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Montreal sex workers to go on strike during Grand Prix weekend
A group says it wants an end to the nightly fees that dancers are forced to pay to work in clubs, to obtain labour protections, and for Ottawa to fully decriminalize sex work.
#Canada #FormulaOne #grandprix #sexworkers
https://globalnews.ca/news/11852613/montreal-sex-workers-strike-grand-prix/

Global News Montreal 11h ago

Church of Jeff 21h ago

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/layoffs-ai-automation-backfire
Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly

#NoBillionaires #AI #GenerativeAI #AIisTheft #Workers #workforce #layoffs

Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly

Many companies bet big on AI and laid off hundreds of employees to do so. Now, a survey reveals they're barely breaking even.

Futurism

Dr. Baba Kofi Weusijana 22h ago

#RichDick #VA #Democrat #Governor #AbigailSpanberger screws over hundreds of thousands of #Virginia #workers
#collectivebargaining #unions
https://means.tv/programs/mmn?cid=4802532&permalink=mmn-daily_051526

Texas Observer 1d ago

"The farmworker movement was about hundreds and thousands of individuals. Whenever you narrow it down and when there are individuals that are still assigning one movement to one man, then that’s where that can be detrimental." https://www.texasobserver.org/cesar-chavez-monument-history-community/

#labor #workers #history #agriculture #politics #USpol #culture

Reckoning with History: What Should Become of the Cesar Chavez National Monument?

"We have to have the correct individuals at the table that are helping lead these conversations. It should be taken out of politics."

The Texas Observer

Kim Perales 1d ago

"Trump admin:🚨is now discussing chgs to the ITIN➡️undoc #immigrants use to file taxes: could force ppl to disclose IMM status or disengage from the tax sys entirely."
-A Kocher

'For decades,⚡the IRS has had a system that lets undoc IMMs pay their taxes. In tot:⚡pay ~$100B each year, including $20B in federal income tax, much of which is paid thru an ITIN. Now the Trump #IRS🚨wants to scare them off paying taxes at all."
-A R-Melnick
#Kakistrocracy #Economy #Workers #USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/politics/trump-irs-undocumented-immigrants.html

Trump Administration Pushes I.R.S. to Identify Undocumented Immigrants

The deliberations are a sign that the Trump administration may once again try to harness the power of the I.R.S. to advance its immigration agenda.

The New York Times

Zendorea

1d ago

📰 Conversation with the Last of Matzpen’s Founders

https://www.socialistworld.net/2026/05/15/conversation-with-the-last-of-matzpens-founders/

#Socialism #International #Workers

Conversation with the Last of Matzpen’s Founders | Socialist World Media

No genuine solution without a struggle for a socialist Middle East Moshé Machover, the last of the founders of the historic socialist organisation Matzpen, has been active in Britain in recent decades and continues to [...]

Socialist World Media

بجاد الأثري 1d ago

أطلقت شركة Notion منصة مطورين جديدة تهدف لتعزيز قدرات وكلاء الذكاء الاصطناعي وتحويل مساحة العمل إلى مركز متكامل للتعاون والبيانات. توفر المنصة ميزة Workers لتشغيل الأكواد البرمجية سحابياً، مع إمكانية مزامنة قواعد البيانات من أنظمة خارجية مثل Salesforce. كما تدعم المنصة ربط وكلاء ذكاء اصطناعي خارجيين مثل Claude Code وCursor، مما يتيح للمستخدمين إدارة المهام وتتبع التقدم مباشرة عبر واجهة برمجية موحدة تساهم في أتمتة سير العمل بفعالية وكفاءة عالية.

#Notion #AI #Workers

CBC British Columbia 1d ago

Union representing B.C. 911 workers votes 95% in favour of job action
The union that represents most 911 operators, dispatchers and support workers in British Columbia has voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/e-comm-strike-vote-95-per-cent-9.7200502?cmp=rss

Zendorea

1d ago

📰 Labour routed in Welsh parliament election

https://www.socialistworld.net/2026/05/15/32581/

#Socialism #International #Workers

Labour routed in Welsh parliament election | Socialist World Media

As expected, Labour suffered a crushing defeat at the election for the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) on 7 May. Labour won just nine seats out of 96 in a newly extended Senedd, down from 30 seats [...]

Socialist World Media