Financial Services hypocrisy on show:

Financial commentators are telling the FT that because the fees paid to non-executive directors have lagged inflation (measured by CPI) by over 10% in the last 5 years, NEDs will no longer be willing to serve in this role in the UK.

These are the same commentators who complain & warn about workers in the rest of the economy trying to raise their wages for *exactly* the same reason!

This really is elite entitlement & hypocrisy!

#workers #politics
h/t FT

Respect blue collar workers 💙 #bluecollar #worker #workers #workersunite #workersrights #union #labour #tradeunion #workersunion #anticapitalism #EatTheRich #FeedThePoor #activism #anarchism

«The global AI industry is fueled by hidden and precarized labor: workers who collect and annotate data, keep data centers running, and mine rare earth minerals—not to mention the artists, translators, writers, and actors whose work fuels so-called generative AI» 📢 This paper redirects attention to those workers.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1609/aies.v8i2.36667

@milamiceli
@timnitGebru
@DAIR
@alex
@Weizenbaum_Institut

#Paper #AI #IA #IAgenerativa #generativeAI #data #workers #datacenters #labor #work

📣 New Podcast! "7 December 1959: Fiji oil strike" on @Spreaker #fiji #history #workers
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/7-december-1959-fiji-oil-strike--68813157

NYC DSA is holding a rally tomorrow for 30 employees fired illegally by Rockstar Games, the video game studio behind the Grand Theft Auto series, for organizing with their coworkers.

5pm at 622 Broadway. Show up if you can!

More info: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nyc-rockstar-workers-solidarity-rally/ (You don't have to RSVP!)

#labor #organizing #workers #WorkersRights #unions #gamedev #RockstarGames #NYC #DSA #NYCDSA

📣 New Podcast! "4 December 1975: Getafe general strike" on @Spreaker #history #spain #workers
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/4-december-1975-getafe-general-strike--68813155

Financial Services hypocrisy on show:

Financial commentators are telling the FT that because the fees paid to non-executive directors have lagged inflation (measured by CPI) by over 10% in the last 5 years, NEDs will no longer be willing to serve in this role in the UK.

These are the same commentators who complain & warn about workers in the rest of the economy trying to raise their wages for *exactly* the same reason!

This really is elite entitlement & hypocrisy!

#workers #politics
h/t FT

I'll say it again: While much of the commentary on the Autumn Budget seems to be framing it as a win for benefits recipients over working people; its worth pointing out:

in-work benefits are not really a benefit to workers they are a subsidy to low-wage firms propping up their profits...

actually the real winners are those firms unprepared to pay much above the minimum wage for work, knowing their workers can garner a range of benefits to allow them to survive on low pay!

#workers #politics

Respect blue collar workers 💙 #bluecollar #worker #workers #workersunite #workersrights #union #labour #tradeunion #workersunion #anticapitalism #EatTheRich #FeedThePoor #activism #anarchism

While much of the commentary on the Autumn Budget seems to be framing it as a win for benefits recipients over working people... it worth pointing out:

in-work benefits are not really a benefit to workers they are a subsidy to low-wage firms propping up their profits...

so actually the real winners are those firms unprepared to pay much above the minimum wage for work, knowing their workers can garner a range of benefits to allow them to survive on low pay!

#workers #politics

I'll say it again: While much of the commentary on the Autumn Budget seems to be framing it as a win for benefits recipients over working people; its worth pointing out:

in-work benefits are not really a benefit to workers they are a subsidy to low-wage firms propping up their profits...

actually the real winners are those firms unprepared to pay much above the minimum wage for work, knowing their workers can garner a range of benefits to allow them to survive on low pay!

#workers #politics

📣 New Podcast! "29 November 1830: Captain Swing riots" on @Spreaker #british #history #workers
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/29-november-1830-captain-swing-riots--68370909

«The global AI industry is fueled by hidden and precarized labor: workers who collect and annotate data, keep data centers running, and mine rare earth minerals—not to mention the artists, translators, writers, and actors whose work fuels so-called generative AI» 📢 This paper redirects attention to those workers.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1609/aies.v8i2.36667

@milamiceli
@timnitGebru
@DAIR
@alex
@Weizenbaum_Institut

#Paper #AI #IA #IAgenerativa #generativeAI #data #workers #datacenters #labor #work

📣 New Podcast! "28 November 2006: Aruba oil workers strike" on @Spreaker #aruba #history #workers
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/28-november-2006-aruba-oil-workers-strike--68370908

While much of the commentary on the Autumn Budget seems to be framing it as a win for benefits recipients over working people... it worth pointing out:

in-work benefits are not really a benefit to workers they are a subsidy to low-wage firms propping up their profits...

so actually the real winners are those firms unprepared to pay much above the minimum wage for work, knowing their workers can garner a range of benefits to allow them to survive on low pay!

#workers #politics

📣 New Podcast! "26 November 1926: Britain miners strike ends" on @Spreaker #history #mining #workers
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/26-november-1926-britain-miners-strike-ends--68749773

Large-scale trial finds four-day workweek improves employee well-being and physical health

https://www.psypost.org/large-scale-trial-finds-four-day-workweek-improves-employee-well-being-and-physical-health/

#science #psychology #neuroscience #cognitivescience #brainscience #health #mentalhealth #business #careers #workers #workersrights #employment