#Workers

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@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Fedify: an ActivityPub server framework

@fedify@hollo.social

Good news! We've officially added support to the roadmap. We've created a detailed issue to track our implementation plan: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/233.

The effort will be tackled in phases, including compatibility assessment, core adaptations for Workers' environment, KV store and message queue implementations, and finally integration with Cloudflare's ecosystem. This will be a substantial project that we'll break down into several sub-issues.

If you're interested in contributing to any specific aspect of Workers support, please comment on the main issue to coordinate efforts.

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Working Class History

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📣 New Podcast! "15 May 1942: T-Bone Slim body found" on @Spreaker
spreaker.com/episode/15-may-19

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Working Class History

@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social

📣 New Podcast! "5 May 1886: Bay View massacre" on @Spreaker
spreaker.com/episode/5-may-188

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Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online

Happy ! ✊

A vertically-split three-panel hand-drawn protest artwork. Each panel is labeled with "8 hours" above it and additional text below it:

- 8 hours for work (person working)
- 8 hours for rest (person sleeping)
- 8 hours for what we will (a couple on a boat, woman reading newspaper called Union Advocate)
ALT text detailsA vertically-split three-panel hand-drawn protest artwork. Each panel is labeled with "8 hours" above it and additional text below it: - 8 hours for work (person working) - 8 hours for rest (person sleeping) - 8 hours for what we will (a couple on a boat, woman reading newspaper called Union Advocate)
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Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online

Happy ! ✊

A vertically-split three-panel hand-drawn protest artwork. Each panel is labeled with "8 hours" above it and additional text below it:

- 8 hours for work (person working)
- 8 hours for rest (person sleeping)
- 8 hours for what we will (a couple on a boat, woman reading newspaper called Union Advocate)
ALT text detailsA vertically-split three-panel hand-drawn protest artwork. Each panel is labeled with "8 hours" above it and additional text below it: - 8 hours for work (person working) - 8 hours for rest (person sleeping) - 8 hours for what we will (a couple on a boat, woman reading newspaper called Union Advocate)
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Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online

Happy ! ✊

A vertically-split three-panel hand-drawn protest artwork. Each panel is labeled with "8 hours" above it and additional text below it:

- 8 hours for work (person working)
- 8 hours for rest (person sleeping)
- 8 hours for what we will (a couple on a boat, woman reading newspaper called Union Advocate)
ALT text detailsA vertically-split three-panel hand-drawn protest artwork. Each panel is labeled with "8 hours" above it and additional text below it: - 8 hours for work (person working) - 8 hours for rest (person sleeping) - 8 hours for what we will (a couple on a boat, woman reading newspaper called Union Advocate)
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Working Class History

@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social

📣 New Podcast! "1 May 1886: International Workers Day" on @Spreaker
spreaker.com/episode/1-may-188

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botwiki.org

@botwiki@mastodon.social

"Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that Al can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be “AI-first.”"

theverge.com/news/657594/duoli

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@botwiki@mastodon.social

"Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that Al can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be “AI-first.”"

theverge.com/news/657594/duoli

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botwiki.org

@botwiki@mastodon.social

"Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that Al can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be “AI-first.”"

theverge.com/news/657594/duoli

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@botwiki@mastodon.social

"Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that Al can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be “AI-first.”"

theverge.com/news/657594/duoli

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Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online

Something that's been on my mind recently, and I've voiced it as a response to @sue, isn't it odd that LinkedIn, a website for workers, doesn't include ✊ as one of the emoji reactions?

Hm.

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · Reply to Zhi Zhu 🕸️'s post

What Essential Jobs Will DOGE’s AI Mass-Firing Tool Accidentally Cut?

DOGE is preparing to automate its mass firings of federal workers.
newrepublic.com/post/191981/es

"Elon Musk’s is working on an tool that can automate its sweeping... cuts to the federal work force...

DOGE’s efforts... have already led to significant issues, as essential are mistakenly dismissed & agencies are sent scrambling to hire them back."

