🌎 Discussion: Labor, Unions, and Workers' Rights

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xAI workers balked over training request to help “give Grok a face,” docs show

Slack messages: Some xAI employees refused to join invasive Grok training.

arstechnica.com

 

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Silicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China’s Controversial ‘996’ Work Schedule

In an industry once known for cushy perks, some founders are now asking staff to commit to a 72-hour weekly schedule. You’re either in or you’re out.

www.wired.com

 

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Intel is laying off 24,000 employees and retreating from some countries

Tens of thousands of people are losing their jobs.

www.theverge.com

 

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Facing Rising Caseloads and Stagnant Pay, Hundreds of NYC Legal Workers Strike

The workers say their pay and workloads keep them from providing the best possible representation for their clients.

truthout.org

 

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Many states, even regardless of political ideology, have on their own had reasonable increases though yes only few to levels that high of that peak.

Intel is laying off 24,000 employees and retreating from some countries

Tens of thousands of people are losing their jobs.

www.theverge.com

A lot of businesses do fail, a lot fewer if, after they've already become national level but many still do even then.

 

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Capitalists have always loved slavery whether it’s human or machine.

The End of Work as We Know It

CEOs call it a revolution in efficiency. The workers powering it call it a "new era in forced labor." I spoke to the people on the front lines of the AI takeover.

gizmodo.com

 

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Trump's solution to latest bad jobs report: Shoot the messenger

In a move you'd expect from a tinpot dictator and not the leader of the world's most esteemed democracy, President Donald Trump on Friday fired the commissioner of labor statistics after the latest ...

www.dailykos.com

 

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