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- Google workers to share desks amid cost-cutting measures https://finance.yahoo.com/video/shoppers-looking-much-more-elevated-160121329.html 2 comments
- Massachusetts court blocks gig worker ballot measure backed by Uber, Lyft https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/14/tech/massachusetts-uber-gig-worker-ballot-measure/index.html 11 comments politics
- Massachusetts court blocks gig worker ballot measure backed by Uber, Lyft https://www.reuters.com/business/massachusetts-top-court-blocks-gig-worker-ballot-question-going-forward-2022-06-14/ 15 comments technology
- Postal Workers Decry Changes And Cost-Cutting Measures https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901349291/postal-workers-decry-changes-and-cost-cutting-measures 3 comments politics
- Trump Measures That Made Firing Federal Workers Easier Are Gutted https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-measures-that-made-firing-federal-workers-easier-are-gutted-1535232316 4 comments politics
- GOP kills measure for buying American steel, hiring American workers http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/gop-kills-measure-for-buying-american-steel-hiring-american-workers/ 12 comments politics
- How do I disarm a co-worker who is a Samsung fan that constantly tries to dick measure with me? https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/79z8kw/how_do_i_disarm_a_coworker_who_is_a_samsung_fan/ 24 comments apple
- iPhone factory worker describes facial recognition checks & other security measures https://9to5mac.com/2017/05/02/iphone-factory-worker-describes-facial-recognition-checks-other-security-measures/ 15 comments apple
- Trump signs measure making it easier for federal contractors to abuse workers https://thinkprogress.org/trump-contractors-labor-laws-executive-order-fd2c97b42b46 3 comments politics
- Lawsuit seeks to overturn Prop. 22, measure that keeps gig workers from becoming employees https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/lawsuit-seeks-to-overturn-prop-22-measure-that-15864699.php 117 comments politics
- House rejects GOP measure to pay workers but not open government https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425858-house-rejects-gop-measure-to-pay-workers-but-not-open-government 21 comments politics
- Measuring and rewarding individual performance, especially a knowledge worker, is always distorting the performance, and is potentially dysfunctional. http://aritikka.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/measuring-and-rewarding-individuals-still-from-sos-conference/ 50 comments programming
- Amazon Really Doesn’t Want to Reveal Its COVID-19 Protection Measures for Workers https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/amazon-workers-labor-practices-covid-19-securities-and-exchange-commission 32 comments politics
- Workers Blow the Whistle on Mass Death | Private equity firms have imposed austerity measures on the hospitals they acquire. In a pandemic, that’s meant countless preventable deaths. http://inthesetimes.com/article/22689/workers-blow-whistle-mass-death-private-equity-hospitals 6 comments politics
- The Federal Government, measured in workers per 1,000 Americans, is the smallest it's been since the 60s. But don't let those facts bother you, Teabaggers http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/09/how_many_federal_workers_are_t.html?hpid=news-col-blog 3 comments politics
- The Workers' Party of Korea convened a meeting of the Central Politburo, demanding continuing strict implementation of epidemic prevention measures. http://www.zaysan.com/the-workers-party-of-korea-convened-a-meeting-of-the-central-politburo-demanding-continuing-strict-implementation-of-epidemic-prevention-measures/ 10 comments worldnews
- D.C. Voters Back Measure To Raise Minimum Wage For Tipped Workers https://www.npr.org/2018/06/20/621726991/d-c-voters-back-measure-to-raise-minimum-wage-for-tipped-workers 3 comments economy
- Australia to tighten airport security further after foiled attack: "These measures strengthen existing controls to ensure airport workers are authorised, properly identified and appropriately trained before entering secure airside areas." http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2017/10/22/australia-to-tighten-airport-security-further-after-foiled-attack/ 3 comments worldnews
- The Myth of the Fiscal Conservative - Austerity measures don’t actually save money. But they do disempower workers. Which is why governments pursue them in the first place. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/fiscal-conservative-social-services-austerity-save-money/ 38 comments politics
- Study finds that criminalization of sex work increases sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers by 58%, measured by biological tests https://economics.harvard.edu/files/economics/files/ms31543.pdf?m=1604679900 311 comments science
- 'Without Us, Instacart Will Grind to a Halt': Delivery Workers Threaten Strike Over Hazard Pay, Safety Measures Amid Outbreak https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/27/without-us-instacart-will-grind-halt-delivery-workers-threaten-strike-over-hazard 47 comments worldnews
- As France Moves to Delay Retirement, Older Workers Are in a Quandary • A measure to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62 is expected to expose more people to age discrimination: “Companies in France won’t hire them.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/business/france-retirement-age-pension.html 4 comments europes
- France has postponed implementing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health workers in Martinique and Guadeloupe after the measure spurred widespread protests on the French territories in which police officers were injured and journalists attacked https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20211126-france-postpones-vaccine-mandate-after-violent-unrest-in-martinique-and-guadeloupe 12 comments worldnews
