- Calif. Supremes Embrace Worker-Friendly Classification Test. Why This Matters to Gig Companies https://finance.yahoo.com/news/calif-supremes-embrace-worker-friendly-072105415.html 4 comments politics
- A wrong-headed Maryland bill attacks local worker-friendly legislation https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-wrong-headed-maryland-bill-attacks-local-worker-friendly-legislation/2017/02/10/886afd00-ea5f-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html 3 comments politics
- If you're a blue-collar worker, Trump is not your friend https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/opinions/how-trump-has-betrayed-blue-collar-workers-greenhouse/index.html 266 comments politics
- IBM promises Trump-friendly domestic jobs, but is firing U.S. workers: report http://www.siliconbeat.com/2017/01/23/ibm-promises-trump-friendly-u-s-jobs-but-is-firing-american-workers-report/ 7 comments politics
- Obama administration clashes with friends over workers’ comp http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/05/31/obama-administration-clashes-with-friends-over-workers-comp/ 5 comments law
- Tony Abbott says he is 'best friend that workers of Australia have ever had' http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/24/tony-abbott-says-he-is-best-friend-that-workers-of-australia-have-ever-had?cmp=soc_567 15 comments worldnews
- Samsung Gives Glove-Friendly Phones to NHS Workers https://hypebeast.com/2020/4/samsung-donating-glove-friendly-phones-nhs-workers 2 comments worldnews
- The political divide is threatening relationships among family, friends and co-workers https://www.startribune.com/the-political-divide-is-threatening-relationships-among-family-friends-and-co-workers/600013687/ 52 comments politics
- The Worker’s Friend? Here’s How Trump Has Waged His War on Workers https://prospect.org/article/workers-friend-heres-how-trump-has-waged-his-war-on-workers 3 comments politics
- Donald Trump’s labor choice is not a friend of workers, and that’s a problem for everyone http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/mary-sanchez/article119996333.html 4 comments politics
- "Fox & Friends" host apparently believes McDonald's workers make tips https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-friends-host-apparently-believes-153901712.html 599 comments politics
- Troll co-workers and friends quickly via simple commands https://github.com/ukupat/trolol 8 comments bash
- A friend asked me how to write a resilient service worker in Go . I figured I should share it to anyone interested. https://gist.github.com/system-glitch/301e95975a2645b8ea57c47b0c7cfef4 24 comments golang
- My good friend and co-worker, palmerj3, wrote about his case against Standups. I think it's good enough to share. https://medium.com/@jsonpify/you-dont-need-standup-9a74782517c1 102 comments programming
- Three Rich Treasury Secretaries Laugh It Up Over Income Inequality - "While in office, all three men advocated Wall Street-friendly policies that helped bolster pay for top bankers. Overall worker wages have been stagnant for decades and falling for most workers since 2007." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/geithner-rubin-paulson-income-inequality_55e9eabde4b093be51bb73c3 26 comments politics
- Hotel worker ‘mistaken for prostitute after hugging friend’ in Abu Dhabi park http://www.thenational.ae/uae/courts/hotel-worker-mistaken-for-prostitute-after-hugging-friend-in-abu-dhabi-park 2 comments nottheonion
- In a study of 445 close contacts (family, friends, health care workers) of 10 confirmed COVID19 patients, only two (0.45% or 1 in 200) developed symptomatic disease within 14 days. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6909e1.htm 206 comments science
- Switter, one of the last online spaces friendly to sex workers, was just banned by its network https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/19/17256370/switter-cloudflare-sex-workers-banned 22 comments technology
- The massive hack of the U.S. government’s employee database gets worse -- An additional 21.5 million current and former federal workers, along with their families and friends, are now believe to be affected. http://bgr.com/2015/07/09/opm-hack-21-5-million-workers-affected/ 47 comments technology
- Claudio about Sheamus: ""I think that was probably the funnest three years, I think with him for about three years, because everything you saw on screen, if you saw it as being from like starting as co-workers, I was just like, alright, I guess I'll make this work, to becoming best friends." https://wrestlingnews.co/aew-news/claudio-castagnoli-names-the-female-aew-star-that-would-be-a-good-fit-in-blackpool-combat-club 29 comments squaredcircle
- Keanu Reeves’ Latest Act of Generosity: Treating Friends, Family and Co-Workers to San Fran Getaway for ‘Matrix’ Premiere - The 57-year-old, known to dole out special wrap gifts like Harley-Davidsons and Rolex watches, picked up the tab for a weekend celebration in December: "He's epic." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/keanu-reeves-matrix-gifts-generosity-premiere-1235069445/ 34 comments upliftingnews
- ‘All my friends went home’: a fruit picker on life without EU workers - With fellow Europeans leaving the UK, and no British workers taking their place, Eleanor Popa’s job harvesting strawberries has gone from tough to tough and lonely. Will the farm survive another year? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/nov/22/all-my-friends-went-home-a-fruit-picker-on-life-without-eu-workers 107 comments europe
- China a ‘welcome friend’ in Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman - Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen says the group welcomes Chinese investments in reconstruction and would guarantee the safety of investors and workers https://amp.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3140399/china-welcome-friend-reconstruction-afghanistan-taliban 85 comments worldnews
