport, and shelter must be available.
- An ableism- and bigotry-free environment.
- A respectful environment.
- Non-coercive job.
- Clear monthly salary instead of ranges.#workersrights #labour #employment #dignity #neurodiversity #accessibility #disabilityjustice #transparency #workculture #antiwork #livedexperience #solidarity #reflections
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Mentor Monday YO! John Reed! #MentorMonday #JohnReed #WorkersRights #LaborHistory #Solidarity