The public is not keen on dynamic pricing (i.e. for concert tickets), but imagine what its like to have dynamic pricing shape your pay (Uber & Deliveroo drivers already do); its the latest worker-exploiting aspect of the gig economy.

The advantages of expanding the uncertainty of wages for gig economy workers accrue to the 'employer', effectively reducing wages.

The gig economy is a mechanism for impoverishing workers & needs better regulation.

#gigeconomy #workers
h/t Sarah O'Connor, FT

The public is not keen on dynamic pricing (i.e. for concert tickets), but imagine what its like to have dynamic pricing shape your pay (Uber & Deliveroo drivers already do); its the latest worker-exploiting aspect of the gig economy.

The advantages of expanding the uncertainty of wages for gig economy workers accrue to the 'employer', effectively reducing wages.

The gig economy is a mechanism for impoverishing workers & needs better regulation.

#gigeconomy #workers
h/t Sarah O'Connor, FT

“ #Degrowth should be understood as an element within a #socialist transformation, as a corrective to productivist strains of socialist thought that are inadequate for our moment. The problem with productivism is that it ignores #imperialism & #ecology.”

https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/interview-with-jason-hickel-degrowth

#GreenSocialist#GreenParty#EcoSocialism#Socialism#Marxism#Communism#Peace#SocialJustice#Democracy#Education#DualPower#Politics#Organize#Reading#Discussion#Learning#Workers#WorkersRights#HumanRights

“ #Degrowth should be understood as an element within a #socialist transformation, as a corrective to productivist strains of socialist thought that are inadequate for our moment. The problem with productivism is that it ignores #imperialism & #ecology.”

https://breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/interview-with-jason-hickel-degrowth

#GreenSocialist#GreenParty#EcoSocialism#Socialism#Marxism#Communism#Peace#SocialJustice#Democracy#Education#DualPower#Politics#Organize#Reading#Discussion#Learning#Workers#WorkersRights#HumanRights

Seriously, imagine if mass swathes of Americans literally #DemExit out of the #DemocraticParty an entered the #GreenParty and built it into a real #workers party.

We would be an unstoppable force that literally brings reforms that would levitate the pains of Americans and still educate the public!

#Politics#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#RepublicanParty#Trump#Biden#KamalaHarris#TimWalz#Democracy#USA#Musk#Fascism#Fascist#BernieSanders#AOC#FraudSquad#Progressive

Seriously, imagine if mass swathes of Americans literally #DemExit out of the #DemocraticParty an entered the #GreenParty and built it into a real #workers party.

We would be an unstoppable force that literally brings reforms that would levitate the pains of Americans and still educate the public!

#Politics#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#RepublicanParty#Trump#Biden#KamalaHarris#TimWalz#Democracy#USA#Musk#Fascism#Fascist#BernieSanders#AOC#FraudSquad#Progressive

A couple of years ago I wrote a piece for @NWBylines about the problems of seafarer abandonment

see: https://northwestbylines.co.uk/business/is-seafarer-abandonment-an-isolated-problem/

And the problem continues as this report from The Observer reveals....

Seafarers are being abused with impunity by ship owners, and if you think the case at the centre of the Observer's piece is isolated; think again, this is major ongoing maritime problem!

#workers #shipping

https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/no-food-no-pay-no-freedom-marooned-seafarers-call-out-rogue-shipowners

A couple of years ago I wrote a piece for @NWBylines about the problems of seafarer abandonment

see: https://northwestbylines.co.uk/business/is-seafarer-abandonment-an-isolated-problem/

And the problem continues as this report from The Observer reveals....

Seafarers are being abused with impunity by ship owners, and if you think the case at the centre of the Observer's piece is isolated; think again, this is major ongoing maritime problem!

#workers #shipping

https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/no-food-no-pay-no-freedom-marooned-seafarers-call-out-rogue-shipowners

Why Tech #Workers Need #Unions

https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-china-996-work-schedule/

Why Tech #Workers Need #Unions

https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-china-996-work-schedule/

“…any attempt at meaningful #mitigation of the crisis would have to waylay the dominant classes with force & confrontational resolve unlike anything in the common memory or #imagination.” #PostCapitalism#Degrowth

Overshoot or #Revolution - Andrew Ahern

https://spectrejournal.com/overshoot-or-revolution/

#GreenSocialist#GreenParty#EcoSocialism#Socialism#Marxism#Communism#Peace#Ecology#SocialJustice#Democracy#Education#Vote#Politics#Organize#Reading#Discussion#Learning#Workers#Union#HumanRights

“…any attempt at meaningful #mitigation of the crisis would have to waylay the dominant classes with force & confrontational resolve unlike anything in the common memory or #imagination.” #PostCapitalism#Degrowth

Overshoot or #Revolution - Andrew Ahern

https://spectrejournal.com/overshoot-or-revolution/

#GreenSocialist#GreenParty#EcoSocialism#Socialism#Marxism#Communism#Peace#Ecology#SocialJustice#Democracy#Education#Vote#Politics#Organize#Reading#Discussion#Learning#Workers#Union#HumanRights

"Another farmworker, Gabriel, who came out to speak, brought a backpack full of yellow envelopes containing all his tax documents over the decades.

