CEO pay increased in 2024 and is now 281 times that of the typical worker: New EPI landing page has all the details | Economic Policy Institute

https://www.epi.org/blog/ceo-pay-increased-in-2024-and-is-now-281-times-that-of-the-typical-worker-new-epi-landing-page-has-all-the-details/

#workersRight #eatTheRich #taxTheRich #capitalism

"It is out of the question to let a boss run rampant" - Ubisoft workers strike against "disastrous" cutbacks | Rock Paper Shotgun

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/it-is-out-of-the-question-to-let-a-boss-run-rampant-ubisoft-workers-strike-against-disastrous-cutbacks

> The fallout from Ubisoft's bloodbath of game cancellations and cost-cutting continues, as unionised workers call a strike against the publisher's restructuring.

Featuring @SolInfoNat

#gaming #videogames #gamedev #France #politics #union #unionize #workersRight #ubisoft

Ubisoft shuttering freshly-unionised Halifax studio, 71 jobs affected | GamesIndustry.biz

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-shuttering-freshly-unionised-halifax-studio-71-jobs-affected

> The studio is the latest to be hit by the company's ongoing cutbacks.

cc @SolInfoNat @STJV

#gaming #union #workersRight

Welcome Back to the Office. You Won’t Get Anything Done | The Walrus

https://thewalrus.ca/return-to-office-mandates/

> Return to office mandates aren’t about output. They’re about asserting control

#workersRight #fuckRTO #wfh #remoteWork #antiwork #fuckCapitalism #technology #programming

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Brevesdepresse/115814250790372259

Typically French:

When to take your day-off (orange) to make the most of the numerous French holidays (blue).
(Weekends in grey)

You can have 3 weeks off in May with just 8 days-off.

#france #workersright #work #workculture

Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive” - One Workforce Hub

https://oneworkforce.org/scientists-have-been-studying-remote-work-for-four-years-and-have-reached-a-very-clear-conclusion-working-from-home-makes-us-thrive-61099/

#remote #wfh #remoteWork #science #programming #workersRight #workingFromHome #WorkingFromHomeRocks

This is how it's done ✊

Days ahead of the next release in a popular videogame franchise, a development studio is joining a strike with another studio against their parent company.

"If no improvement in our working conditions is offered because “it would drive other studios within the group to ask for the same”, it stands to reason then that we make those demands together."

https://traxion.gg/test-drive-unlimited-solar-crown-developer-goes-on-strike/

#news #labor #WorkersRight #WorkerSolidarity #solidarity #gamedev #videogames #strike

It's May Day, celebrated by workers across the globe as International Labor Day.

NPR explains why the U.S. does not officially recognize this holiday: https://www.npr.org/2022/04/30/1095729592/what-is-may-day-history

#MayDay #MayDay2023 #Labor #Business #WorkersRight