The Green's candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election was absent this week from canvassing; she was finishing a course of plastering (she is a working plumber);
now some are going to spin this as a problem for the Greens, but actually if I was them I would be pointing out that this is why Hannah Spencer is more like the locals than the flown-in other candidates.
Like many working people she has to prioritise keeping her skills up to date!
#workers #Greens #GortonAndDenton
h/t FT
Something I came to realize years ago when I got to know some of the people working at Twitter, there are still good, principled people working at (at least some of) the Big Tech companies who still believe in the original stated ideals, and pushing for them from within.
Worker solidarity! ✊
nytimes.com/2026/02/06/busines…
#news #USNews #USPol #ICE #workers #WorkersRights #solidarity #google
"It’s one thing when a taxi is replaced by an Uber or a Lyft. It’s another thing when the jobs just go completely overseas."
futurism.com/advanced-transpor…
#news #technology #TechNews #AI #waymo #automation #labor #workers
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
Letter: Amy Jankiewicz says the government must address the effect of global increases in population and unsustainable consumption patterns as intertwined challengesGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
Workers’ Councils Forming in Iran
classautonomy.info/workers-cou…
For decades, our demands for bread have been answered with bullets, and our demands for dignity with prison. But today, the silence has come to an end. We, the workers of Arak’s factories, declare the following
#WorkerCouncils #Iran #Revolution #Workers #HungerStrike #Government #Councils #Strike #Regime
Information is sketchy thanks not least to the internet blackout imposed by the ruling theocracy. It is clear from what can be gleaned from the internet, however, that labour agitation in Iran and collective action on the part of Iranian workers has …classautonomy.info (Class Autonomy - For everybody, not just Smaug the Gold Dragon sporting a Cifonelli 3-Piece and blood diamonds)
theguardian.com/technology/202…
"Georgieva warned that #AI would wipe out many roles traditionally taken up by younger #workers. “Tasks that are eliminated are usually what entry-level jobs do at present, so #young #people searching for #jobs find it harder to get to a good #placement "
If AI fails, the bubble bursts, recession cuts down jobs. Welcome to the era of "out of the frying pan, into the fire".
Kristalina Georgieva says research suggests 60% of jobs in advanced economies will be affected, with many entry-level roles wiped outGraeme Wearden (The Guardian)
The world of LinkedIn in one (perhaps slightly caustic) meme/graphic....
going on 60 y/o and ... I work 2.5 times as much as I "live"
this is "normal"
📜 The Fitzwilliam #Museum in #Cambridge is displaying ancient Egyptian everyday documents including sick notes and invoices written on stone fragments called ostraca by craftspeople 3,500 years ago.
Curator Helen Strudwick from the University of Cambridge says the artifacts demonstrate how ancient workers had similar workplace concerns to people today, including a craftsman named Panebu who took time off after being bitten.
👉 bbc.com/news/articles/cy8r2k1g…
#History #Egypt #Workers #Archaeology #science
It focuses on the civilisation's makers and includes objects on loan from France for the first time.Katy Prickett (BBC News)
Workmen finishing up the fourth floor of the new CS building -- posting a sixth photo today because, unlike those daffodils, these won't be interesting when the building is no longer new
#photo #photography #cornell #interior #architecture #building #workers #cs #computerscience #university
I've been a Duolingo user since 2013. You can track the enshittification of the product since they went public.
Enshittification is now complete, with humans being replaced by AI. This act of mine is my way of avoiding being treated like a wallet while you mistreat others.
The arrest of David Huerta, President of the Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW) while demonstrating against the racist attacks of Trump's masked federal police on the immigrant population of Los Angeles, dem…Matthew Meloy (Workers Strike Back)
36 years ago #Chinese #military ended the #uprising of tens of thousands people fighting for more rights
After having to retrieve the first time the #PLA went to the #Tiananmensquare to destroy the main place of #protest
Though depicted as a #studentprotest in the west, it wasn't only #students , it was #workers and many others, too
#Repression hit them brutally afterwards
More at katika-kuehnreich.com/en/2025/…
#China #Tiananmenmassacre #64 #jb0604 #天安门 #六四屠殺 #六四鎮壓 #VIIV #8964 #tankman
Longer working hours have been linked to higher emissions, yet the climate movement seems reluctant to join the campaign for a four-day week—a potential strategic error given the social, health and climate benefits of working less.
My latest piece for Sower ⬇️ 🧵
sower.world/working-less-clima…
#climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SolarPunk #solidarity #work #workers #ai #job #MentalHealth #community #environment #journalism #Journalismus #economy #productivity #carbon #money
Fewer work hours can lower emissions. So why isn’t the climate movement fighting for our collective right to relax?Jack McGovan (Sower)
"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…
#news #TechNews #technology #workers #labor #AI #jobs
Duolingo co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn says that the company will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that Al can handle” as part of an all-hands email announcing that the company will be “AI-first.”Jay Peters (The Verge)
The most interesting part is how the whole thing has been hidden in plain sight.
#ConsumerCredit reached an all time high under the #Biden/ #Harris administration in the #USA. And while they tried to mitigate that somewhat by for instance restructuring programs for #StudentLoans, the double #burden of stagnating #wages and rising #inflation has pushed many households over the edge.
Now #Trump is adding way more inflation to the mix & laying off tens of thousands of govt #workers.
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Das #Video meines #Winterkongress Vortrags bei der @digiges is online 
#Danke an alle, die den #Kongress & die Aufzeichnung ermöglicht haben!
#Vortrag "Zauberhafte #KI #Welt ?" zur #Geschichte, #Arbeitsbedingungen, Auswirkungen auf #Umwelt & #Gesellschaft von sog. #künstlicheintelligenz
My #talk about " #Magic #AI ?" is online 😀 About implications of ai on #workers #environment & #society
media.ccc.de/v/dgwk2025-56334-…
#Kybernetik #Gamification #GutesLeben #Muße
Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) ist der Modebegriffe der letzten Jahre: KI macht alles leichter, KI hat alle Lösungen, KI wird uns retten. Wa...media.ccc.de