Headline:
What Essential Jobs Will DOGE’s AI Mass-Firing Tool Accidentally Cut?

DOGE is preparing to automate its mass firings of federal workers.

by Edith Olmsted
February 25, 2025 / 5:36 p.m. ET
ALT text detailsHeadline: What Essential Jobs Will DOGE’s AI Mass-Firing Tool Accidentally Cut? DOGE is preparing to automate its mass firings of federal workers. by Edith Olmsted February 25, 2025 / 5:36 p.m. ET
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Jen Sorensen

@jensorensen@mastodon.social

Latest comic: What's the point of an economy that no longer serves the interests of human beings?

Welcome to AI-merica

TWO WOMEN WALKING THROUGH WINTER LANDSCAPE HAVING A CONVERSATION

WOMAN 1: SO BILLIONAIRES ARE TRYING TO REPLACE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND PRIVATE-SECTOR WORKERS WITH AI.

WOMAN 1: ANYTHING A ROBOT WOULDN'T NEED IS BEING THREATENED OR DISMANTLED-- MEDICAID, MEDICARE, THE EPA, POSSIBLY SOCIAL SECURITY…

WOMAN 1: THESE WEIRD TECH OLIGARCHS AND THEIR REPUBLICAN SERVANTS ARE ACTING LIKE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE WHO WOULD EVEN NEED INCOME OR FOOD OR A DECENT RETIREMENT!

ROBOTS APPEAR

ROBOT 1: ORGANIC MATTER DETECTED.

ROBOT 2: REPORT TO BOT SERVICE HUB FOR BALL BEARING LUBRICATION DUTY.

WOMAN 2: I'M GETTING THE SENSE THAT THE "BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE" STRATEGY ISN'T WORKING.

©2025 Jen Sorensen
ALT text detailsWelcome to AI-merica TWO WOMEN WALKING THROUGH WINTER LANDSCAPE HAVING A CONVERSATION WOMAN 1: SO BILLIONAIRES ARE TRYING TO REPLACE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND PRIVATE-SECTOR WORKERS WITH AI. WOMAN 1: ANYTHING A ROBOT WOULDN'T NEED IS BEING THREATENED OR DISMANTLED-- MEDICAID, MEDICARE, THE EPA, POSSIBLY SOCIAL SECURITY… WOMAN 1: THESE WEIRD TECH OLIGARCHS AND THEIR REPUBLICAN SERVANTS ARE ACTING LIKE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE WHO WOULD EVEN NEED INCOME OR FOOD OR A DECENT RETIREMENT! ROBOTS APPEAR ROBOT 1: ORGANIC MATTER DETECTED. ROBOT 2: REPORT TO BOT SERVICE HUB FOR BALL BEARING LUBRICATION DUTY. WOMAN 2: I'M GETTING THE SENSE THAT THE "BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE" STRATEGY ISN'T WORKING. ©2025 Jen Sorensen
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Jen Sorensen

@jensorensen@mastodon.social

Latest comic: What's the point of an economy that no longer serves the interests of human beings?

Welcome to AI-merica

TWO WOMEN WALKING THROUGH WINTER LANDSCAPE HAVING A CONVERSATION

WOMAN 1: SO BILLIONAIRES ARE TRYING TO REPLACE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND PRIVATE-SECTOR WORKERS WITH AI.

WOMAN 1: ANYTHING A ROBOT WOULDN'T NEED IS BEING THREATENED OR DISMANTLED-- MEDICAID, MEDICARE, THE EPA, POSSIBLY SOCIAL SECURITY…

WOMAN 1: THESE WEIRD TECH OLIGARCHS AND THEIR REPUBLICAN SERVANTS ARE ACTING LIKE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE WHO WOULD EVEN NEED INCOME OR FOOD OR A DECENT RETIREMENT!

ROBOTS APPEAR

ROBOT 1: ORGANIC MATTER DETECTED.

ROBOT 2: REPORT TO BOT SERVICE HUB FOR BALL BEARING LUBRICATION DUTY.