- Texas wanted to be the tech haven of the U.S. Its new abortion bill and other measures are causing workers to rethink their move. — Tech workers are marking Texas off the list of places they’d consider working after the state passed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/12/texas-abortion-law-tech-workers-reconsidering-relocation/ 2994 comments politics
- Essential workers who scored higher on a measure of narcissism shared more than others about their work on social media and elsewhere. Sharing made them feel even better about themselves. https://news.osu.edu/narcissists-love-being-pandemic-essential-workers/ 5 comments science
- Kissing off menu as lockdown ends for Dutch sex workers. Dutch sex workers welcomed customers back on Wednesday as the Netherlands further eased coronavirus measures, but they were advised to avoid heavy breathing and kissing to help reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-netherlands-redlig/kissing-off-menu-as-lockdown-ends-for-dutch-sex-workers-idukkbn24265l?il=0 8 comments europe
- French court backs workers in Amazon row over virus measures; A French court on Friday rejected Amazon’s appeal against a ruling that restricts what it can deliver during the coronavirus crisis, handing a victory to unions which had criticised the U.S. e-commerce giant’s safety measures https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/french-court-backs-workers-in-amazon-row-over-virus-measures-iduskcn2261yq 5 comments worldnews
- Researchers in Germany are currently preparing a mass study into how many people are already immune to the Covid-19 virus, allowing authorities to eventually issue passes to exclude workers from restrictive measures currently in place. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/immunity-passports-could-speed-up-return-to-work-after-covid-19 88 comments worldnews
- Around 60 million citizens in China were forced to work from home in January due to the Coronavirus. This went so well, that Chinese organizations are considering adopting the remote workers model as a permanent measure moving forward https://perimeters81.com/blog-news-remote-workers-rising-during-corona-scar 111 comments business
- SARS survivor, retired paramedic warns front-line workers need protection against coronavirus - 'Enhanced screening measures' and other protections in place, Canadian health officials say https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sars-survivor-retired-paramedic-warns-front-line-workers-need-protection-against-coronavirus-1.5441953 6 comments worldnews
- Survey of almost 10 million corporate workers finds Tesla CEO Elon Musk is top automotive executive to work for, and ranked 19th out of 50,000 overall compared to all other fields. The study measured both worker compensation and worker satisfaction with workplace culture. https://insideevs.com/tesla-employees-rank-elon-musk-as-1-automotive-ceo-in-2018/?fbclid=iwar2iw17f-wacifoff_fqmi3ubukpjbqb__cefcp63npym0xzsxefah9qios 20 comments worldnews
- A worker for the plant involved the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster said in a Japanese court Wednesday that his former boss was warned that a massive tsunami could strike the site, but delayed measures to build a protective wall to prevent it. http://www.newsweek.com/fukushima-nuclear-plant-owners-face-trail-one-worlds-most-radioactive-886025 9 comments worldnews
- Workers at Australia's major airports will face additional screening measures as part of a security crackdown. The tighter controls come after authorities foiled an alleged terror plot to bring down a plane leaving Sydney Airport in July. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41717023 4 comments worldnews
- Venezuela's socialist government ordered public workers on Tuesday to work a two-day week as an energy-saving measure in the crisis-hit South American OPEC country. President Nicolas Maduro had already given most of Venezuela's 2.8 million state employees Fridays off during April and May http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-workers-iduskcn0xn2yz?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 3 comments worldnews
- Measured in Big Macs, McDonald’s workers in Denmark earn the equivalent of 3.4 Big Macs an hour, while their American counterparts earn 1.8, according to a study by Orley C. Ashenfelter, a Princeton economics professor, and Stepan Jurajda, an economics professor at Charles University in Prague. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/business/international/living-wages-served-in-denmark-fast-food-restaurants.html 6 comments politics
- New regulations for sex workers are coming into force in Zurich this week, designed to provide some safety to women who work in the sex trade, and to bring a measure of peace to the city centre, the city authorities say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23839358 3 comments worldnews
- Low-wage workers turning to voters for pay raises: 'As unionizing efforts fail, a new labor strategy has emerged: ballot measures. Long Beach and San Jose are among cities where it has worked.' http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-labor-new-tactic-20130310,0,4999155.story 6 comments politics
- Spanish workers stage general strike: Transport and public sector services affected as workers strike against austerity measures and labour reform. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/03/201232944838517412.html 10 comments europe
- Ralph Nader on Republicans: Repeatedly, these corporate supplicants oppose any measure, any regulation, any legislation that will directly help workers, consumers, the environment, small taxpayers and even investor-shareholders. http://www.nader.org/index.php?/archives/2231-institutional-insanity.html 8 comments politics
- Tens of thousands of striking Greek workers take to the streets in a defiant show of protest against austerity measures aimed at averting the debt-plagued country's economic collapse. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/24/greece-strikes-protest-euro 6 comments worldnews