exploiting workers

February 19, 2024

It’s Not Just Wages. Retailers Are Mistreating Workers in a More Insidious Way.

Adelle Waldman New York Times

Employers have come to prefer part time workers not only because they're cheaper, but, because they aren't guaranteed a minimum number of hours, employers can cut their hours if they don’t anticipate having enough business to keep them busy.

tv

August 30, 2020

Generous Ellen Grants Bare Standard of Living to Her Serfs

William Hughes AV Club

You know you’re not doing great when you make a public show of giving some new privileges and benefits to your employees in the wake of a scandal, and the general reaction is “Wait, you weren’t letting people take paid time off to go to the doctor?"

labor

September 19, 2014

Against Sharing

Avi Asher-Schapiro Jacobin

“Sharing economy” companies like Uber shift risk from corporations to workers, weaken labor protections, and drive down wages.

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