GB wants Tech Unions

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Your job will never love you back. Designer specializing in systems and inclusion. #a11y, #neurodivergent     🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 supporter
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Hey, whatever happened to the workers union at Big Cartel? Only trace left of it seems to be PR when they were recognized. If you worked there, I’d love some info. Disclosure: I went to college with a BC cofounder’s wife, but they won’t talk about it.
Please follow this account that organizes fundraisers for trans and other at-risk folks to get out of hostile states. @gtfomystate #transrightsarehumanrights
Whoa, hello to all the new comrades. I have a horrifying story of the past month of dealing with a neurotic landlord, but just to remind you: no one should profit off of you having shelter, capitalism is an inherently dehumanizing system, and fuck landlords.

Yes please! We had one snuck into our equity agreements once (sign the noncompete or don’t get the shares) and I lost what little trust I had in the employer.

U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/business/economy/ftc-noncompete.html

U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts

A sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission would block companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for a rival.

The New York Times
some more #trekposting for yall since it seems you can't get enough of it

RT @[email protected]

Another week has gone by and Louis DeJoy is still the Postmaster General.

The only way to end his tenure is for Biden to fill two Postal Board vacancies with the right nominees ASAP. https://prospect.org/politics/continued-survival-of-louis-dejoy/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/revolvingdoorDC/status/1598762351594905600

The Continued Survival of Louis DeJoy

Failure to nominate replacements for the Postal Service Board of Governors could give the postmaster general another year of job security.

The American Prospect

Okay, boost it far and wide: my unholy 70+ hour HOLIDAZE playlist is back, and now it’s on a metric buttload of streaming platforms. And I promise you absolutely no Michael Bublè. If you find Mariah Carey hidden in there, please tell me so I can nuke that song asap.

https://sdz.sh/lsgSzG (link to Soundiiz that lists each version)

HOLIDAZE

A little rock, a little rap, a little cheese, a little gumbo… but absolutely no Michael Bublè.

Upsetting update posted on the birdsite 20 minutes ago.

UC was successful in appealing to ableists within our union to leave disabled workers behind.

All that remains is requesting that folks vote down any contracts that DON'T include robust Access Needs articles. #FairUCNow #UCAccessNow #strike #labor #HigherEd #ableism #UniversityOfCalifornia

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Workers at Mississippi-based furniture company received text saying they were terminated right before midnight on 21 November.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/26/united-furniture-industries-fires-workers-asleep

Company fires 2,700 workers while they were sleeping days before Thanksgiving

Workers at Mississippi-based furniture company received text saying they were terminated just before midnight on 21 November

The Guardian

Here's what Elon Musk fails to understand:

Much of a corporations' value lies in their workers — their knowledge, skills, and ideas.

When he fired half of Twitter’s workforce and drove off even more, he wasn't “cutting costs.”

He was actively destroying what he bought.