WOMAN 2: I'M GETTING THE SENSE THAT THE "BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE" STRATEGY ISN'T WORKING.

©2025 Jen Sorensen
ALT text detailsWelcome to AI-merica TWO WOMEN WALKING THROUGH WINTER LANDSCAPE HAVING A CONVERSATION WOMAN 1: SO BILLIONAIRES ARE TRYING TO REPLACE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND PRIVATE-SECTOR WORKERS WITH AI. WOMAN 1: ANYTHING A ROBOT WOULDN'T NEED IS BEING THREATENED OR DISMANTLED-- MEDICAID, MEDICARE, THE EPA, POSSIBLY SOCIAL SECURITY… WOMAN 1: THESE WEIRD TECH OLIGARCHS AND THEIR REPUBLICAN SERVANTS ARE ACTING LIKE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE WHO WOULD EVEN NEED INCOME OR FOOD OR A DECENT RETIREMENT! ROBOTS APPEAR ROBOT 1: ORGANIC MATTER DETECTED. ROBOT 2: REPORT TO BOT SERVICE HUB FOR BALL BEARING LUBRICATION DUTY. WOMAN 2: I'M GETTING THE SENSE THAT THE "BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE" STRATEGY ISN'T WORKING. ©2025 Jen Sorensen
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Paris Marx

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“What sets the Laval case apart from unionization drives in other parts of the world is a unique provision in Quebec’s labour code: employers are legally required to reach a first collective agreement with a union, once it exists.”

Amazon is leaving Quebec to avoid a collective agreement.

breachmedia.ca/amazon-quitting

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Paris Marx

@parismarx@mastodon.online

“What sets the Laval case apart from unionization drives in other parts of the world is a unique provision in Quebec’s labour code: employers are legally required to reach a first collective agreement with a union, once it exists.”

Amazon is leaving Quebec to avoid a collective agreement.

breachmedia.ca/amazon-quitting

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

It seems likely that consumer confidence is continuing to head downwards, which for an economy like the UK driven by consumer demand will be a problem for Rachel Reeves' 'growth' agenda... but what's behind this dip?

Commentators are citing sentiment about economic prospects & (sometimes) the continued high interest rates... which *are* likely contributing to declining sentiment.

But, I suspect, workers & voters realising that Govt is not on their side may be also stoking a malaise!

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Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · Reply to Nonilex's post

The move, one of several -related announcements in the hours immediately following his inauguration, is yet another about-face in participation in global negotiations. During his first term withdrew from the , but then President quickly rejoined in 2020 after winning the White House.

Scientists, activists & Democratic ofcls assailed the move as one that would deepen the & backfire on American .

#

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@drahardja@sfba.social · Reply to Dave Rahardja (he/him)'s post

Software engineers: CAPITAL IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. You are not a billionaire; you are a worker. Rich investors are trying to take your livelihood away any way they can to keep more money in their pockets. Don’t be smug because you make more money than the median; your worth is smaller than a rounding error on any given billionaire’s spreadsheet.

I repeat: YOU ARE A WORKER. Stand with your fellow workers AGAINST capital. Capitalists and billionaires make life worse for others. They’ve been coming after other workers; and now they’re coming after YOU.

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Alice Marshall

@AliceMarshall@dmv.community

Takeaways: Walk-Outs Slowed Packages, Boosted Power
Workers describe tens of thousands of packages delayed—and a strong sense of empowerment within warehouses—after Amazon with the Teamsters launched the largest strike to date against one of the world’s most powerful companies.

inthesetimes.com/article/amazo

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Tim W (admin (and human))

@tim@union.place

Boost if you want fewer billionaires in 2025.

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

Perhaps unsurprisingly, some new research in the US looks at Return to Office Mandates by employers & concludes that a RTO requirement prompts an exodus of employees who prefer to work from home.

Unfortunately for those firms the exodus is dominated by female employees, the highly skilled & more senior staff, essentially leading to a 'brain drain' caused by simplistic & callous management of the workforce.

A clear unforced error!