“These are my taxes. I have been paying my taxes for 19 years, without rights,” he said, as he pulled out each envelope and threw them on the ground in front of the podium. “I’ve been doing this year, after year, after year. For a promise that I would get my citizenship, this is my testimony that I am not a criminal. We are not criminals.”"
#farmworkers #food #farming #immigration #workers #labor#California#HumanRights
https://lamag.com/news-and-politics/farmworkers-call-for-worker-led-strikes-and-boycotts-amid-recent-raids-targeting-farms-at-a-press-conference-on-monday

"Another farmworker, Gabriel, who came out to speak, brought a backpack full of yellow envelopes containing all his tax documents over the decades.

“These are my taxes. I have been paying my taxes for 19 years, without rights,” he said, as he pulled out each envelope and threw them on the ground in front of the podium. “I’ve been doing this year, after year, after year. For a promise that I would get my citizenship, this is my testimony that I am not a criminal. We are not criminals.”"
#farmworkers #food #farming #immigration #workers #labor#California#HumanRights
https://lamag.com/news-and-politics/farmworkers-call-for-worker-led-strikes-and-boycotts-amid-recent-raids-targeting-farms-at-a-press-conference-on-monday

And so the reality of running a council & the views of ReformUK have (without much delay) collided, as Kent Country Council discover the sending migrant workers home might have a major impact on the ability of the council to deliver social care..... oh dear, reality has bit them in the bum.

#ReformUK #politics #migrants #workers

And so the reality of running a council & the views of ReformUK have (without much delay) collided, as Kent Country Council discover the sending migrant workers home might have a major impact on the ability of the council to deliver social care..... oh dear, reality has bit them in the bum.

#ReformUK #politics #migrants #workers

When people complain that punishing unacceptable behaviour in the workplace will impact on the UK's economic success (growth), they are revealing the dependence of managers in the UK on methods of intimidation, exploitation & prejudice.

As I've said before one of the key issues behind the economic malaise of the UK is its 'tradition' of bad management (managers).

Until we change that culture, the UK will fail to harness the widespread skills & knowledge of its population.

#workers #economics

When people complain that punishing unacceptable behaviour in the workplace will impact on the UK's economic success (growth), they are revealing the dependence of managers in the UK on methods of intimidation, exploitation & prejudice.

As I've said before one of the key issues behind the economic malaise of the UK is its 'tradition' of bad management (managers).

Until we change that culture, the UK will fail to harness the widespread skills & knowledge of its population.

#workers #economics

He sido camarera durante 12 años aproximadamente y hasta hace muy poquito, y no descarto tener que volver a serlo si mis planes de ser profe no salen como espero a corto plazo. El sector de la hostelería es, como diría la histórica anarquista Teresa Claramunt, "embrutecedor".

Aquí os dejo un fanzine genial tanto para trabajadorxs de hostelería como para clientes. ABOLISH RESTAURANTS. Aborda todo el tema del trabajo en hostelería a través de viñetas chulísimas y, por qué no, humor.

Para quien le interese, dejo aquí la versión original en inglés, hecho por https://www.prole.info/ (aunque creo que es un pdf compaginado listo para imprimir los pliegos y no modo lectura, por lo que las páginas aparecen desordenadas), y la versión en español traducida por la Editorial Klinamen, que sí está lista para leer.

Altamente recomendado y un granito de arena para meter fuego al capitalismo, la servidumbre y el sistema salarial.

https://klinamen.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Abajo-los-restaurantes-klinamen.pdf

https://azinelibrary.org/zines/Abolish-Restaurants

#fanzine#abolishrestaurants #hosteleria #salario #capitalismo #trabajadores #workers #fight #lucha

If you wonder what you can do for #Palestine, your time will come sooner than you are ready for. Dock #workers in #France, #Greece & #Italy are refusing to load military equipment destined for #Israel. A #genocide requires a lot of logistics/resources, so much so that all levels of society are involved. Be there and be counted when it creeps into your meetings, your procurement reviews, your accounting, orders, shifts, artistic opportunities...

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/07/10/workers-in-europe-refuse-cargo-to-israel-our-solidarity-is-with-the-oppressed-not-with-war-criminals/

#Gaza#Maersk#F35