Brilliant Geospatial Data session webinar from The Data Lab today.
* MARKED Navigation - Cycling safety with signage
* Workers Observatory - academic research into food delivery workers and the effect that low pay and employer monitoring of workers has on workers safety and security
https://www.youtube.com/live/lVePBPxlAGg?si=3fNyGTLX6Lz_P-cj
Ontario’s Controversial Bill 5 and Labour Rights:
A Very Dangerous Precedent
The Law of Work (David Doorey)
Jun 06, 2025
#Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #Ontario #OntarioPolitics #onpoli #labour #labor #workersrights #unions
https://thelawofwork.substack.com/p/ontarios-controversial-bill-5-and
A Tyson fac is like a black hole, & nothing in town escapes the pull of the $B co *economy of scale depends on that mix ofentrenched poverty +fear that power can instill. The co depends on a low-wage WF that's est to be up to 50% undoc. Many of these WKRs are from MX & C America...
These IMM WKRs are central. The work ethic & steadfast organizing of the ppl: transcends pol activism & approaches something timeless.
#Immigrants #WorkersRights #Cruelty #Exploitation #USPol https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/alice-driver-american-worker-tyson/
"As technologists, we are workers first. We cannot individually stop the machine of capitalism from exploiting our labor, and, while this tide will shift, many of us are too romanced by the technofuturist dream of [Large Language Models] — despite widespread, multidisciplinary criticism of the technology and disastrous consequences in its application so far — to easily reconsider our adoption of it."
https://henry.codes/writing/economics-and-labor-rights-in-ai-skepticism/
via @henry
One million workers stand with MPP Sol Mamakwa, we won’t let this government silence Indigenous voices
#Ontario #OntarioPolitics #onpoli #Canada #workersrights #unions #labour #labor #solidarity #IndigenousRights
Journalist Shree Paradkar on the need for intersectional solidarity among workers at the #CUPE Ontario convention on Friday. She also touches on the need for #Palestine solidarity and the future role of AI in workplaces by the bosses.
#workersrights #unions #labour #labor #Canada #Ontario #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #OntarioPolitics #onpoli
#CanadaPost has rejected #CUPW 's offer to take the current dispute to binding arbitration.
If there is a strike/lockout, it's clearly the employer's fault. They want a war with the union.
#CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #unions #labour #labor #solidarity #workersrights
"Gulf Cooperation Council countries are exposing migrant workers to yet another deadly summer of extreme heat conditions without adequate protection, Human Rights Watch -today. The countriesignore the scientific evidence on the limitations of calendar-based midday work bans to shield workers from heat-related health risks."
Trump aligns with the murderous Gulf State Heads.
#ClimateChange #WorkersRights #WorkplaceSafety #HumanRights #HeatProtection #GOPDeathCult #USPol https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/01/gulf-states-protect-workers-extreme-heat
While working a part-time job at Bookholders, a textbook reseller in Blacksburg, Riley DeHority, found out they were getting paid less than the state minimum wage. DeHority wants other student workers to know what to do in similar situations.
#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics #union #unions #workersrights
Brazil sues China carmaker BYD over 'slave-like' conditions
#politics #brazil #china #WorkersRights #geopolitics
https://bbc.com/news/articles/c3v5n7w55kpo
SMART, Other Unions Defend Immigrant Workers, Stand Up to Trump's Xenophobic Crusade
from #WorldOutlook
This article reports on the campaign by #SMART and other trade unions to return to the United States #KilmarAlbertoGarcia, a sheet metal worker the #Trump administration deported to #ElSalvador without due process, and to defend the rights of other #immigrant workers.
#ReturnKilmarAlbertoGarcia
#StopTheDeportations
#NoDeportationForRümeysaÖztürk
#NoDeportationForMohsenMahdawi
#DueProcessForAll
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #LaborUnions
#TradeUnions #USA #US #USPolitics #sindicatos #news #press
Remote working in Brazil remains above pre-pandemic levels
#politics #brazil #WorkersRights
https://valorinternational.globo.com/business/news/2025/05/23/remote-working-remains-above-pre-pandemic-levels.ghtml?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=compartilhar
Big public sector pay rises loom — and make strikes more likely
#WorkersRights #IndustrialAction
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/public-sector-pay-rise-strikes-7bh806tqk
Labour rights, transparency concerns in Brazil’s leather supply chain
#politics #brazil #WorkersRights
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/labour-rights-transparency-concerns-brazil-102101101.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
Hybrid work format leads in employee engagement in Brazil
#politics #brazil #WorkersRights https://valorinternational.globo.com/business/news/2025/05/16/hybrid-work-format-leads-in-employee-engagement.ghtml?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=compartilhar
Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us happier.”
#News: #PalmOil giant Equatorial Palm Oil accused in #Liberia of withholding workers social security payments (NASSCORP fees) from wages. #WorkersRights #HumanRights #BoycottPalmOil https://frontpageafricaonline.com/labor-matters/liberia-rep-thomas-goshua-blasts-equatorial-palm-oil-company-over-alleged-worker-abuse-and-nasscorp-fraud/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer