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pacanukeha❌ (seasonally appropriate remix)Nov 3, 2023

#Toronto corp #AegisBrands has decided to use tip-sharing to maintain the wage disparity between workers and managers at their #Ottawa #Bridgehead coffeeshops after the recent #Ontario #MinimumWage increase. So basically they're taking worker pay to boost frontline managers'.
#StupidCorporateTricks #Labour
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bridgehead-coffeehouse-tips-managers-baristas-sharing-labour-1.7012026?cmp=rss

Coffee shop's new tip-sharing policy 'absolutely ridiculous,' says labour group | CBC News

Baristas and shift supervisors at Ottawa's Bridgehead coffeehouses who just got minimum wage boosts are being unfairly punished by a new policy that adds managers to their tip pools, according to the Ottawa & District Labour Council.

CBC

pacanukeha❌ (seasonally appropriate remix)Oct 13, 2023

"Not setting up #FindMy bricked my #MacBook | TokyoDev"
#StupidCorporateTricks #LaptopHorrorStories #AppleSupport
https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/not-setting-up-find-my-bricked-my-macbook

Not setting up Find My bricked my MacBook

How I had paid ¥77,619 (500 USD) to have a bricked MacBook returned to me.

pacanukeha❌ (seasonally appropriate remix)Aug 2, 2023

"Big Business Is Fighting Efforts to Protect Workers From Heat"
#Surprise #Oh #StupidCorporateTricks

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/heat-extreme-deaths-business-lobbying-worker-protections/

Big business is fighting efforts to protect workers from heat

"It’s not that expensive,” says a former OSHA exec. “A standard will really save lives.”

Mother Jones

pacanukeha❌ (seasonally appropriate remix)Jul 17, 2023

"#TraderJoe’s Joins List Of Companies Combatting Unions Via Trademark Bullying"
fuckers #StupidCorporateTricks #Union
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/17/trader-joes-joins-list-of-companies-combatting-unions-via-trademark-bullying/

Trader Joe’s Joins List Of Companies Combatting Unions Via Trademark Bullying

Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is not a complete stranger to Techdirt’s pages, and not for good reasons. The company, in the past, has shown itself to be perfectly willing to abuse trademar…

Techdirt