Tag: labor
Kroger Grocery Store Strike
Currently in Denver, Colorado, over 8000 Kroger-owned grocery store workers are on strike. “The Great Resignation is real, you’re seeing workers across the country say enough is…
Proof That Our Society is Truly F*cked
I’m pretty sure most of us are now painfully aware of how truly fucked up our society is these days. Money and property is often…
Lots of People Wouldn’t Last at Retail or Service Jobs
So many people wouldn’t even last a day working retail or service jobs. And the worst part is many of these people are the same…
Boss Demands Worker Come In on Thanksgiving
This demanding boss texted their employee insisting that they come in to work on Thanksgiving even though it’s their week off. As I said in…
Boss Tries to Force Employee to Come In on Day Off
This ridiculous boss sent a text to their employee at 3am trying to force them to come in to work the next day, which was…
Discussing Universal Basic Income
Lori Summers (aka MadLori) posted this insightful thread about discussing Universal Basic Income. Many people have spent their whole lives so deeply steeped in unfettered…
Laboring the Point – Comic
Joey Alison Sayers drew this “Laboring the Point” comic for The Nib about the state of factory employment (and pretty much all other jobs too)…
Stupid Reasons People Got Fired From Their Jobs
People tweeted the stupid reasons why they got fired from their jobs. Some are pretty funny but some are just sad. I think it’s become…
Star Trek: TNG and Algorithmically Disposable People
Frisco Uplink tweeted this super interesting thread inspired by the Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2, episode 9, Measure of a Man, which got…
Reassessing The 40-Hour Work Week
Ahya Simone started this insightful thread about reassessing the 40-hour work week. We really are in the perfect place to reassess labor in general and some…