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Texas Observer<p>The administration is terminating leases for 11 OSHA offices, including the one in Houston, home to many of the nation’s largest oil and gas companies. While OSHA officials continue to conduct inspections, Trump has cut 10 percent of its workforce and more layoffs could be coming. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/osha-heat-standard-texas-workers-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/osha-heat-st</span><span class="invisible">andard-texas-workers-trump/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>UnityPoint Health – Meriter nurses, a union with SEIU, were on strike for five days, and they have officially ratified their new contract. The nurses will get an 8% wage increase over the next two years and be more involved in staffing decisions. They will also have clearer guidance for emergencies.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/seiu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seiu</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nurses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nurses</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SEIUWIS/videos/meriter-rns-finish-their-strike-and-discuss-contract-highlights-before-starting-/677519408773850/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/SEIUWIS/videos/me</span><span class="invisible">riter-rns-finish-their-strike-and-discuss-contract-highlights-before-starting-/677519408773850/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrietTubman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrietTubman</span></a>, who, after being born into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a>, became an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abolitionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abolitionist</span></a> instrumental in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UndergroundRailroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UndergroundRailroad</span></a>; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LucyStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucyStone</span></a>, a prominent abolitionist &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/suffragist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suffragist</span></a>; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MedgarEvers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedgarEvers</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> leader who was assassinated by a member of the Ku Klux Klan; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CesarChavez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CesarChavez</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> leader; &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DoloresHuerta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoloresHuerta</span></a>, another labor leader.</p><p>2/2<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>New from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josephinelee</span></a></span>: “For far too long, Texas workers have been forced to work through extreme heat—at times even losing their lives. The basic rights of all workers—and lives—are at stake.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/osha-heat-standard-texas-workers-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/osha-heat-st</span><span class="invisible">andard-texas-workers-trump/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>summer</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HeatWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatWave</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a> system also takes a toll on its supposed beneficiaries, the temporary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> seeking permanent residency. Even after their PERM applications are approved, they must typically wait &gt;10yrs before getting a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a>, a long wait even by the standards of the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> system. In the interim,it can be hard for them to leave their sponsoring employers,exposing them to overwork at jobs that often pay less than what their American counterparts receive.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>These columns of ads…not really looking for applicants underscore the challenges facing US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> &amp; the striking disparities in the current <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> landscape. As restaurants, meatpackers &amp; countless other businesses now risk having workers targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> employers have…escaped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin scrutiny for use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignLabor</span></a>. Among companies sponsoring many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> employees for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCards</span></a> …are ones aligned w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>This makes for a highly ironic juxtaposition: pages of print ads paid for by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employers</span></a>, many of them the same Silicon Valley giants that have helped eviscerate newspaper classifieds &amp; drive down print newspaper circulation to the point that it can be hard even to find a place to buy a paper in many communities.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It’s no surprise that the efforts at this point can be less than sincere.</p><p>This is where the [endless &amp; deceptive] newspaper ads come in. Under US Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> rules dating back to the era before the worldwide web, employers must post the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> for which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a> certification is being sought for 30 days with a state workforce agency &amp; in 2 successive Sunday newspapers in the job’s location.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…As a result of choices made by legislators 35yrs ago, the effort to find a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizen</span></a> is not expected at the front end, when employers are considering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> from abroad. At that point, employers simply enter the lottery for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1Bs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1Bs</span></a>, &amp; if they get one, they can use it.</p><p>Only once a company has employed someone for 5 or 6 yrs &amp; become *committed* to *helping* that person stay in the US permanently must the company show that it is trying to find someone else.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>There is even less attention given to what happens w/these foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> — ¾ of whom are…from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> —when many decide they want to stay beyond the 6yr max allowed for an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> recipient (a 3yr term can be renewed 1X). To qualify for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a>, workers must get their employers to sponsor them via the Permanent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> Cert process, aka <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a>. And to do that, employers must demonstrate that they made a sincere effort to find someone else—a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UScitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UScitizen</span></a> or permanent resident….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>&gt; Wireless e-tattoos help manage mental workload<br><a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/wireless-e-tattoos-help-manage-mental-workload/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">physicsworld.com/a/wireless-e-</span><span class="invisible">tattoos-help-manage-mental-workload/</span></a></p><p>What can possibly go wrong? "Hey, Trucker 577 seems a bit sleepy, send him an electric jolt or two." </p><p>I think you get the idea. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a></p>
