cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22364722

Workers in Philadelphia say they’re tired of being treated like robots.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15425451

California voters have rejected Prop 32, which would have raised the state's minimum wage from $16 to $18.

With 100% of the ballots tallied, the measure was rejected by a 0.8% margin (50.8 - 49.2), according to the California Secretary of State's office. The total vote difference for the proposition was 234,146.

The union is asking for pay rises of 10 percent over two years.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15381209

The Korean government and courts have long classified entertainers not as workers but as "exceptional entities" who operate under exclusive contracts with their management agencies.

Food workers are about two and a half times more likely to be food insecure than workers in other sectors of the economy

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22161530

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its machinists’ union.

The pink slips went out last week to members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, or SPEEA, The Seattle Times reported. The workers will remain on the payroll through mid-January.

Boeing announced in October that it planned to cut 10% of its workforce, about 17,000 jobs, in the coming months.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21922063

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/47170384

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26033758

Uber, Lyft drivers in Mass. win unionization rights, a first in the nation

Question 3 grants Uber and Lyft drivers the right to organize labor unions in Massachusetts for the first time.

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https://lemmy.world/post/21682589

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21648625

From the article:

Unionized machinists at Boeing voted Monday to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks.

Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers district in Seattle said 59% of members who cast ballots agreed to approve the company’s fourth formal offer and the third put to a vote. The deal includes pay raises of 38% over four years, and ratification and productivity bonuses.

However, Boeing refused to meet strikers’ demand to restore a company pension plan that was frozen nearly a decade ago.

The average annual pay of Boeing machinists is currently $75,608 and eventually will rise to $119,309 under the new contract, according to the company.