labor Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/labor/ A platform for change Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:01:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Hollywood has changed how it makes money, actors and writers want the industry to change how it pays them https://flux.community/david-arditi/2023/07/hollywood-has-changed-how-it-makes-money-actors-and-writers-want-the-industry-to-change-how-it-pays-them/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:01:07 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14033 For the first time since 1960, actors and screenwriters are on strike at the same time. As with many of the other strikes that have rippled across the United States over the past three years, this walkout is over demands for better pay and restrictions on their employers’ use of technology to replace paid work. The actors’ strike began on July 14, 2023, after […]

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]]> Faraway fantasies of AI annihilation distract from the more immediate harms the industry is doing today https://flux.community/ryan-calo/2023/06/faraway-fantasies-of-ai-annihilation-distract-from-the-more-immediate-harms-its-doing-today/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:04:26 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13852 The warning consisted of a single sentence: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” The pithy statement, published in May by the nonprofit Center for AI Safety, was signed by a number of influential people, including a sitting member of Congress, […]

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]]> The privilege of staying home: Covid and the highly skilled workforce https://flux.community/agnieszka-weinar/2022/01/privilege-staying-home-covid-and-highly-skilled-workforce/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 19:50:40 +0000 https://flux.community/2022/01/privilege-staying-home-covid-and-highly-skilled-workforce/ The post The privilege of staying home: Covid and the highly skilled workforce appeared first on Flux.

]]> Union battles at Amazon and Starbucks are hot news – which can only be good for the labor movement https://flux.community/john-logan/2021/12/union-battles-amazon-and-starbucks-are-hot-news-which-can-only-be-good-labor/ Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:07:05 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/12/union-battles-amazon-and-starbucks-are-hot-news-which-can-only-be-good-labor/ The post Union battles at Amazon and Starbucks are hot news – which can only be good for the labor movement appeared first on Flux.

]]> The ‘Great Resignation’ is real, and employers who don’t respond to it will miss out https://flux.community/ian-o-williamson/2021/11/great-resignation-real-and-employers-who-dont-respond-it-will-lose-great/ Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:52:02 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/11/great-resignation-real-and-employers-who-dont-respond-it-will-lose-great/ The post The ‘Great Resignation’ is real, and employers who don’t respond to it will miss out appeared first on Flux.

]]> Retail CEOs weakened the supply chain to boost profits, now we’re all facing the consequences https://flux.community/mark-sumner/2021/11/retail-ceos-weakened-supply-chain-boost-profits-now-were-all-facing/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:23:33 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/11/retail-ceos-weakened-supply-chain-boost-profits-now-were-all-facing/ The post Retail CEOs weakened the supply chain to boost profits, now we’re all facing the consequences appeared first on Flux.

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