General Strike NowAug 23, 2023
General Motors and Ford are clients of Anderson Economic Group, which released a study about a potential strike's cost to 'the economy.'#labor #unions #strikes #UAW #EconomicPolicy #corporatepower #consultants #WorkdayMagazine
The Conflicted Analysis of What an Auto Workers Strike Would ‘Cost’
The Conflicted Analysis of What an Auto Workers Strike Would ‘Cost’

General Motors and Ford are clients of Anderson Economic Group, which released a study about a potential strike’s cost to ‘the economy.’

The American Prospect
The Media & Democracy ProjectMay 1, 2023

For May Day, our Bright Spot in #LocalJournalism is Workday Magazine which holds the powerful to account while bringing the perspectives of everyday workers, and the organizations that defend their rights, to focus.

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High Injury Rates Push Minnesota’s Amazon Workers to Organize for Safety

Workers are concerned about soaring rates of injury, high productivity quotas, incoherent policies, and a sudden warehouse closure.

Workday Magazine
Show threadCory DoctorowApr 21, 2023

It's no wonder that these workers - and their newly voted-in union, SEIU 32BJ - have a blunter name for these "agreements": they call them "#BondageFees." In an excellent piece for *#TheAmericanProspect* and *#WorkdayMagazine*, #SarahLazare describes how these bondage fees are driving the immiseration of a group of workers who once earned a living wage for work that made life easier for people like my cousin Max:

https://prospect.org/labor/2023-04-21-bondage-fees-trap-contracted-workers/

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How Secret ‘Bondage Fees’ Trap Contracted Workers in Low-Wage Jobs

Though the Federal Trade Commission is proposing to ban noncompete agreements, other kinds of restrictive covenants perform a very similar function.

The American Prospect