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recent #wageTheft related news ―and why the billionaire mafia is so desperate to normalize #AI. hyping LLMs by lying about their intelligence, is their way to destroy the value of the #creative #classes; especially #software #developers:

Disney’s writer wage theft, a year on. | by Cory Doctorow https://doctorow.medium.com/disneys-writer-wage-theft-a-year-on-5be5baee38f9

Uber, Lyft could owe California gig workers billions of dollars - https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/uber-lyft-could-owe-california-gig-workers-billions-of-dollars-in-california-wage-theft-case/

127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft

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CalMatters

California negotiating with Lyft, Uber in massive wage-theft case

Uber and Lyft drivers rallied at three California city halls today, calling attention to a long-running lawsuit against the companies over thousands of wage-theft claims that could be worth billions of dollars.

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

sources:

‘Wage Theft Is Built Into the Business Models of Many Industries’ — FAIR - https://fair.org/home/wage-theft-is-built-into-the-business-models-of-many-industries/

An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year | Economic Policy Institute - https://www.epi.org/publication/epidemic-wage-theft-costing-workers-hundreds/

Wage Theft Costs American Workers as Much as $50 Billion a Year | Economic Policy Institute - https://www.epi.org/press/wage-theft-costs-american-workers-50-billion/

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#labor #wages #poverty #capitalism

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

Disney’s writer wage theft, a year on. | by Cory Doctorow https://doctorow.medium.com/disneys-writer-wage-theft-a-year-on-5be5baee38f9

Uber, Lyft could owe California gig workers billions of dollars - https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/uber-lyft-could-owe-california-gig-workers-billions-of-dollars-in-california-wage-theft-case/

127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft

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CalMatters

California negotiating with Lyft, Uber in massive wage-theft case

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