KrissyKat<p>Start a union with LGBTQ+ protections for workers as part of Pride Month.</p><p><a href="https://usw.org/get-involved/civil-rights/steel-pride/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">usw.org/get-involved/civil-rig</span><span class="invisible">hts/steel-pride/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a></p>
SPQR<p>For some American consumers, “buy now, pay later” loans aren’t just for big-ticket items like televisions and vacations. They’re for groceries, too.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microeconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microeconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/costofliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costofliving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/business/buy-now-pay-later-groceries.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/02/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/buy-now-pay-later-groceries.html</span></a></p>
Daniel Carkner🥀<p>my dad (who is active with the Workers’ History Museum in Ottawa) asked me to share this Vancouver showing of one of their films tomorrow, June 3 at VIFF Centre here in <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vancouver</span></a> <br>"Featuring hundreds of archival photographs and extracts from multiple historical sources [...]<br>Filmmaker Juan Andrés Bello will be in attendance and joined in conversation afterwards by representatives from the BC labour sector."<br><a href="https://viff.org/whats-on/never-forgotten-on-to-ottawa-trek" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">viff.org/whats-on/never-forgot</span><span class="invisible">ten-on-to-ottawa-trek</span></a></p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/LabourHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourHistory</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/GreatDepression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatDepression</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottawa</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>"To make it work, [Microsoft Japan] mandated that no meetings could go longer than 30 minutes. It also told managers to avoid unnecessary meetings and use face-to-face chats instead. Its widely reported results were striking: Productivity increased by 40% over the trial period, while time off fell by 25%."</p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/of-course-workers-want-a-four-day-week-companies-should-too-0837a0a1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/of</span><span class="invisible">-course-workers-want-a-four-day-week-companies-should-too-0837a0a1</span></a></p><p>Archived link: <a href="https://archive.is/XqMme" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/XqMme</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/FourDayWorkWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourDayWorkWeek</span></a></p>
Sankofab<p>MAY 30, 2025<br>‘Work Requirements Have Produced the Same Results Over and Over Again’: </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@socialsciences" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>socialsciences</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@humanities" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humanities</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@politics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>politics</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@blackvoices" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>blackvoices</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politic</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/snap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snap</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/unitedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstates</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Japan’s traditional corporate culture is quietly unraveling. As demographic pressures mount, a younger generation is reshaping work around flexibility and autonomy, even at the cost of security. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/02/japan/society/japan-youth-employment-workplace/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">02/japan/society/japan-youth-employment-workplace/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>youth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jobhunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobhunting</span></a></p>
nullagent<p>The Trump administration seems to have defunded Job Core on a whim.</p><p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/JobCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JobCore</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mississippi</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/USDOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDOL</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/departmentoflabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>departmentoflabor</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Blake Lively’s push to dismiss Justin Baldoni’s defamation countersuit is drawing support from several advocacy groups, who say the case threatens a hard-won legal protection for people who speak out about sexual harassment and misconduct."<br> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2025-05-27/blake-lively-support-advocacy-groups-justin-baldoni-defamation-battle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/entertainment-arts</span><span class="invisible">/movies/story/2025-05-27/blake-lively-support-advocacy-groups-justin-baldoni-defamation-battle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SexualHarassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexualHarassment</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/misconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misconduct</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MeToo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeToo</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DARVO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARVO</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/AB933" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AB933</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>Sesame Street announced it has found a new home on Netflix. </p><p>Also, the show’s administrative employees, including early childhood education experts, fundraisers, producers, and paralegals, have unionized!!!<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/unionstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionstrong</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sesamestreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sesamestreet</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sesame-street-workshop-union/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/society/</span><span class="invisible">sesame-street-workshop-union/</span></a></p>