"Workers at the first Apple store in the US to have unionized, in Towson, Maryland, have voted to authorize a strike as progress in bargaining for a first contract has stagnated.
Just because #copyright won't fix the creative labor market [and save is from AI], it doesn't follow that nothing will. If we're worried about #labor issues, we can look to labor law to improve our conditions.
Apple workers are striking at a store in Maryland by Millie Giles 5/13/24
"...In the aftermath of its outrage-inducing object-crushing advert, Apple has been dealt another PR blow, as it faces its first retail employee strike in history.
...While Apple is currently in the firing line for its employee practices, with labor unions like the Communications Workers of America accusing the tech giant of union-busting, collective strike action has been gaining traction across the US more widely..."
@golgaloth given that Labor has reinstated the Methane Led Recovery I would have to say the anti climate action lobbying is definitely working. #fossilfuels#labor#alp
If you're a University of California worker who's a member of UAW 4811 (the new union composed of the former 2865, 5810, and SRU), check your email box for a link to a vote on strike authorization due to UC's unfair labor practices.
Within 5 years Dell will be a dead zombie company, bought out by someone who will nominally sustain the brand name for a short while. Dell is going the way of Gateway.
It is intentionally making its own workers hate the company.
"We find experienced employees impacted by these policies at major tech companies seek work elsewhere, taking some of the most valuable human capital investments and tools of productivity with them."