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf

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DB 🇵🇸 🌎🌏🌍

@dbattistella@mstdn.ca

and workers are on strike.

Please don't cross the picket line 🙏

B&W image shows police on horseback. One of them is wielding a baton and is about to strike a woman standing on the ground, who has an arm up in self defense. 

Text at the top of the image reads:
REMEMBER: IT IS A 
HISTORICAL FACT

Text at the bottom of the image reads:
THAT DURING A LABOR STRIKE 
POLICE WILL ALWAYS PROTECT THE 
INTERESTS OF THE  BUSINESS
ALT text detailsB&W image shows police on horseback. One of them is wielding a baton and is about to strike a woman standing on the ground, who has an arm up in self defense. Text at the top of the image reads: REMEMBER: IT IS A HISTORICAL FACT Text at the bottom of the image reads: THAT DURING A LABOR STRIKE POLICE WILL ALWAYS PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE BUSINESS
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

As someone whose never got on with open offices I endorse this message.

Graphic:

Open offices don't work for:
Most neurodivergent people (about 20% of humanity)
Most introverts (at least 40% of humanity) and
Most women (about 50% of humanity)
Otherwise, they are a great idea

Ludmilla N. Praslove. Ph.D, Author, The Canary Code: A Guide to Neurodiversity, Dignity & Intersectional Belonging at Work
ALT text detailsGraphic: Open offices don't work for: Most neurodivergent people (about 20% of humanity) Most introverts (at least 40% of humanity) and Most women (about 50% of humanity) Otherwise, they are a great idea Ludmilla N. Praslove. Ph.D, Author, The Canary Code: A Guide to Neurodiversity, Dignity & Intersectional Belonging at Work
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Proletarian Rage

@prolrage@todon.nl · Reply to Proletarian Rage's post

The Israeli occupation army has again stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern . The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor Organization confirmed that the Israeli occupation forced medical staff and patients to the and also arrested many people inside.
t.me/QudsNen/137560

Israeli forces fired on a clearly marked ambulance near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, endangering both medical workers and patients. The incident adds to a growing list of clear violations of international laws protecting healthcare workers.
youtube.com/shorts/R9JynIaeLrY
And a view of the against health system of Gaza and the systematic extermination .

@palestine @israel

Poster of Telegram channel QudsNEN
Israeli daily attacks on Gaza healthcare system 
1000 attacks
1050 personnel killed
17 out of 36 hospitals partially operate
136 Ambulances inoperable
ALT text detailsPoster of Telegram channel QudsNEN Israeli daily attacks on Gaza healthcare system 1000 attacks 1050 personnel killed 17 out of 36 hospitals partially operate 136 Ambulances inoperable
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@dbattistella@mstdn.ca

The Globe & Mail is owned by the Thomsons, who are Canada's richest family, with a net worth of over $98 billion CAD ($70.6 billion USD) as of Nov 2024.

You need to know that to understand why the Globe & Mail writes so many articles undermining unions and united workers.

X post by The Globe and Mail @globeandmail · 13h

Canada Post strike weighs heavy in northern communities, where some residents worry ‘Christmas is cancelled’

Photo of a woman wearing a parka, standing in a snow-covered wooded area. She is looking straight into the camera and her expression is severe.
ALT text detailsX post by The Globe and Mail @globeandmail · 13h Canada Post strike weighs heavy in northern communities, where some residents worry ‘Christmas is cancelled’ Photo of a woman wearing a parka, standing in a snow-covered wooded area. She is looking straight into the camera and her expression is severe.
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Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online

Reminder: Do not cross the picket line!

"Thousands of Amazon workers are expected to protest or strike in more than 20 countries during Black Friday to press for better workers’ rights and climate action from the US retailer."

theguardian.com/business/2024/

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Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online

A new data visualization from @thepudding!

