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All industries and disciplines, over time, direct people into greater and greater specialization. Those who have been working on the web since the beginning have been able to see this trend first hand, as the practices and systems grew ever more complicated and it became impossible for one person to hold it all in their head. We sometimes talk of...

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🔗 Designed to be specialists via @aworkinglibrary #Ai #Tech #Labor

All industries and disciplines, over time, direct people into greater and greater specialization. Those who have been working on the web since the beginning have been able to see this trend first hand, as the practices and systems grew ever more complicated and it became impossible for one person to hold it all in their head. We sometimes talk of...

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The union representing graduate student workers at New Mexico State University secured full-time tuition support through a memorandum of understanding ratified by NMSU’s regents Wednesday.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/nmsu-graduate-workers-win-full-time-tuition/2984274

#union #labor #highereducation #nmsu #newmexico

"One of the core goals of Wiki Workers United is to improve the Wikimedia Foundation's transparency and accountability toward the Wikimedia movement community.

This issue has been a long-standing concern for many workers at the Wikimedia Foundation, and a key reason for forming this union."

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https://wikiworkersunited.org

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#WorkersRights #unions #labor #wikimedia #WikimediaFoundation #WikiWorkers #WikiWorkersUnited

"One of the core goals of Wiki Workers United is to improve the Wikimedia Foundation's transparency and accountability toward the Wikimedia movement community.

This issue has been a long-standing concern for many workers at the Wikimedia Foundation, and a key reason for forming this union."

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https://wikiworkersunited.org

via https://federation.p1k3.com/@brennen/116094042817592498

#WorkersRights #unions #labor #wikimedia #WikimediaFoundation #WikiWorkers #WikiWorkersUnited

“[GOP] messaging is totally out of sync with people when the main question is: ‘Are you financially better off now than you were before?’ And the answer for almost every single West Texas that’s not an oil billionaire is that, ‘No, we’re not better off.’” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-labor-candidates-run-for-office/

#unions #labor #politics #USpol #news #Democrats #Texas

“[GOP] messaging is totally out of sync with people when the main question is: ‘Are you financially better off now than you were before?’ And the answer for almost every single West Texas that’s not an oil billionaire is that, ‘No, we’re not better off.’” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-labor-candidates-run-for-office/

#unions #labor #politics #USpol #news #Democrats #Texas

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cnn/entertainment-kdo79uqrz/-/a-tCcLWt7VT5y-Y-Uitg8aqw%3Aa%3A132361178-%2F0

can i just say something about #Colbert?

whomever negotiated his #CBS #labor & production contracts are geniuses.

have y’all noticed how notwithstanding everything, they can't get rid of him outright?

Colbert must have nuclear options in his & his workers contracts that exponentially raise the costs of CBS getting rid of them under any circumstances.

this is only possible with the backing of labor #unions. Hollywood proves #unionization is the only path to wealth for the working classes.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cnn/entertainment-kdo79uqrz/-/a-tCcLWt7VT5y-Y-Uitg8aqw%3Aa%3A132361178-%2F0

can i just say something about #Colbert?

whomever negotiated his #CBS #labor & production contracts are geniuses.

have y’all noticed how notwithstanding everything, they can't get rid of him outright?

Colbert must have nuclear options in his & his workers contracts that exponentially raise the costs of CBS getting rid of them under any circumstances.

this is only possible with the backing of labor #unions. Hollywood proves #unionization is the only path to wealth for the working classes.

#CfA / #CfP: Utopias of #Work

Are you working on how #labor is related to the good life? On #Utopia and labor in #liberalism, #feminism or #socialism? How philosophers and political economists from Plato to Gandhi saw the rational or democratic organization of firms, #unions, and labor markets as means of advancing #justice, #freedom, and virtue at work?

Then submit your abstract for the 2026 "Utopias of Work" #conference in #Groningen. https://philevents.org/event/show/145617

#philosophy #politicaltheory

#CfA / #CfP: Utopias of #Work

Are you working on how #labor is related to the good life? On #Utopia and labor in #liberalism, #feminism or #socialism? How philosophers and political economists from Plato to Gandhi saw the rational or democratic organization of firms, #unions, and labor markets as means of advancing #justice, #freedom, and virtue at work?

Then submit your abstract for the 2026 "Utopias of Work" #conference in #Groningen. https://philevents.org/event/show/145617

#philosophy #politicaltheory

What we've seen in MN with middle class white folks putting themselves in harms way to protect their neighbors shows the spirit of what should serve as our path forward. The extension of empathy into action as solidarity. And going forward this is what we need not just in resisting fascism but in all of our efforts.

We need to dig deep for broad #solidarity in recognition that our real power comes from solidarity across all our superficial differences. Our politics should not be based on focus groups, calculations, establishment strategy but simply the value and principle of solidarity in service to all of us, the 99% that is the working class.

- Universal Healthcare
- Universal Basic Income
- Opening the electoral process to multiple parties
- Building of our movement outside of the political process: Workers in workplaces and community folk in neighborhoods building #labor organizing, mutual aid, self defense and lived, grassroots #democracy at the street level.

Solidarity with striking workers ✊

"Ubisoft workers are on day two of a three-day strike [...] The move comes after the publisher implemented a return-to-office (RTO) mandate, revealed plans to cut up to 200 jobs amid a larger shakeup that saw seven upcoming games delayed, and six titles canceled outright [...] and fired a [...] developer for speaking criticizing these decisions on social media. Now, employees are fighting back."

https://www.polygon.com/ubisoft-strike-workers-france-italy/

#news #labor #WorkersRights #strike #ubisoft