#LABOR

privatized utilities and food supply chains = biopower? when i think of like, deloitte etc. being handed the keys to testing centers with the goal being optimization of process and
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A recurring viral genre during the lockdown is photos of signs on the front doors of low-waged establishments (especially fast food restaurants) asking customers to have patience with long wait-times
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too many ppl from all different perspectives blaming the lefts loss from idealistic causes ie if the left said something different we would win: be meaner to Biden, be nicer
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Quick update on unemployment benefits and which payments are going out now, according to the Labor Dept.: 44 states have started paying federal pandemic unemployment comp, a.k.a. the extra $600/week.
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Amazon is hiring 'intelligence analysts', who should work on 'sensitive topics that are highly confidential, including labor organizing threats against the company' and spy on 'organized labor, activist groups, hostile
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White people. Do not come to me with requests to do any favors (unless it's in a professional capacity). Otherwise I am ignoring you. I might need to log off
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by “more ethically consistent” in the context hes talking about being both against slave labor & child porn & that it would be more consistent for society to be for
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Hey friends. I've been seeing a LOT of ads on TV and online about Prop in CA. DON'T GET FOOLED. This is being funded by big business and Uber and
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A unionization primer thread:The first thing to realize is the scope of a mass union movement and what an uphill battle we must fight. The politicians are against us. The
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one of the most things I have learned about being an editor for lit mags (including and especially from volunteering for one that I ended up resigning from to speak
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May Day is Saturday, & we’re terribly excited. It’s been 2 years since we had one. A bunch of folks might not know about May Day. So welcome: May Day
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everything short of actually mobilizing bodies in space is sub-political every1 thinks they're engaging in a political act by doing affective labor for free on a privately-owned propaganda platform &desperately
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This Day in Labor History: September 2, 1885. White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming killed at least 28 Chinese miners. Let's talk about the power of white supremacy to the
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This Day in Labor History: April 21, 1545. Juan de Villarroel filed the first mining claim at Potosí, in what is now Bolivia. The silver mine in the mountain known
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This was interesting news released in Aug about the online concert and if it's really an alternative to offline concert? I will try to summarize the key points...it said "only
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Oh cool sanctimonious “don’t see your family this Thanksgiving” posts aren’t already started. Yeah I know, it’s good to talk about how to manage holidays this year, but 1) do
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