"The history of labor in America is defined by the least privileged people doing the least desirable work—sometimes by force."

youtube.com/watch?v=sE_Ew0Be4q

Interactive version of the story: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitters-s

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ProPublica

@ProPublica@newsie.social

Says He’ll Fight for Working-Class Americans. His First Presidency Suggests He Won’t.
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From cutting children's benefits to allowing employers to pocket workers' tips, Trump tried to slash protections for the working poor in ways that have been forgotten by many.

propublica.org/article/donald-

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Vardy

@Vardy@mastodon.social

Sólo para que entiendan qué es que te gobierne la ultra-derecha para los afortunados que todavía no llegaron. Nuestras apps y los megáfonos en los trenes replican esto:

Just to let everyone comprehend what being ruled by the far right means. Our phone apps and the speakers at public stations are promoting anti union messages, asking to snitch to a federal line and claiming unionists are priviliged people who wanna stop you from getting to work.

I got a message from an agency that depends on the executive goverment telling me that union leaders are holding people hostage because they are on strike, and that we should snitch on them.
ALT text detailsI got a message from an agency that depends on the executive goverment telling me that union leaders are holding people hostage because they are on strike, and that we should snitch on them.
Speakerphones on a public station in Buenos Aires saying that union leaders are holding people hostage because they are on strike, and that we should snitch on them. The person who posted this on Instagram originally compared it to 1984 and Farenheir 451, but it is Argentina 2024.
ALT text detailsSpeakerphones on a public station in Buenos Aires saying that union leaders are holding people hostage because they are on strike, and that we should snitch on them. The person who posted this on Instagram originally compared it to 1984 and Farenheir 451, but it is Argentina 2024.
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Paul Houle

@UP8@mastodon.social

😔 ‘Can’t afford health insurance’: California CVS workers take strike vote

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

I've said this in a couple of replies but just want to make clear the anti-worker rhetoric of the international press.

The dispute between port owners & US Longshoremen was not a strike.

Their labour contract had come to an end (and has now been extended by mutual agreement). So when workers did not turn up they were not striking they were under no legal obligation to work; they were not 'withdrawing their labour', as they has NO CONTRACT!

Now they do, they're back to work

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CarolTheCrone

@CaroltheCrone@mastodon.sdf.org

Teamsters won't endorse .

They are 81% male and 61% white. Average age 47.6.

What are men afraid of? A stable economy? Making more money? A woman in charge?

That's an honest question.

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Mixter Kit O'Connell

@kitoconnell@kolektiva.social

“It certainly seems like an issue that could be ripe for litigation because it’s right on its face discriminating against people for sexual orientation or status.”

Emails obtained from inside the Department of Agriculture show the turmoil caused by the transphobic, and likely illegal, dress code instituted last year. An update to the story I broke for @TexasObserver in 2023: texasobserver.org/sid-miller-t

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@Radical_EgoCom@mastodon.social

youtu.be/Ys1Pc0WtNfk

Fred from "Scooby-Doo" says, "Let's see who you really are!" He says this while standing in front of a tied up person wearing a ghost costume with the words "record profits" while about to take off the person's ghost mask. 

In the second panel, Fred takes off the mask, and what is under it are the words "stolen wages," suggesting that the record profits of capitalist companies are nothing more than the stolen wages of the workers.
ALT text detailsFred from "Scooby-Doo" says, "Let's see who you really are!" He says this while standing in front of a tied up person wearing a ghost costume with the words "record profits" while about to take off the person's ghost mask. In the second panel, Fred takes off the mask, and what is under it are the words "stolen wages," suggesting that the record profits of capitalist companies are nothing more than the stolen wages of the workers.
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

In Tom Gauld's world working from home has some distinct advantages.