- ‘Hosla na haro’ - Pakistani youngsters tribute to Indian friends and frontline health workers https://twitter.com/ShirazHassan/status/1390394420911017984 3 comments india
- BJP says three men killed in South Kashmir were party workers. Friends, family refuse to accept it https://scroll.in/article/977270/bjp-says-three-men-killed-in-south-kashmir-were-party-workers-friends-family-refuse-to-accept-it 7 comments india
- Trump's Corporate-Friendly Trade, Tax, and Labor Policies Betrayed Manufacturing Workers in Midwest: Study https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/28/trumps-corporate-friendly-trade-tax-and-labor-policies-betrayed-manufacturing 4 comments politics
- A 920-Mile Journey Turned Deadly. But He Wouldn’t Leave His Friend Behind | Amrit and Saiyub were among the millions of Indian workers forced onto the road by the coronavirus lockdown. Nothing could shake their friendship in an unforgiving world. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/opinion/sunday/india-migration-coronavirus.html 6 comments india
- Trump Just Fulfilled His Billionaire Pal’s Dream — Trump just changed the rules to let Wall Street’s most predatory industry get its hands on hundreds of billions of dollars of ordinary workers’ retirement savings. Now his friends in private equity are celebrating. https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/trump-just-fulfilled-his-billionaire-pals-dream 186 comments politics
- [BauerOutage] In conjunction with @Watch_Momentum, we’re excited to bring you our friendly rendition of #TheSandlot We’ve started a GoFundMe to help support stadium workers displaced by our season postponement. Please join us and consider donating:” https://twitter.com/BauerOutage/status/1238896667719421953 21 comments baseball
- 'Straight-Up Swampy': Trump to Headline $580,600-Per-Couple Reelection Fundraiser at Home of Billionaire. "Shows everything that is wrong with our campaign finance system and with Trump, that fake 'friend of the worker.'" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/14/straight-swampy-trump-headline-580600-couple-reelection-fundraiser-home-billionaire 3 comments politics
- Kerala: How migrant workers’ kids leaped over Malayalam barrier to score A+ grades in Class 10 exams. Many of them attributed their success, especially in the Malayalam papers, to help from their teachers and friends. https://scroll.in/article/923348/kerala-overcoming-language-barrier-children-of-migrant-labourers-score-a-in-class-10-12-exams 4 comments india
- Rogue tax workers snooping on Canadians in larger numbers - Workers at the Canada Revenue Agency continue to snoop on the confidential tax files of spouses, parents, friends, neighbours, colleagues, church members and businesses, despite a $10-million project meant to discourage them. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cra-canada-revenue-agency-privacy-breaches-commissioner-employees-1.4916022 3 comments worldnews
- Support from female co-workers may be even more important to new moms who are breastfeeding than getting encouragement from their significant others, close friends and relatives, says a new study (N=500). While support from family or friends is important, co-worker support has a stronger effect. https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2018/heres-why-its-important-to-support-your-breastfeeding-co-workers/ 3 comments science
- Laid Off Coal Worker Confronts Hillary Over Her Promise To Eradicate Industry | “I just want to know how you can say you’re going to put a lot of coal miners out of jobs, and then come in here and tell us how you’re going to be our friend, because those people out there don’t see you as a friend." http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/02/laid-off-coal-worker-confronts-hillary-over-her-promise-to-eradicate-industry-video/ 180 comments politics
- After frugal life, 84-year-old social worker Jane M Buri wills $1.4m to friends and charities http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/15/st-louis-social-worker-will-million 36 comments financialindependence
- 4 More Shipbreaking Workers Die in Bangladesh – 3 others critically injured when gas cylinder explodes in a shipbreaking yard. "...the yard management wanted to hide the bodies.” Arafin Enterprise claims to ensure “environment friendly ship recycling activities.” http://ens-newswire.com/2014/04/04/four-more-shipbreaking-workers-die-in-bangladesh/?9 13 comments worldnews
- Michigan business group: Workers fired for using medical marijuana shouldn't get jobless aid -the Michigan Chamber of Commerce has filed a friend-of-the-court brief seeking to uphold the right of employers to fire employees for marijuana http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan-business-group-workers-fired-for-using-medical-marijuana-shouldnt-get-jobless-aid/25004000 3 comments politics
- Mitt Romney telling his CEO friends: "“I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise" - This is an old strategy historically used by the wealthy, to scare the poor workers into voting against their own interest. http://www.mediaite.com/online/conference-call-audio-reveals-romney-asking-employers-to-pressure-employees-who-to-vote-for/ 40 comments politics
- Who are The evil government workers who Throw away our taxpayers money? They're our neighbors, relatives and friends - they are police officers, firefighters and teachers http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-goldman-unions-20110306,0,2172034.story 3 comments reddit.com
- California's Class Warfare Heats Up: Whitman wants to fire 40,000 state workers, hack off another $15 billion from the budget, privatize government services, and lavish more tax cuts on big corporations & her rich Republican friends http://www.laprogressive.com/economic-equality/californias-class-warfare/ 43 comments politics