Cartoon:
A space craft is falling towards the sun:
'Tragedy has struck the mission; the spacecraft's engines have failed... Gravity draws it inexorably towards the sun'

the spacecraft catches fire: 'the team of brave scientists will perish in the pitiless fires'

th sun grows ever larger: '... with the exception of Alex, who is attending remotely'

A screen in the boring spacecraft" 'sorry guys. The kids are off school with colds & Sam is away at a conference'!
ALT text detailsCartoon: A space craft is falling towards the sun: 'Tragedy has struck the mission; the spacecraft's engines have failed... Gravity draws it inexorably towards the sun' the spacecraft catches fire: 'the team of brave scientists will perish in the pitiless fires' th sun grows ever larger: '... with the exception of Alex, who is attending remotely' A screen in the boring spacecraft" 'sorry guys. The kids are off school with colds & Sam is away at a conference'!
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Heyo, it seems like at least one member of the Democratic Party has good political instincts:

Greg Casar Says There's an Easy Way to Show Which Party Is More Pro-Worker

commondreams.org/news/pro-act

"Rep. Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat with a history of advocating for workers, called for holding a vote on the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act when his colleagues in Congress return to Capitol Hill next week.

"If Republicans wanna talk like they're pro-worker, then let's have a vote on the PRO Act next week," Casar said on social media. "Let's see which politicians are for unions and which ones are all talk. Dems are ready to vote, how about you guys?"

Introduced by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the PRO Act "expands various labor protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace." The vast majority of its co-sponsors are Democrats."

Not really sure I want to wade into a debate about which (capitalist) party is "pro-worker" but I think it's pretty clear historically that fascists are ANTI union and organized labor, and so is the Republican Party to an overwhelming degree; which at this point is probably a distinction without a difference because the GOP is definitely fascist.

I would not at all object to Dems seizing on fash muppets like Mike Johnson and Josh Hawley patting themselves on the back for luring the Teamsters president to the RNC as part of a charade to pretend they're pro worker, to literally troll their way into passing the PRO Act and moderate labor reforms. I don't think the act goes nearly far enough of course, but I'm always in support of anything that improves life for American labor. Unions can always just take the breadcrumbs and continue fighting to snatch the whole sandwich. That's what "pragmatism" actually means to me - a member of the labor class.

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In , Wage Theft Violators Get Millions in Government Contracts
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ProPublica and Documented identified 25 employers that, despite histories of wage theft, have received contracts worth more than a collective $500 million from city and state agencies since 2018.

propublica.org/article/new-yor

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So, it seems Asda have ended their experiment with four day weeks.... as it has been rejected by staff.

But, given this move at the supermarket merely involved a reallocation of hours worked into 4 x 11hour shifts, its no wonder exhausted workers rejected the move.

The four day week was supposed to be (and is) about more efficient working in the four days, not merely longer shifts over the four days.

Asda's approach really was not what four day weeks are about at all!

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Impact of theory of value

(Derived from a previous response)

Once uppon a time, there was a lie to maintain the argument, that salesmen are making the money and are not involved in creating value anyhow.

When this lie collapsed, they came with another lie (called )

When this lie collapsed, they came with the next lie (called )

Now the bourgeoise predominantly white race has invented another lie?

Meanwhile 50% of energy is consumed by 10% of the people, of which 90% are white.

The poor global south will suffer first and most of effects.

The suggests tax paying to be used for the green transition and refers to papers of a lot of MMT thesis supporting scientists or in other words:

The global white and rich north, that looted the word for centuries don't want to pay a single tax cent, if so just to provide credits with "low interests" to the global south.

So in this sense, I don't believe MMT has good intentions, but to keep on lying and maintain white wealth and the idea, that wealth is just an imagination and unrelated to western armies and companies around the world that keep on killing and looting.

The stability of the is foremost a condition of violence. The more violence you can apply, the more stable it appears. For sure I know, that many countries profit to a certain extend from a stable currency. And so everyone plays he wants to align with the rich. (why else does nobody act on )

According my value theory, does the right decision giving direct access to its weapon stockpiles.

The reason is: To maintain ! Is this already MMT? 🤔 No it isn't. MMT is just as blind as the other theories.

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@ekis@mastodon.social

Automate the boardroom before the factory floor.

Ignore the fact we could replace most executives with a dice. Even the best ones could be automated easier than building complex and to replace jobs that are inexpensive.

Or your class in will forever be "traitor"

CEOs make 344x workers.
ALT text detailsCEOs make 344x workers.